Turkey blocks Twitter after PM’s threat to ‘wipe out’ service
ANKARA, Turkey: Twitter went dark in Turkey late Thursday, just hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to “wipe…
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At least eight civilians killed in Kabul hotel attack
KABUL: At least eight civilians, including children and foreigners, were killed in a Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in…
MH370 search covers one of world’s harshest places
SYDNEY: The search for flight MH370 is taking place over one of the harshest and most isolated points on the…
US police rescue 100 people held in “stash” house
CHICAGO: US police rescued more than 100 suspected illegal immigrants Thursday believed to have been held against their will in…
CDL’s Jewel @ Buangkok upbeat on sales
SINGAPORE: City Developments Limited’s (CDL) latest residential project, the 616-unit Jewel @ Buangkok, has been riding on a wave of…
Australia searches ocean site for possible plane debris
CANBERRA: Surveillance aircraft scoured a remote and stormy section of the Indian Ocean yesterday for a pair of floating objects…
Ukraine severs key ties with Russia
KIEV: Ukraine announced plans Wednesday to drop out of a key post-Soviet alliance and slap entry visas on Russians while…
Osama son-in-law makes surprise testimony at New York trial
NEW YORK: Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law made a surprise appearance Wednesday at his trial in New York, where he denied…