Taiwan’s premier resigns after party suffers landslide defeat in polls
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s premier resigned yesterday after his Beijing-friendly ruling party suffered a landslide defeat at the island’s biggest ever local…
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120 dead in Nigeria suicide attack
Two suicide bombers blow themselves up and gunmen open fire in mosque during weekly prayers
Court drops murder charge against Mubarak
CAIRO: An Egyptian court dismissed yesterday a murder charge against former president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters during…
KMT faces rout in key local elections
TAIPEI: An independent candidate backed by Taiwan’s opposition, pro-independence party yesterday claimed victory in local elections as the next mayor…
China reports new human case of H7N9 bird flu
SHANGHAI: China confirmed a new human infection of the deadly H7N9 avian influenza virus, state news agency Xinhua said, the…
Fifteen killed in new Xinjiang attack
BEIJING: Fifteen people have been killed and 14 others wounded in a ‘terrorist attack’ in China’s mostly Muslim Xinjiang region,…
Maserati-driving ‘road bully’ defends himself on national TV
MANILA: A Maserati-driving businessman accused of mauling a traffic officer in the Philippine capital went on national television Friday to…
Verdict due in murder retrial of Egypt’s Mubarak
CAIRO: An Egyptian court is to deliver on Saturday (Nov 29) its verdict in the murder retrial of former president…