Lights out for Tokyo’s modernist masterpiece Hotel Okura
TOKYO: Tokyo’s sixties-era modernist masterpiece Hotel Okura, which hosted foreign leaders, royalty, celebrities and even James Bond, turns off the…
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Blast, clashes as Ukraine MPs back more autonomy for rebels
KIEV: Clashes erupted outside parliament in Kiev yesterday as lawmakers gave initial approval to constitutional changes granting more autonomy to…
Thai police reward themselves for arrest
BANGKOK: Thailand’s police chief announced yesterday he was handing his own officers a reward of some US$84,000 for apprehending a…
Indonesian navy nabs Malaysian ship hijacking suspect
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Navy has detained the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of Malaysian oil tanker, MT Orkim Harmony. Local…
Boy among 7 killed in Turkey violence
ANKARA: Three policemen, a 12-year-old boy and three Kurdish rebels died Sunday in continuing violence in Turkey’s restive Kurdish-dominated southeast,…
Fake passports, explosives found in raid
Thai police hunt for more suspects after foreigner arrested in apartment over deadly bomb attack
Thai junta broadcast unrelated suicide vest picture
BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta came under scrutiny yesterday after an unrelated picture of a suicide vest was broadcast during a nationally…
Author Frederick Forsyth reveals his missions for Britain’s MI6
LONDON: British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth revealed he had conducted missions for intelligence service MI6 in extracts from his autobiography…