Briefs | Egypt says 31 police injured in clashes

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said 31 policemen were injured Sunday in clashes with residents of a Nile river island on the southern fringes of Cairo. A ministry statement said the

Iran detains president’s brother, sentences American

Iran’s judiciary said yesterday that the brother of President Hassan Rouhani has been detained and an American citizen has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for

Rival groups clash in Syria’s rebel-packed Idlib

Clashes have broken out in northwestern Syria between two of the most powerful insurgent groups there raising fears of widespread violence in the rebel-held province of Idlib,

Turkey | One year since failed coup marked with huge march

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to “rip the heads off” of terror groups and coup-plotters who tried to end his more than decade-long rule on Saturday,

Offbeat | Lighting should have alerted pilots of potential disaster 

Investigators looking into the frighteningly close call involving an airliner that nearly hit planes on the ground at San Francisco International Airport will try to determine why the

This Day in History | 1979 – Sandinista rebels take Nicaraguan capital

Fighters of the left-wing Sandinista National Liberation Front have overthrown the regime in the central American republic of Nicaragua and taken the capital, Managua. The notorious

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HONG KONG A court on Friday disqualified four opposition lawmakers from office for having turned their oath-taking into apparent protests against Beijing, further entrenching the central government’s hold over the

Ex-Brazil leader biggest to fall in unblinking graft probe

The former president who brought Brazil to prominence on the world stage has been found guilty of corruption and money laundering — a historic judgment underscoring that no

Offbeat | Man trapped in ATM slips notes to customers begging for help

A Texas man who became trapped inside an ATM slipped notes to customers via the receipt slot pleading for them to help him escape, police said yesterday.

This Day in History | 1958 Coup in Iraq sparks jitters in Middle East

A group of Iraqi army officers have staged a coup in Iraq and overthrown the monarchy. Baghdad Radio announced the Army has liberated the Iraqi people from

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HONG KONG’s government said yesterday there are no plans to remove a pair of statues depicting World War II Japanese army sex slaves known as “comfort women” that were

The Buzz | Italy’s poor almost tripled in a decade

Italians living below the level of absolute poverty almost tripled over the last decade as the country went through a double-dip, record-long recession. The absolute poor, or

Poker Pro Ivey goes all in at UK’s top court cheating case

All bets are off as professional poker player Phil Ivey seeks to prove to the U.K.’s top court that he didn’t cheat to win 7.7

UK welcomes Spanish king and queen with military pomp

 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband welcomed the king and queen of Spain with an extravagant military ceremony yesterday. The three-day state visit by

As Russia scandal touches his son, Trump privately rages 

The snowballing revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer during last year’s presidential campaign have broadsided the White House, distracting from its agenda as

Tiny Qatar is living large despite month-long Arab siege

It’s been more than a month since four Arab nations cut land, sea and air routes to Qatar, but in the gas-rich Gulf nation’s glimmering malls and

Africa’s richest man invests USD4.6b in Nigeria farming

Dangote Group, controlled by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest USD3.8 billion in sugar and rice and $800 million in dairy production in the next

Offbeat | Battle over selfies taken by macaque monkey back to court 

The battle over now-famous selfie photographs taken by a macaque monkey will head back to federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in

This Day in History | 1985 – Live Aid makes millions for Africa

The Live Aid concert for the starving in Africa has raised triple the £10m expected. And as the London event draws to a close

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MALAYSIA Authorities have raided a construction site and detained 77 foreigners as part of a fresh crackdown on illegal immigration. As one of Southeast Asia’s richest countries, Malaysia

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