US-led forces drop nearly 5,000 bombs on IS group
WASHINGTON: US-led aircraft have dropped nearly 5,000 bombs in the air war against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria,…
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Paris gunmen likely ‘military trained’
PARIS: The calm, cold determination and deadly efficiency of the gunmen who attacked a French satirical magazine on Wednesday, leaving…
Indonesia says AirAsia plane tail found, raising black box hopes
JAKARTA: Indonesia said yesterday it had found the tail of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the sea with 162…
UN chief condemns ‘horrendous’ Paris attack
UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES): UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned the “horrendous” attack on French satirical weekly Charlie…
140 Chinese students infected with Norovirus
BEIJING: A school in south China’s Guangdong Province has cancelled its Grade I and II classes after some 140 students…
Basarnas finds tail of AirAsia aircraft on sea floor
JAKARTA: The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has found another large object on the sea floor, believed to be…
Indonesia says AirAsia QZ8501 plane tail found
JAKARTA: Search teams have found the tail of the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 in the Java Sea, the Indonesian search…
5.4-magnitude quake rocks Taiwan
TAIPEI: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted the east of Taiwan Wednesday (Jan 7) afternoon and shook buildings in the capital Taipei,…