Thai troops accused of killing 15 Cambodian loggers
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s military yesterday accused Thai troops of killing 15 villagers who illegally crossed the border to log for…
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Under-fire Abe says no change to wartime sex slave apology
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday that his government would not revise a landmark 1993 ‘comfort women’ apology,…
US farmer dies again… this time for real
WASHINGTON: A Mississippi farmer who made global headlines two weeks ago when he woke up in a body bag at…
Northern Ireland’s richest man among 4 dead in crash
BELFAST: Northern Ireland’s richest man Edward Haughey was among four people killed when a civilian helicopter crashed in eastern England…
Zuckerberg says US govt threat to Internet
WASHINGTON: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday he had called President Barack Obama to complain that the US government is…
British woman jailed for microwaving kitten
LONDON: A woman with mental health problems was on Thursday jailed for 14 weeks by a British judge for killing…
Gunmen attack military barracks in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Suspected Boko Haram gunmen armed with explosives and heavy weapons attacked a military barracks in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern…
Russia blocks top opposition news sites
MOSCOW: Russia has blocked three major opposition news websites as well as the popular blog of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny,…