Faulty rudder system major factor in AirAsia crash off Indonesia: probe
JAKARTA: A fault with the rudder control system was a major factor in the December AirAsia plane crash into the…
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China orders factories shut as smog nightmare continues
BEIJING: China has ordered thousands of factories to shut as it grapples with swathes of choking smog that were nearly…
Rugby legend Lomu laid to rest at private family funeral
AUCKLAND: After sharing their grief with an entire nation for almost two weeks, All Black Jonah Lomu’s family said their…
Four charged in shooting at US rally over black man’s death
CHICAGO: Four men were charged over a shooting that wounded five people at a rally protesting the police killing of…
FBI arrests Chicago student after race revenge threat
CHICAGO: FBI agents arrested a black student who allegedly threatened to shoot 16 whites — one for each bullet that…
Naturalist David Attenborough says sun can save Earth
LE BOURGET, FRANCE: Filmmaker David Attenborough, whose soothing voice narrated the vicarious journey of millions of TV viewers through the…
World leaders open climate-rescue summit
Over 150 kick off 12 days of negotiation in search for an elusive pact to avert calamitious global warming LE…
Obama pays silent tribute to Paris victims at Bataclan
PARIS: Standing completely still, his eyes fixed on the flowers, flags and flickering candles at his feet, Barack Obama paid…