French port closed as demining team destroys WW2 bombs
LILLE, France: Access to the port of Calais in northern France was closed yesterday as demining teams prepared to defuse…
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Manila cheered by reports G7 will address S. China Sea dispute
MANILA: The Philippines yesterday welcomed reports that the G7 summit would express concern about unilateral efforts to assert sovereignty claims…
‘Cockroaches drive me to new palace’
ISTANBUL: If cockroaches infest someone’s house or office, they might put down some poison or maybe call in the pest-controllers.…
Backlash grows as Italy migrant arrivals top 50,000
ROME: Italy’s wealthy North vowed Sunday that it would refuse to accommodate any more migrants as thousands more were rescued in…
Heavy police presence for G7 as protesters stage colourful demos
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany: Around 4,000 people staged colourful and largely peaceful protests under a very heavy police presence on Saturday on the…
Syrian rebels, Qaeda ‘advance on regime in Idlib province’
BEIRUT: A rebel alliance including Al-Qaeda’s Al-Nusra Front seized more territory in northwestern Syria overnight, strengthening its position on the…
More than 390 confirmed dead
Capsized of Eastern Star on Yangtze River in a storm makes it China’s worst shipping disaster in 70 years
Once obscure Chinese town rallies after ship disaster
JIANLI, China: Since being thrust onto the world stage, residents of a once obscure part of China have rallied round…