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Chinese cruise ship lifted from river
The Eastern Star is upright once again, looking almost normal with its bottom resting on the water and its deck and cabins clear above it.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
The world is rejecting mass surveillance
Legislation ending the US government's bulk collection of telephone data is "a historic victory for the rights of every citizen," former
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Lawyers to seek Manas trial by military court
A team of lawyers representing key human-trafficking suspect Thai army officer Lt-General Manas Khongpaen is planning to make a legal
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Thai PM vows no escape for officials in probe
Thailand's junta leader yesterday said government officials involved in the illicit trade in migrants would not be spared and vowed to
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi to make first China trip next week
Myanmar's opposition leader and democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi will visit China for the first time next week, Beijing and her party
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Vietnam eyes Western jets to counter China
Vietnam is in talks with European and US contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Yemen rebels, government agree peace talks
Huthi Shiite rebels and Yemen's exiled government agreed yesterday to attend UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending a
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Iraq's Tareq Aziz dies
Tareq Aziz who served as the international voice of Iraq's ousted president Saddam Hussein's regime died yesterday in hospital after
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Quake strands 137 climbers on Malaysian peak
Malaysian authorities raced yesterday to try to reach 137 people, some of them injured, who were stranded atop the popular climbing
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Niger signs up protocol to end slavery
The west African country of Niger, where there are tens of thousands of modern-day slaves according to unofficial estimates, yesterday
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Lanka PM faces no-confidence motion
Sri Lanka's opposition said yesterday it has filed a motion of no confidence in the country's new prime minister, a move likely to hasten
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Test unravels history of infection
US researchers claim to have developed a single test that is able to identify past exposure to every known human virus infection, using a
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
No escape for officials in trafficking probe: Thai PM
Thailand's junta leader says government officials involved in human trafficking would not be spared, vows to "eradicate" the industry.
5 June 2015, 14:38 PM
Eight out of 10 Malala suspects 'secretly acquitted'
Eight of the 10 men reportedly jailed for the attempted assassination of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai have been acquitted.
5 June 2015, 12:44 PM
Ghana petrol station inferno kills about 175 in Accra
175 people die in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra.
5 June 2015, 10:23 AM
Massive cyber attack hits US
Hackers break into US government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees, and investigators are probing whether the culprits are based in China.
5 June 2015, 05:17 AM
India bans Maggi after safety scare
India's food safety regulator bans Nestle from making and selling its hugely popular Maggi instant noodles, calling them "unsafe" and "hazardous" after tests found they contained excessive lead.
5 June 2015, 05:01 AM
Migrants dumped at sea
The ill- fated fortune-seekers of the latest boat brought ashore in Myanmar on Wednesday have revealed the horror tale of their life in the
4 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Top Thai general faces 13 charges
Lt-General Manas Khongpaen, a special adviser in the Thai Army, yesterday was hit with a total of 13 charges over his alleged role as
4 June 2015, 18:00 PM
At least 90 killed in Ghana petrol station inferno
At least 90 people were killed in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, as they sought shelter from heavy rains that caused
4 June 2015, 18:00 PM