US appeals for halt to Libya offensive as clashes rage
9 April 2019
TRIPOLI: The US on Sunday appealed for an “immediate halt” to a military offensive by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, as fighting raged near Tripoli despite
TRIPOLI: The US on Sunday appealed for an “immediate halt” to a military offensive by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, as fighting raged near Tripoli despite
MIAMI: Researchers in Florida using a new approach to combating a destructive invasion by enormous pythons have captured one of the biggest ever, a 5.2
SYDNEY: Australia yesterday launched a major education campaign to encourage its residents, particularly those travelling overseas, to get vaccinated against measles as a sudden spike
SYDNEY: Beijing agents pressured two Chinese-Australian authors to provide information about a secret Canberra inquiry into Chinese meddling in domestic politics, local media reported yesterday.
JOHANNESBURG: A suspected rhino poacher was trampled to death by an elephant and his body devoured by lions in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, officials
TOKYO: All the phones at a Japanese suicide hot line started ringing at 8pm on a Friday night, exactly when it opened, filling a narrow
OTTAWA: Canada’s opposition leader on Sunday revealed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had threatened him with a defamation case over his comments about a political scandal
LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May was set to press ahead yesterday with her bid for a Brexit “compromise” with the opposition despite a backlash from
JAKARTA: Jokowi or Prabowo? The answer will be known when more than 192 million Indonesians cast their vote in the presidential election of 2019 scheduled for
NEW YORK: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, finalized the biggest divorce settlement in history on Thursday, leaving him with 75 percent of
