A LION AIR jet carrying 182 passengers and seven crew slipped as it landed in heavy rain in Pontianak, West Kalimantan yesterday afternoon. A passenger filmed
JAKARTA: An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale rocks northwest of Papua, Indonesia, today. The earthquake which centred at 47 Km northwest of Jayapura-Papua took place at 1.39 pm
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has nominated David Satterfield to be the country’s next ambassador to Turkey, the White House said Friday. Anadolu Agency reported that Satterfield is a career
HANOI: Vietnam has called on countries to continue making active and practical contributions to the maintenance of peace and stability as well as respect and
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
DUBAI: Flights at Dubai International Airport were temporarily grounded yesterday morning due to suspected drone activity, an airport spokesperson said. The suspension was in effect
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
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
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
NEW YORK: Apple and Google are facing criticism for offering an application that lets men in Saudi Arabia track and restrict women’s movements, Xinhua news agency
