Diplomat in New Zealand sex case is Malaysian
NEW ZEALAND: A foreign envoy who fled sex charges in Wellington by invoking diplomatic immunity is from Malaysia, New Zealand…
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Australia’s Asia pacific ‘Food bowl’ plan unrealistic: Experts
SYDNEY: Australian experts say a plan for the nation’s north to become a food bowl for Asia’s growing middle class…
Air India plane lands in Bangalore airport after bomb scare
NEW DELHI: An Air India passenger plane landed in emergency conditions at the airport of southern Indian city of Bangalore…
US court reinstates Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit against contractor
A decade after the Abu Ghraib scandal, a US federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against a defense contractor…
ISIL jihadists declare ‘caliphate’
Ruthless militants demand allegiance from world’s Muslims to its leader, renames itself Islamic State BAGHDAD: Ruthless jihadists spearheading a Sunni…
Pistorius trial: Experts fi nd no sign of mental illness
PRETORIA: The murder trial of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius resumed yesterday with experts saying they had found no sign of mental…
Thai military begins to overhaul electoral system
BANGKOK: Thailand’s military government said yesterday it had begun an overhaul of the electoral system following an announcement by junta…
N. Korea proposes suspension of military hostilities
SEOUL: North Korea yesterday proposed that the two Koreas halt hostile military activities starting later this week — an apparent…