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Pattaya port call sees minor drama as two US sailors are sent back to carrier
BANGKOK, Sept 4 — Two sailors from the US aircraft carrier making a port call to Thailand were sent back to the ship after a drunken altercation, Thai police said […]
Two hydropower workers rescued alive from Nepal tunnels more than a week after catastrophic floods
KATHMANDU, Sept 4 — Two hydropower workers in Nepal were pulled out today from tunnels buried by debris in catastrophic flooding more than a week ago, Nepali government ministers said. […]
Seoul weighs ‘contributions’ to Hormuz security after pressure from Trump
SEOUL, Sept 4 — South Korea said today it was weighing “contributions” to US security efforts in the Strait of Hormuz provided its own military readiness was not compromised, but […]
‘Build the wall. Deport’: White House launches MAGA arcade games featuring migrant deportations
WASHINGTON, Sept 4 — US President Donald Trump’s White House yesterday unveiled a website featuring classic arcade games — but with a “MAGA” twist, in which players can deport migrants […]
Netanyahu says overthrow of Iran’s government is ‘within reach’
JERUSALEM, Sept 4 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday voiced confidence that Iran’s Islamic republic could soon fall, saying it was weaker than ever as the United States resumed […]
War criminal Mladic’s body returns to Serbia with military honours
BELGRADE, Sept 4 — Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic’s body arrived in Serbia yesterday, where it was received with military honours. The casket, draped in the Serbian flag, was […]
Will Lindsay Clancy case end in mistrial? Defence blames lone juror for blocking verdict in US child murder case
PLYMOUTH, Sept 4 — The defence for Lindsay Clancy, the US mother accused of murdering her three children, yesterday accused a single holdout juror of blocking a verdict in the […]
‘Himalayan tsunami’ leaves Nepal facing vast aid challenge, UN says
KATHMANDU, Sept 4 — The United Nations warned yesterday of the immense challenge of reaching Nepal flood survivors, with destroyed roads forcing aid workers to consider using cargo drones and […]
Iran targets US bases in Gulf after deadly wedding strike blamed on Washington
TEHRAN, Sept 4 — Iran said it hit US military bases in Kuwait and the UAE yesterday, vowing to avenge a wedding attack it blamed on Washington as US Vice […]
More than 700 fall ill in latest food poisoning linked to Indonesia’s free school meals
SEMARANG, Sept 4 — Hundreds of students and teachers in Indonesia have fallen ill after eating free school meals, their principal said yesterday, the second major food poisoning this week […]