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Former Romanian PM probed over 1990 bloodshed 23 Dec 2016 - 09:21 pm

Romanian prosecutors said yesterday that they have widened their probe into deadly violence that followed the country's 1989 revolution to include ex-premier Petre...

Strong typhoon to hit on holiday 23 Dec 2016 - 09:19 pm

A STRONG typhoon was set to wallop the Philippines on Christmas Day, officials warned yesterday, as millions of people criss-cross the mostly Catholic...

Police arrest six in Manila drug haul 23 Dec 2016 - 09:19 pm

Philippine authorities arrested six people and seized $67m worth of methamphetamine yesterday, in one of the biggest narcotics hauls of a nationwide drugs...

Mediterranean toll at record 5,000 in 2016 23 Dec 2016 - 09:19 pm

Geneva: Around 100 people are missing and feared dead after two shipwrecks off Italy, raising the estimated death toll among migrants on the...

Philippines gets biggest US security aid 23 Dec 2016 - 09:16 pm

Manila: The United States provided the Philippines with $127m in security assistance in the 12 months ended in September, the biggest sum in...

Singapore awaiting return of armoured troop carriers 23 Dec 2016 - 09:16 pm

Singapore: Singapore said yesterday it is still awaiting the return of nine troop carriers seized in Hong Kong last month, which led to...

Critics alarmed by Duterte's martial law talk 23 Dec 2016 - 09:16 pm

Manila: Critics and victims of military abuses expressed alarm yesterday after President Rodrigo Duterte said he wanted Philippine leaders to be able to...

Ban on foreign funds shuts down Dalit charity 23 Dec 2016 - 09:14 pm

Ahmedabad: An Indian charity running schools for Dalit children will close down after the government banned it from receiving foreign funds over alleged...

50 million jobs at risk as foreign tourists stay away 23 Dec 2016 - 09:13 pm

Anjuna: Raju Lakhani's beachside restaurant here at this popular tourist strip in north Goa should have been packed this time of the year....

Notes ban is economic dacoity by govt: Rahul 23 Dec 2016 - 09:13 pm

Almora, Uttarakhand: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi yesterday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's notes ban (demonetisation) decision is economic dacoity by the government....

India Government searches for successor to Najeeb Jung 23 Dec 2016 - 09:09 pm

New Delhi: A day after he resigned, the central government looked for a successor to Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung who yesterday said...

Chennai arrests expose 'sand mining mafia' 23 Dec 2016 - 09:09 pm

Chennai: The arrests of several businessmen and sacking of a senior bureaucrat in southern India have highlighted the power of the so-called "sand...

Angola declares end to deadly yellow fever in decades 23 Dec 2016 - 09:07 pm

Luanda: Angola declared the end of the world's worst yellow fever epidemic in a generation on Friday after a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign of...

Chinese confirms two bird flu deaths 23 Dec 2016 - 09:07 pm

Beijing: Two people in China's Anhui province have died from H7N9 bird flu, the first fatalities in China among this winter's cases, while...

Five dead & dozens injured in Ghana gas station blast 23 Dec 2016 - 09:07 pm

Accra: Five people were killed and dozens injured following an explosion and fire at a gas station in Ghana's capital Accra, the police...

Freed Chibok schoolgirls return home for holidays 23 Dec 2016 - 09:05 pm

Chibok: A GROUP of 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants in October after two-and-a-half years in captivity in northeastern Nigeria were...

Congo political crisis deal final: Mediators 23 Dec 2016 - 09:02 pm

Kinshasa: A DEAL aimed at ending DR Congo's political crisis caused by President Joseph Kabila's clinging to power is close but will not...

North Korea mocks Ban's presidential ambitions 23 Dec 2016 - 09:02 pm

Seoul: North Korea yesterday mocked outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over his apparent ambitions to run for South Korean president, calling him...