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YANGON: Sacks of crystal meth scooped from the sea by Myanmar fishermen who mistook it for a deodorant substance had a street value of $20 million, an official told AFP Sunday, in a country believed to be the world’s largest […]

Indonesian presidential motorcade are pictured as they arrive at the House of Representatives building before the inauguration of Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo for the second term in Jakarta October 20, 2019. — Reuters pic JAKARTA, Oct 20 — Indonesia’s President […]

Protesters attack a man trying to stop them for vandalizing near the Tsim She Tsui police station in Hong Kong. (AP pic) HONG KONG: Large crowds of Hong Kongers defied a police ban and began an illegal march on Sunday, […]

PHUKET, Thailand: Hotels on Thailand’s most popular holiday island have been forced to slash prices with rooms left vacant and beaches sparse as tourist chiefs struggle with a plunge in Chinese visitors caused by the US trade war and a […]

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, October 3, 2019. — Reuters pic LONDON, Oct 20 — Britain will leave the European Union on October 31 despite an unsigned letter that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced […]

WUZHEN: A “Cold War mentality” and “bully behaviour” are hindering mutual trust in cyberspace, China’s propaganda chief said today at the start of the World Internet Conference in the eastern Chinese town of Wuzhen. Huang Kunming, head of the publicity […]

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was sworn in on Sunday for a second five-year term as president, leading the world’s third-biggest democracy after a first term marked by heavy infrastructure spending. In his second and final term, Widodo, a […]

An anti-government demonstrator throws a petrol bomb towards Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station during a protest march in Hong Kong October 20, 2019. — Reuters pic HONG KONG, Oct 20 — Hong Kong police fired tear gas at protesters throwing […]

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper says withdrawal is carried out over weeks. (AP pic) WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western […]

SRINAGAR, India: India said on Sunday two soldiers and a civilian were killed in cross-border shelling with Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region, while Islamabad said six died on its side, making it one of the deadliest days since New […]

Anti-government demonstrators attend a protest march in Hong Kong, China, October 20, 2019. — Reuters pic HONG KONG, Oct 20 — Thousands of Hong Kong protesters, many wearing masks in defiance of emergency laws, staged an illegal march through the […]

Pelosi called an agreement between US and Turkey on a pause in actions in Syria a ‘sham’. (AFP pic) WASHINGTON: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior members of Congress held talks in Jordan yesterday with King Abdullah II […]

President Trump says search for another G7 venue will begin. (Reuters pic) WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday the next G7 summit will not be at one of his own Florida golf clubs, reversing a decision that had […]

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is in Jakarta as part of a two-day visit which will see him attend the second inauguration of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as Indonesian president. During his visit, Lee will personally offer his congratulations to […]

US President Donald Trump holds a congratulatory phone call for the first all-female space walk outside of the International Space Station with astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, at the White House in Washington DC, Oct 18, 2019. — Reuters […]

Climate protesters stand near Justin Trudeau’s campaign bus. (AP pic) MONTREAL: Bearing posters of Justin Trudeau’s face, written over with green crosses and the word “pipeline,” students gathered in front of the prime minister’s Montreal campaign headquarters. “Three steps forward, three […]

Children freed by policemen after they raided a building in Daura, Nigeria last week. (AP pic) KANO: Police in northern Nigeria have rescued 147 people from an Islamic boarding school where the students were being abused, the fourth such raid in […]

LONDON: As lawmakers huddled inside the House of Commons on Saturday to debate Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered outside the Palace of Westminster to demand that voters be given the final say on […]

The Spanish PM says he needs to build bridges with the many Catalans who do not want secession. (AFP pic) BARCELONA: Spain’s government dismissed calls on Saturday from Catalonia’s pro-independence regional chief for talks over a wave of violence sparked […]

SANTIAGO: The Chilean general in charge of security in the capital Santiago under a state of emergency on Saturday announced a curfew in the city and outlying areas amid widespread protests. General Javier Iturriaga del Campo said a full curfew […]

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks ahead of a vote on his renegotiated Brexit deal, on what has been dubbed ‘Super Saturday’, in the House of Commons in London, October 19, 2019. — UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout pic via Reuters LONDON, […]

Parliament voted 322 to 306 in favour of postponing the Brexit deal. (AFP pic) LONDON:  A defiant Boris Johnson said he would not negotiate a further delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union after parliament voted on Saturday to […]

Supporters hold a placard showing Boris Johnson and former PM David Cameron during the ‘People’s Vote’ protest. (AP pic) LONDON: The battle over Brexit spilled onto the streets of London on Saturday when tens of thousands of people gathered to […]

Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang with French President Francois Mitterrand on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1983. (AFP pic) BEIJING: A former Chinese Communist Party leader ousted after he opposed the use of force to quell 1989 democracy protests was buried over […]