Indonesia launches biggest ops ever to combat fires
JAKARTA: Indonesia launched yesterday its biggest operation ever to combat fires blanketing Southeast Asia in haze, an official said, with…
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Pluto reveals variety of rich colours, stunning experts
WASHINGTON: Pluto contains a rich variety of colors on its surface, according to observations out Thursday from Nasa’s New Horizons…
Suu Kyi takes election bid to strife-torn Rakhine
THANDWE, Myanmar: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi campaigned with a hundreds-strong security force in Rakhine state yesterday, her opposition party…
Typhoon takes aim at northern Philippines
MANILA: A typhoon was heading straight for the main Philippine island of Luzon yesterday, prompting storm alerts in nearly 20…
Israelis and Palestinians brace for new wave of unrest
Israeli security forces deployed massively in Jerusalem on Friday as Palestinian groups called for a day of protests and ordinary…
Canada envoy who hid Americans in Tehran hostage crisis dies
OTTAWA: A former Canadian ambassador who helped shelter American diplomats after the US embassy in Tehran was stormed in 1979…
Canada set to vote in tight election race
OTTAWA: Canadians go to the polls Monday with the option of choosing to “stay the course” with the Conservatives or…
Malaysia arrests man for hacking US security data to supply targets for Islamic State
Malaysia has arrested a man on charges of hacking into the personal information of more than a thousand US security…