Aquino endorses Roxas as next leader
MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino endorsed long-time ally Manuel Roxas yesterday for the country’s 2016 presidential election, saying the interior…
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One dead as gunmen open fire at Sri Lanka election rally
COLOMBO: Unidentified gunmen opened fire at an election campaign rally in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo yesterday, killing a woman…
Fourteen wounded in Thai south attack
BANGKOK: Fourteen people were wounded in an attack yesterday by suspected rebels wielding grenade launchers and automatic weapon in Thailand’s…
Myanmar flood toll rises as more torrential rain forecast
YANGON: Major floods have killed at least 27 people across Myanmar and inundated the homes and fields of tens of…
Volcano erupts on suspected MH370 wreckage island
SAINT-DENIS, Reunion: A volcano erupted yesterday on the remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion where beachcombers found a piece of…
MH370 clues mount as wreckage identified as Boeing 777
SAINT-ANDR, France: Malaysian authorities confirmed yesterday that the plane wreckage washed up on an Indian Ocean island was from a…
MH370: Flaperon verification in ‘one or two days’: Abdul Aziz
PUTRAJAYA: A Malaysian team will be able to verify in “one or two days” whether the flaperon found on Reunion…
Florida’s giant snails prove to be a slippery foe
MIAMI: Florida plant detectives are on the trail of a slippery foe, an invasive African land snail that is wily,…