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Desperation driving Rohingya to traffickers 22 Jul 2019 - 09:52 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Human traffickers are increasingly targeting Rohingya living in Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands fled after a brutal military...

After Libyan bombing, Bangladeshis wait for injured migrants' return 22 Jul 2019 - 09:52 pm

DHAKA: Six months ago, Sajjad Hossain left Bangladesh hoping to build a new life in Europe, but he is now waiting to be...

Bangladesh police arrest 12 as Rohingya trafficking fears rise 22 Jul 2019 - 09:52 pm

DHAKA: Bangladesh has arrested 12 men suspected of targeting Rohingya refugees for trafficking, police said on Friday, amid concerns over the growing desperation...

Philippine youth homes 'worse than prison' as abuses rife 22 Jul 2019 - 08:19 pm

Manila: Eleven-year-old Jerry's crime was breaking curfew laws after fleeing violence at home. His punishment? Being sent to a youth detention centre, where...

North Korea's Kim inspects new submarine, signals possible ballistic missile development 22 Jul 2019 - 07:05 pm

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a large newly built submarine, state news agency KCNA reported on Tuesday, potentially signalling continued...

Britain's anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats name Jo Swinson as new leader 22 Jul 2019 - 05:44 pm

LONDON: Britain's anti-Brexit Liberal Democrat party named lawmaker Jo Swinson as its new leader on Monday, as the party looks to translate a...

17 dead in Somalia bomb blast claimed by Al-Shabaab militants 22 Jul 2019 - 05:44 pm

Mogadishu: Seventeen people were killed and more than two dozen wounded when a car bomb exploded in Mogadishu on Monday, the latest deadly...

Thousands gather to watch Pakistan PM Imran Khan in Washington 22 Jul 2019 - 04:52 pm

ANKARA: More than 30,000 Pakistanis gathered in the US capital on Sunday to attend a speech by Prime Minister Imran Khan, astonishing even...

Many feared trapped in major fire in India's financial capital 22 Jul 2019 - 04:29 pm

MUMBAI, A major fire broke out on Monday in a nine-storey government building in India's financial capital of Mumbai, with several people feared...

IAEA chief Yukiya Amano who oversaw Iran treaty dies at 72 22 Jul 2019 - 02:46 pm

VIENNA, Yukiya Amano, the Japanese diplomat who led the International Atomic Energy Agency for a decade and was extensively involved in negotiations over...

French submarine lost in 1968 located in Mediterranean 22 Jul 2019 - 02:35 pm

Marseille, A French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean in 1968 has been located during a search mission, officials said Monday,...

Russian air strikes on Syria market kill 23: monitor 22 Jul 2019 - 02:24 pm

Maaret al-Numan, Syria, Russian air strikes on a market in northwestern Syria killed 23 people on Monday, a monitor said, in the latest...

Kenyan finance minister arrested on corruption charges 22 Jul 2019 - 02:21 pm

NAIROBI: Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich was arrested on Monday on suspicion of corruption related to the construction of two dams. Despite Kenya's...

Starbucks' China rival Luckin Coffee plans first foray overseas 22 Jul 2019 - 02:13 pm

BEIJING, Starbucks' Chinese challenger, Luckin Coffee, plans to open coffee shops in the Middle East and India, in its first move overseas. Luckin,...

Turkey warns of counter-steps if US takes harsh stance 22 Jul 2019 - 01:16 pm

ANKARA: Turkey will take counter-steps if the US adopts hostile attitude towards it, Turkish foreign minister said on Monday. Mevlut Cavusoglu was speaking...

India launches historic bid to put spacecraft on Moon 22 Jul 2019 - 12:33 pm

Sriharikota, India: India launched a bid to become a leading space power Monday, sending up a rocket to put a craft on the...

UK minister quits before Johnson becomes no-deal Brexit PM 22 Jul 2019 - 12:09 pm

LONDON: A British minister quit on Monday, the latest resignation before the country's presumed new prime minister Boris Johnson takes office and could...