MH17 memorial to be erected in Australia’s parliament gardens
MELBOURNE: A memorial for victims of the Malaysian Airlines MH17 disaster is to be erected in the gardens of the…
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NASA deep-space rocket, SLS, to launch in 2018
The US space agency’s powerful deep-space rocket, known as the Space Launch System (SLS), aims to blast off for the…
Jihadists anti-Islamic: exiled Brotherhood spiritual guide
The organisation of exiled Muslim Brotherhood spiritual guide Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi said Wednesday that the actions of “deviant groups” like…
Russia closes three Moscow McDonald’s branches for 90 days
Courts ordered three McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow to be closed for the maximum term of 90 days on Wednesday on…
World Health Organisation medic with Ebola taken to Germany for treatment
BERLIN: A World Health Organisation doctor who has contracted Ebola arrived in a German hospital yesterday, the first patient with…
Lagarde charge raises ghosts of scandal at IMF
The International Monetary Fund is again touched by scandal with chief Christine Lagarde’s being charged in a French graft case,…
Spain’s tomato-squishing fiesta stained by row
Thousands of half-naked revellers will pelt each other with squishy tomatoes on Wednesday in Spain’s Tomatina, a world-renowned fiesta stained…
Ukraine and Russian leaders meet
Earlier Kiev announced the capture of 10 Russian soldiers on its territory as US warns of escalating tensionUkraine KIEV: The…