Australia ditches ‘out of date’ knights, dames
SYDNEY: Australia has removed knights and dames from the national honours system, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday, dismissing the…
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Turkey’s Davutoglu hails ‘day of victory’ for AKP
ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hailed a “day of victory” after his ruling party regained its parliamentary majority in Sunday’s…
Flight restrictions imposed over William and Kate’s house
LONDON: Flight restrictions over the country home of Prince William and his wife Kate came into effect Sunday, with the…
Investigators probe deadly plane crash
Search crews recover 163 bodies of the 224 on board of the ill-fated Russian commercial airline
Black boxes – Crucial to air crash probes
PARIS: When investigators arrive at an aviation crash site, one of their first priorities is to locate the plane’s black…
Theories and scenarios on the Russian airliner crash
PARIS: Investigators probing the crash of a Russian passenger plane in the Sinai desert will be working on scenarios ranging…
‘South China Sea disputes increasing demand for US security presence’
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea: Disputes over territory in the South China Sea are causing countries in the region to…
Russia sceptical of IS claim that it shot down airliner over Egypt
MOSCOW: Moscow cast doubt Saturday on claims by the Islamic State group’s Egyptian affiliate to have downed a Russian passenger…