Girl, 10, blows herself up in crowded Nigerian market
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Two explosions rocked northeast Nigeria on Saturday, including one by a female suicide bomber thought to be just…
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Nearly 60 killed in fiery Pakistan bus-tanker crash
KARACHI: At least 57 people including women and children were killed when their bus crashed into an oil tanker, igniting…
Angry plane passengers open exits
BEIJING: Chinese police detained 25 angry plane passengers who opened emergency exit doors before take-off after their flight was delayed…
Shanghai cancels lantern festival do
SHANGHAI: China’s commercial hub Shanghai has cancelled a popular annual outdoor festival over safety concerns, after a New Year’s eve…
US slams N. Korea offer on nuke tests as ‘implicit threat’
MUNICH, Germany: The United States on Saturday slammed an offer by North Korea to suspend future nuclear tests temporarily if…
Security tightened as world leaders join Paris march
PARIS: More than a million people and dozens of world leaders were expected to march through Paris yesterday in a…
Coup averted in Sri Lanka: new government
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new government yesterday accused toppled strongman Mahinda Rajapakse of having tried to stage a coup to cling…
US slams N Korea offer on nuclear tests as ‘implicit threat’
MUNICH, Germany: The United States on Saturday (Jan 10) slammed an offer by North Korea to suspend future nuclear tests…