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Thai court jails blind woman for 1-1/2 years over royal insult 04 Jan 2018 - 12:22 pm

BANGKOK: A Thai court on Thursday jailed a blind woman for 1-1/2 years for violating the country's royal insult law, her lawyer and...

Australians briefly detained over Bali volcano climb 04 Jan 2018 - 11:59 am

Jakarta: Two Australians were briefly detained by Indonesian police Thursday for climbing to the summit of a rumbling volcano on the holiday island...

Taiwanese businessman probed over North Korea oil sales 04 Jan 2018 - 11:48 am

Taipei: A Taiwanese businessman is under investigation on suspicion of selling oil to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions, prosecutors said Thursday,...

Israeli jets hit Gaza site after rocket fire 04 Jan 2018 - 11:43 am

Jerusalem: Israeli air strikes targeted a site in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave, with no...

Iran hangs man for rape, murder of Afghan girl 04 Jan 2018 - 11:40 am

Tehran, Iran on Thursday hanged a man convicted of raping and killing a six-year-old Afghan girl in a case that has shocked the...

Two Russian servicemen killed in Syria mortar attack 04 Jan 2018 - 11:26 am

Moscow, Russia's defence ministry on Thursday said two servicemen were killed in a mortar attack by Islamist militants in Syria on New Year's...

Vietnam cops seize $3m drugs hidden in tea packets 04 Jan 2018 - 11:10 am

Hanoi, Vietnamese cops have seized $3 million worth of heroin hidden inside packets of tea and smuggled from Laos, state media said Thursday,...

US jury finds Turkish banker guilty of helping Iran dodge sanctions 04 Jan 2018 - 11:06 am

NEW YORK: A US jury on Wednesday found a Turkish banker guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, after a nearly four-week trial...

Indian pilots grounded after 'mid-air row' 04 Jan 2018 - 09:40 am

Mumbai: An Indian airline said Thursday it had grounded two pilots over allegations they had a fight and both briefly stormed out of...

Nobel peace laureate Ebadi urges Iranians to keep up protests 04 Jan 2018 - 09:24 am

DUBAI: Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has urged the people of Iran to engage in civil disobedience and press on with nationwide...

Fifty bodies recovered from horrific Peru bus crash 04 Jan 2018 - 08:52 am

Lima: Peruvian emergency workers on Wednesday said they had recovered 50 bodies -- six of them children -- from a horrific bus crash...

Trump breaks with Bannon, says former White House aide 'lost his mind' 04 Jan 2018 - 08:10 am

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump blasted former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Wednesday as having "lost his mind" in the fallout...

Windsor begging clampdown urged ahead of royal wedding 03 Jan 2018 - 08:52 pm

London: The leader of the local authority covering Windsor Castle has called for police action against "aggressive begging" ahead of Prince Harry's wedding...

Poland’s far-right: opportunity and threat for ruling PiS 03 Jan 2018 - 07:08 pm

WARSAW: When activists from eastern Poland travelled to Warsaw to join a far-right march, the local mayor from the ruling Law and Justice...

Dutch close sea barriers, cancel flights as storm rages 03 Jan 2018 - 06:58 pm

AMSTERDAM: Storm winds forced Dutch authorities to cancel scores of flights and, for the first time, shut all sea barriers on major waterways...

Israel launches plan to expel thousands of African migrants 03 Jan 2018 - 06:58 pm

Jerusalem: Israel on Wednesday began implementing a plan to force tens of thousands of African migrants out of the country by April, threatening...

Nigerians protest after deadly farmer-herder clash 03 Jan 2018 - 06:41 pm

Lagos: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said recent deadly clashes between farmers and herders were "wicked and callous" as hundreds took to...

Gusts derail Swiss train, storms hit Dutch air traffic, skier killed in France 03 Jan 2018 - 06:41 pm

ZURICH: Gusting winds blew a train off its tracks, injuring eight people, as winter storm Burglind battered Switzerland on Wednesday, bringing trees down...