Malaysia to accept professional, semi-skilled Syrian refugees – Ahmad Zahid
WASHINGTON DC: Malaysia is to give preference to professional and semi-skilled people in accepting the 3,000 Syrian refugees it has…
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Indonesia accepts international help to combat fires
JAKARTA: Indonesia has agreed to accept international help to combat forest and agricultural fires that are cloaking Southeast Asia in…
At least 13 killed in Yemen wedding bombing: medic
SANAA: At least 13 people were killed and 38 others wounded when a wedding in a rebel-held Yemeni town was…
US Coast Guard suspends search for ‘El Faro’ survivors
MIAMI: The US Coast Guard suspended its intensive search for survivors of “El Faro,” a cargo ship believed to have…
Knife attack wounds Jewish man near Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM: An attacker stabbed a Jewish man outside a shopping centre near Tel Aviv on Wednesday and was captured, Israeli…
Haze-related declaration by Singapore supermarkets
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Environment Council and the Consumers’ Association of Singapore are getting leading supermarkets, pharmacies and furniture retailers to…
Up to one billion people at risk of blindness by 2050
SYDNEY: Up to 1 billion people could be at risk of blindness by the middle of the century if an emerging short-sightedness…
MERS case suspected in Thailand
BANGKOK: A Thai woman suspected of having contracted Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus has been hospitalised after returning from…