US compares China’s South China Sea moves to Russia’s in Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The US State Department’s number two diplomat on Friday compared China’s behaviour in pursuit of territory in the South…
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Kuwait to bury victims of IS mosque bombing
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait is to hold a mass funeral on Saturday for 26 people killed in a suicide bombing at…
Escaped New York convict killed by police, second still on run
A convicted killer who broke out of a maximum-security New York prison three weeks ago was shot dead by authorities…
IS group claims responsibility for massacre at Tunisia beach resort
The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a massacre in a Tunisian seaside resort that killed nearly 40…
Malaysian billionaire gives Rome opera one million euros
ROME: Malaysian tycoon and performing arts lover Tan Sri Francis Yeoh has given Rome’s struggling opera house one million euros…
Key Muslim body Al-Azhar condemns ‘sick’ Mohammed cartoons
CAIRO: The leading Sunni Muslim seat of learning, Al-Azhar, on Thursday denounced the “sick imagination” behind cartoons of the Prophet…
Indonesia in new bid to muffle noisy mosques
JAKARTA: Indonesia has set up a new team to reduce noise from mosques, an official said Thursday, as places of…
New law designed to curb MERS outbreak
South Korea to tighten quarantine restrictions and impose jail sentences on those who defy the measures SEOUL: South Korea has…