Poroshenko warns of ‘colossal threat’ of new Ukraine fighting
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Thursday of a ‘colossal threat’ of renewed fighting with pro-Russian rebels after a surge…
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US says data on 4 million government staff hacked
WASHINGTON: The US government on Thursday admitted hackers may have accessed the personal data of four million current and former federal…
Blasts rock Nigeria, Buhari pushes regional fight against Boko Haram
KANO,Nigeria: Two blasts rocked northeast Nigeria on Thursday, killing at least six, after new President Muhammadu Buhari urged closer regional cooperation…
China promises ‘no cover-up’ in probe
Families gather near rescue site as death toll rises to 65 and over 370 still missing in Yangtze disaster
Massive Tiananmen vigil expected in divided Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Tens of thousands of people are to join a candlelit vigil in Hong Kong yesterday to mark the…
3,000 evacuated as Indonesia upgrades alert over volcano
JAKARTA: Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after Indonesia upgraded the threat posed by a volcano on…
Alarm spreads over more MERS cases
SEOUL: Alarm over an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea spread yesterday with North Korea calling…
Cambodia admits first asylum-seekers under Australia deal
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia received its first batch of asylum-seekers from Australian custody yesterday, with rights groups labelling them ‘human guinea…