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Syria's Idlib under 'violent' air strikes after Tehran failure
AFP, Published on 08/09/2018
» AL MUNţāR (SYRIA) - Syria's last major rebel bastion Idlib was Saturday targeted by the "most violent" Russian air strikes in a month, a monitor said, after the failure of a three-way summit on the Syrian conflict.
EU states spar over digital tax
Published on 08/09/2018
» VIENNA: Germany has called for more time to agree on a European Union tax overhaul to raise levies on large digital firms, although its finance minister says a solution is needed soon.
Pyongyang ready for 70th anniversary party
Published on 08/09/2018
» PYONGYANG: Foreign dignitaries and officials have begun arriving Pyongyang on the eve of North Korea’s 70th founding anniversary, amid a deadlock in denuclearisation negotiations with the United States.
Sri Lankan drug suspect caught after four years on run
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/09/2018
» A Sri Lankan man wanted for drug trafficking in his home country has been arrested in Bangkok, four years after he first fled to Thailand.
Yemen govt slams UN envoy for 'appeasing' rebels
AFP, Published on 08/09/2018
» GENEVA - Yemen's foreign minister slammed a UN envoy Saturday for "appeasing" Huthi rebels by not squarely blaming them for the failure of peace talks in Geneva.
Java bus plunge kills 21
Published on 08/09/2018
» BANDUNG, Indonesia: At least 21 people died and several others were injured when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed and plunged into a ravine on the Indonesian island of Java, police said Saturday.
Minister shuts down Chao Phaya Insurance
Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2018
» The finance minister has shut down financially strapped Chao Phaya Insurance Co Ltd by revoking its licence, effective from Friday.
Man held in stepdaughter's death after rape attempt
Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2018
» Police say a 34-year-old man has confessed to strangling his 19-year-old stepdaughter to death as she resisted his attempt to rape her at a house in Thon Buri.
Go-Jek expands into media
Published on 08/09/2018
» JAKARTA: The Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company Go-Jek has invested in the digital media startup Kumparan as part of its expansion into online content.
Ex-Trump campaign aide jailed in Russia probe
AFP, Published on 08/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - A former advisor to US President Donald Trump whose contacts with Russians set off the investigation into possible collusion with Moscow was jailed Friday for lying to the FBI.