Venezuela court orders media to clean out smut and porn
Venezuela: TV, billboards, even songs – Venezuela’s Supreme Court is ordering the media to clean out the smut and tone…
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Aquino rallies Asean in sea disputes
MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino yesterday urged fellow Southeast Asian leaders to face up to the threat posed by China’s…
Door scare forces Singapore Airlines jet to turn back
SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines flight to Hong Kong was forced to turn back to Singapore on Friday after pilots received…
Michelle Obama: Nigeria abductions an ‘unconscionable’ terror act
WASHINGTON: The mass kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria was an ‘unconscionable act’ of terror against the education of girls, US…
Red Shirts warn of civil war if govt falls
BANGKOK: Thousands of pro-government ‘Red Shirts’ massed in Thailand’s capital yesterday to challenge attempts by opposition protesters to hand power…
Tensions high on eve of east Ukraine independence vote
SEVASTOPOL: Election preparations were underway in east Ukraine yesterday on the eve of an independence vote called by pro-Russian separatists…
UN condemns kidnap of Nigerian girls
ABUJA: The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls, as the world body’s…
S’pore authorities seize 2.2kg drugs worth S$170,000, arrest seven including a Malaysian
SINGAPORE: Singapore authorities have seized 2.2kg of drugs worth about S$170,000 and arrested seven people, including a Malaysian national, yesterday.…