Gas leak kills three at South Korean nuclear plant
SEOUL: Three people were killed in a gas leak on Friday (Dec 26) at an under-construction atomic reactor in South…
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3 dead after cargo ship sinks off Japanese coast
TOKYO: Japan’s coastguard said yesterday that three foreign crew members had died among a group of 10 who were rescued…
Asia mourns tsunami dead 10 years on
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Prayers, tears and solemn visits to mass graves marked commemorations yesterday across tsunami-hit nations for the 220,000…
Pope condemns religious persecution in Christmas address
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Thursday roundly condemned jihadist violence and the “brutal persecution” of religious minorities in a Christmas…
Sri Lanka train guard mourns tsunami dead
PERALIYA, Sri Lanka: Head guard Wanigaratne Karunatilleke was one of the few people on the Ocean Queen Express to survive…
Tsunami aid helped ties with Indonesia: Howard
SYDNEY: Australia’s unprecedented aid to Indonesia after the devastating 2004 tsunami ‘brought our two countries closer together’, former leader John…
The devastating 2004 tsunami
JAKARTA: On Sunday, Dec 26, 2004 at 7.58am local time, a massive earthquake measuring 9.3 struck off Indonesia, unleashing a…
China man seeking US$2.4 mln for wrongful death sentence
BEIJING: A Chinese man who was freed after six years on death row following a wrongful murder conviction is seeking…