Blasts as experts finally reach MH17 crash site in Ukraine
ROZSYPNE: Explosions rang out near the crash site of downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine yesterday as international investigators arrived…
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Facebook unveils Internet app, starting in Zambia
Facebook on Thursday unveiled an app to allow people around the world with mobile phones but no Internet access to…
Identifying Mali air crash victims ‘could take years’
Identifying the victims from last week’s Air Algerie crash in Mali “could take weeks, months and maybe years”, Algeria’s chief…
Ebola fears grow with Asia on alert
A leading medical charity issues a warning that the epidemic out of control
Ukraine announces halt to offensive over MH17 probe
DONETSK, Ukraine: Kiev yesterday announced a day-long halt to its deadly offensive to oust pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine after…
Drug-resistant malaria spreading fast in SE Asia
PARIS: Drug-resistant malaria parasites are now firmly established in border regions in four Southeast Asian countries, imperilling global efforts to…
Kerry seeks to revive US-India relationship after friction
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday opened his first meetings with India’s right-wing government as he seeks…
Israeli shelling of north Gaza UN school kills 20 people: medics
GAZA: An Israeli shelling of a UN school in northern Gaza killed around 20 people, medics said, raising their earlier…