MILAN: Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte insisted he was to blame for misjudging opponents Slavia Prague after the Chinese-owned club rescued a disappointing 1-1 draw in their Champions League opener against the Czech outsiders on Tuesday. Substitute Nicolo Barella scored eight minutes into stoppage time in the San Siro after
MANILA: Philippines immigration agents, backed by troops, have arrested more than 300 Chinese for alleged cyber crimes, a week after a similar number were detained during a raid linked to investment fraud. The Bureau of Immigration late Tuesday said 324 Chinese nationals were arrested in Puerto Princesa City on Palawan
SYDNEY: An Australian bushwalker who tumbled down a waterfall, snapping his leg in two, told yesterday how he managed to crawl for two arduous days though scrub and forest to safety. Neil Parker, 54, said his planned three-hour hike northwest of Brisbane went horribly wrong Sunday when he slipped six
CAEN: A young French woman was killed after being stabbed 14 times by her male partner in front of their three children, prosecutors in northern France said, amid a growing campaign to halt the deaths of women at the hands of their male companions. The man, 37, killed his 27-year-old
TIMIKA: An Indonesian cargo plane with four people on board lost contact with air traffic control on yesterday, an official said, the latest incident to hit the country’s poor aviation record. The Twin Otter DHC6-400, set off from the city of Timika on Wednesday at 10.39 am and was headed
MANILA: More than a thousand ex-prisoners prematurely freed under a controversial law in the Philippines will be captured “dead or alive” if they do not surrender before a Thursday deadline, President Rodrigo Duterte said. His government is scrambling to track down the former inmates — including convicted murderers and rapists
KABUL: The Taliban’s chief negotiator has said their “doors are open” to resuming talks with Washington, hours after two attacks by the insurgents killed at least 48 people in war-weary Afghanistan. Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai also defended the Taliban’s role in recent bloodshed across the country after US President Donald
MADRID: Spain will hold a repeat general election in November — its fourth in four years — after acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez failed to secure the support he needs from other parties. “Spain is bound to hold new elections on November 10,” Sanchez told a news conference late on
BANGKOK: Thai opposition MPs demanded premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s resign following weeks of uproar over the ex-junta head’s omission of a vow to uphold the constitution during his inauguration, raising questions of his legitimacy. The mastermind of a 2014 putsch, Prayut was the five-year junta regime chief before a disputed March
PARIS: France is sending experts to Saudi Arabia to investigate the origin of attacks on Saudi oil facilities that Washington blamed on Iran, the presidency said yesterday after telephone talks between President Emmanuel Macron and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Macron spoke to Prince Mohammed, widely seen as the kingdom’s
