UK spy chiefs peel back secrecy to fight cybercrimeBritain’s cyber-spooks are reaching out from behind their veil of secrecy with the aim of cultivating the nation’s next generation of high-tech sentries — a move not without security risks. With recru...
Fortified by family and China cash, Cambodia’s strongman digs inSecured by family and party ties, Chinese cash and his own ruthless political instincts, Cambodian strongman Hun Sen has taken a wrecking ball to the kingdom’s fragile democracy in a campaign to exten...
Alabama win thrills Democrats as Republicans point fingersWASHINGTON: Democrats said on Wednesday their US Senate victory in Alabama could lead to a sweeping comeback for the party in 2018 elections, while Republicans sought to assess blame for a defeat in o...
China’s industrial heartland struggles in Beijing’s fight against smogSHIJIAZHUANG: Severe natural gas shortages are hitting businesses and residents across China’s industrial heartland as an unprecedented government effort to clean up an environment devastated by decad...
Don’t sleepwalk into war over N Korea, warns UN bossUnited Nations chief Antonio Guterres Thursday warned the world against “sleepwalking into war” over North Korea, as he called for diplomatic efforts to banish nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsul...
China angered as US considers navy visits to TaiwanBEIJING/TAIPEI: China accused the United States on Thursday of interfering in its internal affairs and said it had lodged a complaint after US President Donald Trump signed into law an act laying the...
S Korea prosecutors seek 25 years for ex-president’s friendThe powerful secret confidante at the centre of the sprawling corruption scandal that brought down South Korean president Park Geun-Hye should spend the next quarter of a century in prison, prosecutor...
6,700 Rohingya killed in first month of Myanmar violence: MSFAt least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed in the first month of a Myanmar army crackdown on rebels in Rakhine state that began in late August, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday. The fig...
Indonesia court rejects bid to outlaw extramarital sexA bid to make all sex outside marriage illegal was thrown out by an Indonesian court Thursday, as concerns grow over rising intolerance in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country. Five out of nine...
Indian PM’s home state votes in final phase of assembly pollsNEW DELHI: Polling began Thursday for the second and final phase of crucial assembly elections in Gujarat, the home state of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Voting started in the morning and will...
Indian court sentences man to death for brutal rape, murderAn Indian court Thursday handed down the death penalty to a man found guilty of raping and murdering a law student in a brutal knife attack in southern Kerala state. The murdered student was found dea...
3 IS militants killed in eastern Afghan provinceJALALABAD: At least three militants of Islamic State (IS) terrorist group were killed and seven others wounded during an operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, authorities said Thursda...
Israel strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket fireIsrael carried out a series of air strikes against Islamist group Hamas in Gaza early on Thursday, the army said, hours after rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave. In a statement, the Israe...
US executions edge up in 2017 but stay at decades’ low: studyAUSTIN: US executions and new death sentences rose slightly in 2017 from a year ago but remained the lowest in decades as capital punishment has declined in the country, a survey released on Thursday...