Senegal ex-president’s son to be tried for corruption
DAKAR: The flamboyant “super minister” son of former Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade is to be tried in June for corruption,…
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Six killed in Everest avalanche
KATHMANDU: Six climbers have died and an unknown number still missing after an avalanche on Mount Qomolangma or Mount Everest…
Search for MH370: No concrete evidence yet from Bluefin-21
PERTH: No concrete evidence has been found as yet of a missing Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight following four underwater search…
White House mourns death of Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez
WASHINGTON: The White House on Thursday mourned the death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia’s Nobel-winning writer famed for his novel…
‘X-men’ director accused of sex assault on teen boy
A lawyer for “X-Men” director Bryan Singer dismissed as defamatory Thursday claims that the filmmaker sexually assaulted a former child…
Growing jihadist threat in Tunisia border area
Tunisia faces a growing jihadist threat in the mountainous region near the border with Algeria where several soldiers have been…
KD Lekiu returns to Perth to resupply logistics
PERTH: The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) frigate, KD Lekiu which had joined search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight…
Abbott: Mini-sub search of ocean zone will end within week
PERTH, Australia: The mini-submarine hunting for flight MH370 will finish scouring its current strip of the Indian Ocean within a…