Clear vote settles issue ‘for a generation’, says Cameron
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron said the issue of Scottish independence had been settled “for a generation” yesterday but…
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Australia deploys armed police in parliament
SYDNEY: Australia deployed armed police inside parliament yesterday in the face of extremist threats, ramping up an anti-terror crackdown after…
Scottish nationalists in tears after ‘devastating’ referendum result
EDINBURGH: Supporters of Scottish independence reacted with bitter disappointment yesterday after their hopes of breaking away from Britain were dashed,…
China sentences GSK officials to prison
BEIJING: A Chinese court yesterday sentenced the British former head of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline’s China operations and other ex-officials to between…
Japan insists no mystery behind skulls at US consulate
TOKYO: Japan’s foreign ministry yesterday insisted there was no mystery behind human skulls stored at its consulate in Chicago for…
S. Korea fires warning shots after N. Korea incursion
SEOUL: The South Korean navy fired warning shots yesterday to end a brief incursion by a North Korean patrol boat…
Thai islanders offer reward for clues on British tourist killers as hunt continues
BANGKOK: Residents on the Thai island where two British tourists were brutally murdered have pooled their funds into a reward…
One dead as storm flooding paralyses Philippine capital
MANILA: Tens of thousands of people fled roof-high floods and one girl drowned in the Philippine capital yesterday as another…