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Penang police on manhunt for Bangladeshi’s kidnapper

GEORGE TOWN: Police are looking for V. Hemasekar, suspected of involvement in kidnapping a Bangladeshi last Monday. Northeast district police…

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Tajik court says Islamic State plot targeted president

DUSHANBE: Two Tajiks recruited by the militant group Islamic State planned to assassinate President Imomali Rakhmon last year, a court…

9 years ago
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Turkish PM bows out as Erdogan aims at stronger presidency

ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Ahmet Davutoglu announced on Thursday that he was stepping down as leader of Turkey’s ruling AK Party and therefore…

9 years ago
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People die, shooting rages at night, amid spluttering Nagorno-Karabakh truce

SARIJALY: A ceasefire between Azerbaijan and its breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region may have stopped a short conflict becoming an all-out war…

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Despite sanctions and isolation, Pyongyang skyline grows

PYONGYANG: The Pyongyang skyline is rising - and not just with the trophy structures that represent the North Korean state.…

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Nepal crisis averted as Maoists remain in coalition

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s main Maoist party that props up the fragile coalition said on Thursday it had abandoned efforts to form…

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Wildfire rages through Canadian city, forcing mass evacuation

CALGARY: Fire raged unchecked through the Canadian city of Fort McMurray overnight as authorities raced to complete the evacuation of…

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Bangladeshi group met in parks, plotted attacks, says Singapore

SINGAPORE/DHAKA: Eight Bangladeshi men held in Singapore for allegedly plotting attacks in their homeland had formed a terrorist cell that…

9 years ago
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Russia warns of retaliation if NATO makes more deployments in Eastern Europe

MOSCOW: Russia will take retaliatory measures if NATO deploys four extra battalions in Poland and the Baltic states and it…

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In Jordan’s spring desert bloom, hints of human history

WADI EL-QATTAFI: For a brief time, Jordan’s eastern desert blooms. The dozens of mesas commanding the bleak horizons are now…

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