Suu Kyi’s party secures landslide win
YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi’s party secured a landslide election victory in Myanmar yesterday, propelling the pro-democracy movement to power…
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Some 40 killed in Beirut twin bomb attacks
BEIRUT: Lebanon was holding a day of mourning yesterday for 41 people killed in twin bombings on a busy shopping…
Indonesia says forest fires set to return in weeks
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s forest fires, which this year sent vast plumes of smoke across the region described by climate officials as…
Tigers, piranhas to join forces with crocodiles as prison guard
JAKARTA: When Indonesia’s anti-drugs czar announced plans to guard a death-row prison island with crocodiles, the government rushed to explain…
Thousands to be sterilised in global ‘vasectomy-athon’
GIANYAR, Indonesia: Thousands of men around the world were to be sterilised yesterday in what organisers dubbed a global ‘vasectomy-athon’,…
Suu Kyi party wins historic poll majority: official results
YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party won a majority in Myanmar’s historic polls, according to a tally of official…
Australia reveals shortlist for first nuclear waste dump
SYDNEY: Australia on Friday announced six sites, including some in Outback areas, on a shortlist for the nation’s first nuclear…
Anxious US teachers train for school shootings
LEVITTOWN, UNITED STATES: “Active shooter, active shooter!” comes the announcement over the megaphone, brutally interrupting a typical morning at Harry…