North American box office loves ‘Lucy’
WASHINGTON: Director Luc Besson’s action sci-fi thriller “Lucy,” about a woman turned superhuman by using 100 percent of her brain, debuted at the top of the North American box office, estimates showed...
View ArticleJapan school girl arrested for murdering, dismembering classmate
TOKYO: A 15-year-old Japanese schoolgirl was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murdering a classmate and dismembering her body, local media reported. The suspect, whose name was not released as she is a...
View ArticleBritain to join NATO military exercise to ‘reassure’ eastern European allies
LONDON: Britain will send a battle group to take part in a major military training in October as part of a NATO package to reassure its allies in eastern Europe, the British Ministry of Defense (MoD)...
View Article‘Colossal bad luck’ led to extinction of dinosaurs
LONDON: Dinosaurs might have survived if the asteroid that killed them had struck slightly earlier or later, according to a new study led by British scientists. It was the “bad luck” that wiped out the...
View ArticleMH 17 crash may aggravate Ukraine crisis
HELSINKI: The crash of the Malaysian passenger plane MH17 is possible to deteriorate the crisis in Ukraine, said Kristi Raik, senior researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs in an...
View ArticleAFP suspends operations in Surigao, Agusan to facilitate release of 4 cops
The Eastern Mindanao Command on Tuesday announced that it is implementing a five-day SOMO (suspension of military offensive) in Surigao Del Norte and Agusan Del Norte which started last Sunday. This is...
View ArticleRussia has violated arms treaty by testing cruise missile: US
WASHINGTON: The United States has found that Russia violated a 1987 arms control treaty by testing a ground-launched cruise missile, a senior US official said late Monday. The finding comes in a 2014...
View ArticleRebels claim Kiev now controls part of MH17 site
SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine: Ukraine’s army on Monday seized control of part of the vast site where Malaysian airliner MH17 crashed, insurgents said, as the United Nations announced the downing of the plane...
View ArticleLibya oil depot fire rages, raising fears of major disaster
TRIPOLI: A huge fire at an oil depot on the outskirts of Tripoli was out of control Monday, sparking fears of a fireball that could cause carnage over a wide area. The fire, raging since Sunday night,...
View ArticleUS judge approves Clippers sale to ex Microsoft CEO
LOS ANGELES: A US judge on Monday gave the go-ahead for the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, ruling that embattled owner Donald Sterling...
View ArticleSome MH17 victims may ‘never be found’
THE HAGUE: All remains of the 298 people who died on downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in rebel-held east Ukraine may never be recovered, Dutch police chief Gerard Bouman said on Monday. “I would...
View ArticleN. Korea slams reports of arms deals with Hamas, Hezbollah
SEOUL: North Korea has denounced allegations that it supplied missiles to Hamas and material support to Hezbollah as “sheer fiction” and a “sinister” effort to link Pyongyang to Middle East disputes....
View ArticleIsrael announces 7-hour humanitarian truce
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military announced that it will hold fire for seven hours Monday in parts of the Gaza Strip to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid and for displaced Palestinians to return...
View ArticleAt least 367 dead in southwest China quake
BEIJING: More than 367 people died and nearly 2,000 were injured when a strong earthquake hit southwest China’s mountainous Yunnan province, bringing homes crashing to the ground and sparking a massive...
View ArticleCivilians suffer in Ukraine clashes as MH17 probe gathers pace
DONETSK, Ukraine: Fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels left at least 10 civilians dead in eastern Ukraine as an international probe at the crash site of downed flight MH17 made...
View ArticleWorld leaders to mark WWI outbreak in Belgium
LIEGE, Belgium: Government leaders and royalty will gather in the Belgian city of Liege on Monday to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, a small Balkans conflict that went global...
View ArticleTrade to dominate as Obama welcomes African leaders
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will welcome African leaders at an unprecedented summit in Washington on Monday with all eyes on the continent as it battles the worst outbreak of the Ebola virus in...
View ArticleIsrael declares 7-hour Gaza truce after fury over school strike
JERUSALEM: Israel announced it would be holding its fire in most of Gaza for seven hours Monday, amid world outrage over a deadly strike on a UN school in the Palestinian territory. The unilateral...
View ArticleMcIlroy wins WGC Bridgestone to regain top ranking
AKRON: British Open champion Rory McIlroy outdueled Sergio Garcia to win the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational and regain the world number one ranking. In his first start since claiming...
View ArticleSerena Williams wins WTA Stanford title
STANFORD: World number one Serena Williams climbed out of an early hole to beat third-seeded German Angelique Kerber 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 to win the WTA Stanford crown. The top-seeded American, playing her...
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