France charges three suspected militants back from Syria
PARIS: Three Frenchmen arrested in Turkey after travelling to Syria were charged on Saturday (Sep 27) with planning terrorist acts,…
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US in ‘near continuous’ strikes against IS
DAMASCUS: The US-led coalition widened its air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria yesterday as part of ‘near…
Volcano erupts in central Japan, 11 injured
TOKYO: A volcano erupted in central Japan yesterday, shooting ash and rocks into the air that reportedly left 11 hikers…
US worker beheads colleague after being sacked
LOS ANGELES: A worker who had recently tried to convert colleagues to Islam beheaded one of them in a frenzied…
Hong Kong students cleared from inside govt compound
HONG KONG: Hong Kong riot police used pepper spray to disperse protesters around government headquarters on Saturday, fuelling tension ahead…
Japanese swimmer Tomita expelled from Asian Games for stealing camera
INCHEON: Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita has been expelled from the Japanese team competing in the Asian Games after he admitted…
251 victims of MH17 Ukraine crash identified
Forensic experts have identified 251 of the 298 passengers and crew killed on downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, after 26…
Jokowi’s reform agenda hits early snag
President-elect hits out at ‘democracy roll-back after parliament votes to scrap direct local elections JAKARTA: Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo accused…