Quake shakes buildings in Tokyo
TOKYO: A strong quake shook buildings in Tokyo yesterday, setting off alarms and temporarily bringing the city’s subway system to…
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China busts 181 ‘terror’ gangs inyear-long crackdown
BEIJING: A ‘strike hard’ campaign against what China calls terrorism in the largely Muslim region of Xinjiang and beyond has…
Police officer killed in latest rebel attack in Columbia
BOGOTA: One police officer was killed and two others injured in an attack by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group,…
Families await 42 bodies, answers after Mexico gunfight
MORELIA,Mexico: Families of 42 criminal suspects killed in a gunfight with federal forces in western Mexico picked up bodies at…
Burundi opposition leader murdered, activists vow intensified protests
BUJUMBURA, Burundi: Thousands of Burundian activists mourned a murdered opposition leader at his funeral Sunday, vowing to intensify their protests against…
Iraqi forces ‘failed to fight’ in Ramadi: Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON: Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Sunday that Iraqi forces “failed to fight” in Ramadi, which has fallen to Islamic State…
Indonesia begins search for migrant boats
JAKARTA: Indonesia has begun search and rescue operations for stranded migrant boats carrying Bangladeshis and ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar, an…
Heat wave kills nearly 335 people in india
NEW DELHI: The current heat wave has hit more Indian cities with 335 were repored killed in the last three…