Hackers ground some 1,400 passengers in attack on Polish airline
WARSAW: A cyber attack against Polish flagship carrier LOT grounded more than 1,400 passengers at Warsaw’s Frederic Chopin Airport on…
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Frenchman loses Indonesia death row appeal
JAKARTA: A French drug convict lost an appeal against his death sentence yesterday, but his lawyers vowed to fight on…
S. Korea reports two more deaths, Thailand says no new cases
SEOUL: South Korea’s health ministry reported yesterday two more deaths in the country’s Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak, which…
Philippines in separate US, Japan naval drills amid China sea row
PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines: The Philippines yesterday began separate but simultaneous naval exercises with the United States and Japan, amid shared…
Philippines buys 100 patrol boats to combat poachers
MANILA: The Philippines is buying nearly 100 new patrol boats to protect its fisheries, an official said yesterday, in a…
Abe pledges to improve ties with South Korea
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged yesterday to improve ties with South Korea after years of strain over history…
Protesters muzzled at Chinese dog meat festival
YULIN, China: Campaigners protesting at China’s annual dog meat festival, which sees thousands of canines butchered and eaten, were forcibly…
Helicopter crashes in Western Nepal, all five people on board safe
GORKHA (Nepal): A chartered helicopter belonging to Simrik Air crashed Monday in Gorkha, about 250 km west of Kathmandu, officials…