15 killed in north China mine blast
BEIJING: A coal mine explosion killed 15 people in north China's Shanxi province, state media reported on Tuesday.
Nine other people were injured by the...
Trump under pressure in 2nd week of impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump faces more potentially damning testimony in the Ukraine scandal as a critical week of public impeachment hearings opens Tuesday in...
Chile’s president saves face, condemns police violence after four weeks of unrest
SANTIAGO: President Sebastian Pinera condemned on Sunday for the first time what he called abuses committed by police in dealing with four weeks of...
China lashes out at NY Times report on leaked Xinjiang documents
BEIJING: Chinas foreign ministry lashed out at The New York Times on Monday over its release of leaked documents portraying the inner workings of Beijing's campaign to detain...
Samoa makes measles vaccine mandatory to stop deadly outbreak
APIA: Samoa finalised plans for a compulsory measles vaccination programme Monday, after declaring a state of emergency as a deadly epidemic sweeps the Pacific...
Facial recognition makes subtle advance in Britain
LONDON: The experiment was conducted discreetly. Between 2016 and 2018, two surveillance cameras were installed in the Kings Cross area of London to analyse...
China confirms aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait
BEIJING: China confirmed on Monday that its first domestically built aircraft carrier had sailed through the Taiwan Strait for "routine" training and tests after...
Russia says has handed ships back to Ukraine ahead of summit
MOSCOW: Russia said Monday it had handed over three navy ships it seized a year ago from Ukraine, in the latest move to ease...
Police swoop as Hong Kong protesters try to flee
HONG KONG: Hong Kong riot police swooped on pro-democracy protesters trying to flee a university they had set ablaze Monday, in one of the...
Gas, food running short in Bolivia amid protests
SUCRE: Bolivian taxi driver Carlos Lara has spent three nights sleeping in his car at a service station, hoping that gas supplies held up...
4 dead, 6 wounded in California football party shooting
CALIFORNIA: Four people were killed and six more wounded when unknown suspects sneaked into a backyard filled with people at a party in central...
Justice S. A. Bobde takes oath as 47th Chief Justice of India
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was sworn in as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI) in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi...
Symbolic swearing-in for Sri Lanka’s new president
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's new president and the scourge of the Tamil Tigers Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday urged minorities unnerved by his election victory to work with...
At least 4 wounded as back-to-back blasts hit Kabul
KABUL: Officials said back-to-back explosions targeting a military training center in the Afghan capital have wounded at least four Afghan national army soldiers.
Kabul police...
Iran calmer despite more ‘riots’ over oil price hikes
TEHRAN: Iran said it still faces "riots" even though the situation was calmer Monday after days of violent protests sparked by a shock decision to...
In Trump-Nixon impeachment comparison, Pelosi raises specter of resignation
WASHINGTON: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amplified her unfavourable comparison of President Donald Trump to fellow Republican Richard Nixon on Sunday, saying that the...
Venice hit by another exceptional high tide; worst week in 150 years
VENICE: Reeling from devastating floods this week, Venice suffered another exceptional high tide on Sunday, with the water peaking at 150 cm (4.9 feet),...
