Egypt says no theory yet in Russian plane crash probe
CAIRO: Egypt pushed back Saturday against international suspicions that a bomb downed a Russian plane in the Sinai, as investigators…
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MH17 families plan Dutch memorial for victims
THE HAGUE: The families who lost loved ones in the shooting down of flight MH17 Saturday began voting on where…
Over 500 flights grounded as Lufthansa strike bites
BERLIN: German airline Lufthansa said it cancelled 520 flights on Saturday, leaving 58,000 passengers grounded as cabin staff kept up…
Israeli troops in Hebron crackdown after shootings
HEBRON: Israeli forces on Saturday blocked exits from the southern West Bank city of Hebron as they launched a manhunt…
China says ‘one family’ at start of historic Taiwan summit
SINGAPORE: Chinese President Xi Jinping told Taiwan’s leader Ma Ying-jeou that the two sides were ‘one family’ and could not…
Historic handshake opens summit
Chinese and Taiwan leaders exchange warm words in first summit since the two side’s traumatic 1949 split
Xi stresses China sea claims, but won’t ‘bully’ neighbours
SINGAPORE: Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday repeated his country’s uncompromising claims to the South China Sea but pledged that it…
UK plane entering Sharm ‘missed rocket by 300m’ in August
LONDON: A British tourist plane heading in to land at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh came within 1,000 feet…