Category: World

Five contenders for new Labour leadership

LONDON: Britain’s Labour Party announced Monday that five MPs will vie as candidates for its leadership, reported Anadolu Agency. Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer, shadow

Philippines on volcano alert

TALISAY CITY (Philippines): Lava and broad columns of ash illuminated by lightning spewed from a volcano south of the Philippine capital yesterday, grounding hundreds of

Over 6,000 evacuated as volcano erupts

ISLAMABAD: Authorities in the Philippines have evacuated more than 6,000 residents from affected areas after a volcano in Batangas province south of the capital Manila

Wake up call after Jakarta’s floods?

JAKARTA: Floods that killed 60 people in Indonesia’s capital after the biggest rainfall since records began should be a wake-up call to climate change in

Australia gets recovery fund

SYDNEY: Reserve troops fanned out across fire-ravaged regions in three Australian states yesterday after a horror weekend, as the government pledged $1.4 billion over two

Indonesia floods leave 23 dead

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s disaster agency warned yesterday of more deaths after torrential rains pounded the Jakarta region, triggering floods and landslides that killed at least 23