Obama lights national tree, remembers California victim
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and his family led the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Thursday, with charity,…
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Ex-Singapore cop to hang after being convicted of double murder
SINGAPORE: A former Singapore policeman once portrayed as a model officer was sentenced to hang Friday for the gruesome double…
16 dead in petrol bomb attack on Cairo disco: police
CAIRO: A petrol bomb attack on a Cairo disco killed at least 16 people and wounded two in the early…
Inmates flee, thousands homeless in Manila slum blaze
MANILA: A huge fire forced hundreds of Philippine inmates out of their cells and razed a sprawling shantytown near a…
Ghost boats mystery grips Japan
Mystery surrounds a fleet of ghost boats with headless skeletons or rotting corpses on board that are washing up on…
Thailand warned by Russia IS militants ‘have entered’ the kingdom
BANGKOK: Thai police on Friday said Moscow’s top intelligence agency has warned a group of 10 militants from the self-styled…
More than 90 Malaysians still stranded in flood-battered Chennai
NEW DELHI: As Indian authorities intensify a massive search and rescue operation in flood-battered Chennai in the southern state of…
Australia passes law to strip militants of citizenship
SYDNEY: Australia’s parliament has passed laws to strip dual nationals of their citizenship if they are convicted of terrorism…