Hollande set to swing axe after Black Sunday for France’s Socialists
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande is set to take the axe to his beleaguered government after it suffered humiliating losses…
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Former Israel PM Olmert convicted of bribery
TEL AVIV: A Tel Aviv court yesterday found former premier Ehud Olmert guilty of bribery linked to a Jerusalem property…
Erdogan claims victory, warns rivals ‘will pay price’
ANKARA: Turkey’s Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed victory for his Islamic-rooted party in Sunday’s key local elections and warned his…
M’sia following international procedures on information disclosure
BEIJING: Malaysia is following standard procedures of international civil aviation pertaining to disclosure of information regarding the investigations on missing…
Ebola outbreak in Guinea an ‘unprecedented epidemic’: MSF
Aid organisation Doctors Without Borders said Monday an Ebola outbreak suspected of killing at least 78 people in Guinea was…
No time limit on search for missing MH370 — Abbott
PERTH: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said there was no time limit on the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370,…
Giant hailstones batter Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Giant hailstones smashed windows at a Hong Kong shopping mall Sunday as torrential rainstorms drenched the Sevens rugby…
Search for MH370 ‘black box’ to get underway
PERTH: An Australian ship carrying equipment to locate the “black box” from flight MH370 was to put to sea on…