Despite scandal, Indonesia election could entrench political dynasties
MAKASSAR, Indonesia: Makassar is a scrappy, traffic-choked port city in South Sulawesi where everybody knows your name. If, that is,…
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Thailand to end state of emergency
BANGKOK: Thailand announced yesterday the end of a nearly two-month-old state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas, hoping to…
Japan holds cyber security drill
TOKYO: Japan held a government-wide cyber security drill yesterday in a bid to improve coordination among public agencies and major…
Aussie police dig for ‘multiple’ baby graves at rural home
BRISBANE, Australia: Police in Australia began digging up a rural property yesterday searching for what reports said were ‘multiple babies’…
Venezuela’s security forces take opposition stronghold
CARACAS: Venezuela’s authorities deployed hundreds of security forces, including troops in combat gear, into an opposition stronghold Monday to stamp…
Major discovery bolsters Big Bang theory of universe
WASHINGTON: Waves of gravity that rippled through space right after the Big Bang have been detected for the first time,…
US student arrested on terror charge, eyed LA attack
LOS ANGELES: A California student was held on the US-Canada border Monday and accused of plotting to help a terror…
Obama urges Abbas to ‘take risks’ for peace
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama told Mahmud Abbas on Monday that the Palestinian leader and Israel’s politicians must be prepared…