17 killed in Syrian army bombing of ‘rebel-held’ Idlib
BEIRUT – At least 17 people were
killed and over 40 others were injured on Saturday after Syrian army air
strikes struck four cities in Idlib,...
Taiwan chief wins landslide victory
TAIPEI – Taiwanese re-elected
President Tsai Ing-wen has won a landslide victory on Saturday.
Tsai beat her main opponent Han Kuo-yu
by over 2.6-million votes. Underscoring the...
‘Unintentional shot’ Iran admits to shooting down Ukrainian plane
DUBAI – Iran said on Saturday it
unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, killing 176 people on
board due to human error.
Wednesday’s crash heightened
international...
Climate change protests stretch to London as Australia bushfires rage
LONDON – Thousands of Australians took
to the streets on Friday to protest against government inaction on climate
change, as bushfires ravaged tens of thousands of...
Washington turns down Iraqi call to remove troops
BAGHDAD – Washington on Friday spurned
an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops, amid heightened United
States (US)-Iranian tensions after the US killing...
Australia urges residents to flee as winds fan bushfire
SYDNEY - Australia urged a near
quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday and prepared
military backup as authorities said the next...
Egypt-Ethiopia fail River Nile dam dispute
ADDIS ABABA – A major meeting on the future of Africa’s biggest
hydroelectric dam - currently being built on the River Nile - has ended...
President Widodo asks Japanese PM to invest in Chinese disputed islands
JAKARTA –
Indonesia President Joko Widodo asked Japan on Friday to step their fisheries
investment and energy in some of its parts in South China Sea...
Australia issues new evacuation alerts
MERIMBULA – Australian authorities
issued new warnings and evacuation notices across the country’s southeast on
Thursday as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires, threatening...
20 soldiers killed in Nigeria attack
MAIDUGURI – Around 20 soldiers were
killed and nearly 1,000 people were homeless in a militant attack on a town in
northeastern Nigeria, sources said on...