Bangalore : Two Indian Air Force jets practising for an aerobatic display collided in midair Tuesday killing one of the pilots, officials said. Witnesses told how the aircraft spiralled out of control after hitting each other and crashed near a residential area outside the Yelahanka air base in the southern
LONGJIA (China): Girls with large headpieces made from the hair of their ancestors and wearing intricately patterned dresses danced in isolated villages in southwest China to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Against a stunning mountain backdrop, dozens of girls and women of the Long Horn Miao ethnicity performed for the
KUALA LUMPUR: Premier League newcomers, Selangor United has the quality to be a contender as the top five in the second division. Its head coach, Abd Talib Sulaiman is confident the target could be achieved after the squad’s performance in the first three matches this season with two wins and
LONDON: Maurizio Sarri will be fighting to save his job when crisis club Chelsea face Manchester United in the FA Cup fifth round today. Sarri is in danger of being sacked after a dismal first season at Stamford Bridge and crashing out of the FA Cup would push the Italian
The Museum of Modern Art in New York, home to works by Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein and other modern masters, will close for four months this year to expand and offer “more art in new and interdisciplinary ways,” it said. MoMA is one of the most prominent art museums in the
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh): A fire tore through a slum in southern Bangladesh yesterday killing at least 9 people and destroying hundreds of shanty homes, police said. The blaze broke out in the port city of Chittagong at about 3.30am and raced through the district of bamboo, tin and tarpaulin homes, said
SYDNEY: Runoff from recent floods in northern Australia is flowing onto parts of the Barrier Reef, scientists said yesterday, starving coral of light and providing fodder for the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish. Parts of northern Queensland are still reeling after nearly two weeks of unprecedented rainfall that turned roads into rivers
YANGON: A Myanmar court yesterday sentenced two people to death for the murder of a Muslim lawyer and Aung San Suu Kyi advisor, after a drawn-out trial backlit by allegations of impunity with a main suspect still at large. Ko Ni, whose work and faith made him a target of
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man who gave financial support to a Syria-based Islamic State (IS) militant from Malaysia has been detained under the city-state’s tough internal security laws, authorities said yesterday. The arrest highlights the continued influence of Southeast Asian militants fighting with IS in Iraq and Syria in radicalising people
BANGKOK: A 59-year-old Thai woman with dementia who left home eight months ago to see her son nearby, only to apparently walk 640 kilometres into China, arrived back in the kingdom yesterday. Kaeomanee Arjaw, who is from the ethnic Akha hill-tribe, was reported missing on June 12 from her house