Pro-Russian gunmen seize Crimean seat of power in Ukraine
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine: Dozens of pro-Russian gunmen in combat fatigues seized parliament and government buildings on Ukraine’s volatile Crimea peninsula yesterday…
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Nasa cries planetary ‘bonanza’ with 715 new worlds
WASHINGTON: Nasa on Wednesday announced a torrent of new planet discoveries, hailing a ‘bonanza’ of 715 worlds now known outside…
Hong Kong lawmaker apologises over model photos
HONG KONG: An embarrassed Hong Kong lawmaker has apologised after he was photographed looking at scantily-dressed pictures of models on…
Haze-hit Indonesian province declares emergency
JAKARTA: An Indonesian province at the heart of a Southeast Asian smog crisis last year has declared a state of…
S. Korean missionary arrested in North makes ‘confession’
SEOUL: A South Korean missionary arrested in North Korea in October told a news conference staged in Pyongyang yesterday that…
Australia in dark on missionary captured in North Korea
SYDNEY: Australia said it remained in the dark yesterday on the whereabouts or wellbeing of a Christian missionary detained in…
Outgoing US envoy to China urges greater human rights
BEIJING: Outgoing US ambassador to China Gary Locke yesterday urged Beijing to improve its human rights record, in parting remarks…
Hong Kong police investigate cleaver attack on editor
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police were yesterday investigating an attack on a former newspaper editor who is in a critical…