An Indonesian air force transport plane carrying military personnel and their families plowed into a residential neighborhood in the country’s third- largest city of Medan shortly after takeoff yesterday, killing at
A man riding a Japanese high-speed bullet train set himself on fire yesterday, killing himself and another passenger as the coach filled with smoke, a fire official said. At least 26
A suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed vehicle targeted a NATO military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, yesterday, police and a NATO official said. Police on the scene said casualties were
Of countless ghostly abandoned factories and mines in Japan, this fortress island near Nagasaki is among the most notorious. It is also a source of national pride. Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island,
Two Uber France managers have been ordered to stand trial on behalf of the San Francisco-based company on charges including “deceptive commercial practices” and complicity in illegal activities linked to
French investigators have uncovered links between Islamic State militants and the man who hung his employer’s severed head at a gas plant he was attacking, a prosecutor said yesterday. The man,
Thirty-eight tourists died in a gun attack just days before Tunisia planned to implement heightened security measures for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, but those plans had not anticipated
It’s crunch time for Greece, with the European part of its international bailout expiring yesterday and with it any possible access to the remaining rescue loans that it needs to
The flag was presented to Mr Patten who was then driven off in his official Rolls Royce, before the car was handed over to Tung Chee-hwa, the territory’s Chief Executive. In
Deputy health minister and head of Liberia’s Ebola response team, Tolbert Nyenswah, told AP yesterday that the boy died at his home and was buried safely to avoid spread. He
Striker Eduardo Vargas scored twice to lead Chile to a 2-1 win over 10-man Peru in the semifinals of the Copa America on Monday, keeping alive the host’s hopes of
The Champions League final will be played in Wales for the first time in 2017 at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. The venue, with around 74,000 seats, was awarded the hosting rights by
Heat, rain, cold weather, wind, injuries or advancing years. Nothing has stopped Roger Federer from playing every single grand slam tennis event since 2000. Despite temperatures of up to 30
European foot-ball’s governing body says the Spanish league should stop challenging the decision to move the dates of the World Cup in 2022 to November-December. A Spanish appeal against FIFA’s scheduling
Chinese policy makers seem to have exhausted whatever magical powers they had been using to keep their economy aloft. Chinese stocks have been plunging even as Beijing has used every trick it
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Spain and Portugal both issued weather alerts yesterday, advising residents to take extra care as temperatures soared above 40 C in some southern areas. The Iberian Peninsula was sweltering in
Even as Nevada’s real estate values climb back from their record plunge during the recession, a decade- old property tax cap that let casinos save billions of dollars has strained municipal
AFGHANISTAN An Afghan official says 11 soldiers were killed in an ambush by Taliban insurgents in a western province that borders Iran. SYRIA Fewer than 100 Syrian rebels are currently being
In light of current social debates that were inflamed by a recent court conviction for medical malpractice, the monthly “Civic Roundtable” event led by scholar and civic group leader Agnes
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