Gaza truce appears to be holding
JERUSALEM: A truce declared by Gaza militants appeared to be holding yesterday with the Israeli military reporting no fresh rocket…
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Four feared dead in latest British chopper crash
FOUR people are feared to have died when a civilian helicopter crashed in eastern England on Thursday evening, emergency services…
Jet aborts takeoff after gear failure
PHILADELPHIA: A Florida-bound plane’s nose gear collapsed during an attempted takeoff at Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday, leaving the plane…
Confusion in Crimea sparks run on banks
KIEV: Crowds in Crimea queued outside banks as the countdown to this weekend’s referendum to break away from Ukraine and…
Strong 6.3-magnitude quake hits off Japan, injures 17
TOKYO: A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off southern Japan early Friday injuring 17 people, reports said as officials warned residents…
New York gas blast death toll rises to eight
NEW YORK: Rescuers scouring the rubble of two Manhattan apartment buildings levelled in a gas explosion found the body of…
Ex-Libyan PM denounces no-confidence vote as falsified
TRIPOLI: Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan on Thursday denounced a no-confidence vote by his country’s parliament that led to…
Four feared dead in British helicopter crash
LONDON: Four people are believed to have died in a helicopter crash in the eastern England county of Norfolk on…