HONG KONG: Hong Kong police said today they had launched an animal cruelty investigation after a man joked online about killing a dog by trapping…
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Earthquake shakes Iceland volcano, still no ash
REYKJAVIK: An earthquake struck the region around Icelands Bardarbunga volcano today while fissures in the area continued to spew out lava but still none of…
View More Earthquake shakes Iceland volcano, still no ash10 workers killed at Istanbul construction site
ANKARA: Ten Turkish workers were killed when a lift fell from the 32nd storey of a building and crashed to the ground at a central…
View More 10 workers killed at Istanbul construction siteAbbas says may end unity with Hamas over Gaza governance
RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has threatened to break off a unity agreement with Hamas if the Islamist movement does not allow the government to…
View More Abbas says may end unity with Hamas over Gaza governancePas only capable of forming government in Malay-majority states
SERDANG: Pas vice president Salahuddin Ayub said the party is only capable of forming a government on its own in Malay-majority states, and still relies…
View More Pas only capable of forming government in Malay-majority statesAfghan rape gang sentenced to death after national outrage
KABUL: An Afghan judge today sentenced seven men to death for the gang-rape of four women in a case that has sparked nationwide outrage, with…
View More Afghan rape gang sentenced to death after national outrageTen feared dead in Colombia plane crash
BOGOTA: Colombian authorities said there was little chance of finding survivors after a small plane with 10 people on board crashed in the Amazon jungle.…
View More Ten feared dead in Colombia plane crashVisiting Japan PM hopeful on Sri Lanka war crimes probe
COLOMBO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he hoped Sri Lankas war crimes probe would silence its critics ahead of his arrival today on the…
View More Visiting Japan PM hopeful on Sri Lanka war crimes probePas wants to avoid dissolution of Selangor state assembly
SERDANG: Selangor Pas deputy commissioner Sallehen Mukhyi said they would avoid the dissolution of the state assembly to resolve the political impasse in Selangor. To…
View More Pas wants to avoid dissolution of Selangor state assemblyFlood waters submerge parts of Kashmir; 120 dead
SRINAGAR: Fast-moving floodwaters submerged large parts of the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir today after five days of pounding rain. To continue reading the rest…
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