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Bomb threat forces delays for Singapore Airlines flight
dpa, Published on 22/11/2015
» SINGAPORE - Passengers had to wait a little longer to leave a plane and get their luggage after a bomb threat on a passenger flight from the United States to Singapore, local press reported on Sunday.
Thousands due to strike at Australian airports
dpa, Published on 08/11/2015
» SYDNEY - Delays are expected at Australian airports Monday as some 5,000 Immigration and Border Force workers take part in a 24-hour strike over pay and conditions, a news report said.
New rules aim to stop crocodile escapes
dpa, Published on 16/10/2015
» Crocodile farms will need walls at least 1.5 metres high around their pits under planned government guidelines, an official said Friday, after 28 crocodiles escaped in early October.
Reward tripled for Erawan bomber suspect
dpa, Published on 21/08/2015
» The reward for the Bangkok bombing suspect was tripled Friday, to 3 million baht offered for information leading to his capture, police said.
Mass graves of suspected Rohingya migrants found in Malaysia
dpa, Published on 24/05/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - A mass grave believed to contain bodies of Myanmar Rohingya migrants has been found by police in northern Malaysia, Malaysian Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Sunday.
Philippines, US conduct exercises amid China tension
dpa, Published on 20/04/2015
» MANILA - The Philippines and the United States on Monday began one of their largest joint military training exercises in years amid increasing tensions with China over its reclamation activities in the disputed South China Sea.
14 killed in attack on guerrillas in Philippines
dpa, Published on 09/03/2015
» MANILA - Four soldiers and 10 Muslim rebels were killed in a security forces offensive against a group of guerrillas opposed to a peace deal in the southern Philippines, the military said Monday.
Singapore plans sensor network
dpa, Published on 02/02/2015
» A network of sensors for round-the-clock monitoring of parts of Singapore will be rolled out by the government this year, local press reported on Monday.
India Uber driver charged with rape
dpa, Published on 07/12/2014
» NEW DELHI - A woman was allegedly raped in New Delhi by a driver for Uber, the popular app that supplies taxis to users, police said on Sunday.
Rapper seen in beheading video
dpa, Published on 05/11/2014
» BERLIN - The German rapper Denis Cuspert, also known as Deso Dogg, has been identified in an Islamic State video purportedly showing a beheading that was released Tuesday by an activist group.