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TOKYO: Japan suspended the launch of its next-generation solid-fuel rocket yesterday just seconds before lift-off after engineers discovered a technical glitch. Japan Aerospace...

BEIJING: A six-year-old boy in China had his eyes gouged out, blinding him for life, reports said yesterday, in a gruesome attack that...

Filipino teens frolic at a breakwater in Pasay City yesterday. The country braced for more rain as Tropical Storm Kong-Rey moved towards northeastern...

MANILA: Philippine authorities yesterday studied ways to remove a sunken ferry that threatens to leak more fuel into a busy waterway as the...

MANILA: Despite a show of force on Monday by opponents of the congressional assistance, President Aquino made it clear he’s keeping his own...

MANILA: Britain clarified yesterday that its existing travel advisory on the Philippines does not discourage British citizens from visiting the country. “Our advisory...

MANILA: The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) peace panels have achieved “substantial progress” in the annexes on power sharing and...

MANILA: One civilian was killed and another was hurt after communist rebels staged a landmine attack in Davao City on Monday, the military...

SAN FRANCISCO: Government agencies around the world demanded access to the information of over 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of this...

Rescue workers search for victims at the scene of a collapsed building, which was undergoing construction, in Sao Paulo yesterday. At least six...

The Rim Fire burns near Camp Mather, California. The fire has burned 160,980 acres on the northwest side of Yosemite National Park. SAN...

LONDON: A cull of thousands of badgers aimed at combating tuberculosis in cattle has begun in Britain, the National Farmers’ Union said yesterday,...

CARACAS: Venezuela said on Monday that it derailed a plot to kill President Nicolas Maduro, arresting two hitmen it said wanted to assassinate...

FORT HOOD: The widow of a Fort Hood, Texas, worker slain in the November 2009 shooting rampage said in court yesterday that she...

Ukrainian policemen search the office of the feminist group Femen in Kiev, yesterday. KIEV: Ukrainian police yesterday said they had found weapons in...

Would-be immigrants sit on the ground after disembarking from an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) patrol boat at the AFM’s Maritime Squadron base...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s petrol station and car dealership workers yesterday announced a strike for higher wages next week, signalling more labour disruption to...

BERLIN: Just four weeks before she hopes to win a third term as German chancellor, Angela Merkel faces an unexpected problem that could...