Tag: NST

ACCORDING to a popular Tamil newspaper columnist, about 40 per cent of Indians are still struggling below the poverty level, trying to make ends meet…

TEMPERATURES are at a high with no rain in sight, not even rain-bearing cumulus clouds that can be seeded to encourage it to release its…

ANY plans to increase prices, rates or charges will always be controversial, and the leaked plan to revise toll rates is no exception. Frequent commuters…

MEDAN: The death toll from the crash of an Indonesian air force plane, which had been packed with military personnel and their families, rose to…

KUANTAN: Two men were arrested for possession of firecrackers worth some RM20,000 in their rented house here early today. To continue reading the rest of…

ATHENS: Greece slipped deeper into its financial abyss after the bailout program it has relied on for five years expired at midnight Tuesday and the…

SYDNEY: An Australian man has died after stepping on a landmine in Syria while fighting for Kurdish forces against the Islamic State group, his family…

BEIJING: Chinas rubber-stamp legislature passed a wide-ranging new national security law, officials said, as concerns grow that Beijing is enforcing ever-tighter limits on rights. To…

MEXICO CITY: Mexican authorities in a northern border state say a 7-year-old boy was shot in the head when gunmen fired on a military convoy.…

NIBONG TEBAL: Three men, including an Indonesian national, were charged at the magistrate’s court here this morning with trafficking in Methamphetamine last week. To continue…