Catalonia starts official action to leave Spain by 2017
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMBARCELONA • Lawmakers in Catalonia officially kicked off a process to secede from Spain by 2017 despite impassioned pleas against independence, in an unprecedented showdown...
View ArticleEU leaders urged to move faster on refugee crisis
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMBRUSSELS • European Union interior ministers faced renewed pressure to deliver on their promises for tackling the migration crisis yesterday as they met to prepare the ground...
View ArticleJordanian officer kills 3 at US-backed training centre
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMAMMAN • A Jordanian army officer shot dead two American military personnel and one South African and wounded six other people yesterday at a US-funded security training...
View ArticleAirport baggage controls and risks posed by rogue operators
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMPARIS • Airport safety is in the spotlight after a Russian plane crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, with investigators suspecting it was brought down by a bomb inside the aircraft.
View ArticleWorld Briefs: 1,500-year-old find in Peru shrine
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMLIMA • Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed a 1,500-year-old frieze with human figures believed to be from the indigenous Moche culture, the latest find at a site famous for...
View ArticleRussians denounce Charlie Hebdo cartoons
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMMOSCOW • Russians took to social media in large numbers over the weekend to denounce French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, after the Kremlin condemned as blasphemous its...
View ArticleProof of attack may spur Putin's Mid-East resolve
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMMOSCOW • The main bell in St Isaac's Cathedral in St Petersburg tolled 224 times, once for each victim of the destruction of a Russian charter flight in Egypt over a week ago.
View ArticleRiots at Aussie detention centre
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMSYDNEY • Australian opposition politicians yesterday demanded that the government disclose the extent of destruction caused by riots at a controversial immigration detention...
View ArticleTop Chinese general in Africa amid talk of base
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMBEIJING • A senior Chinese military officer is visiting Horn of Africa country Djibouti, where he inspected a Chinese warship participating in anti-piracy patrols, China's...
View ArticleTurnbull's rise raises hope for closer Aussie links with region
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMAustralian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is facing calls to usher in a new era of closer relations across the Asia-Pacific region, one that includes Australia joining Asean...
View ArticleAsia Briefs: Plan for prison on island guarded by crocodiles
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMJAKARTA • Indonesia's anti-drugs agency has proposed building a prison on an island guarded by crocodiles to hold death row drug convicts, an official said yesterday, an idea...
View ArticleXi-Ma summit fails to dent Taiwan opposition leader's lead
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMTAIPEI • Taiwan's opposition presidential candidate retains a big lead ahead of upcoming elections, according to two opinion polls released yesterday, despite a historic summit...
View ArticleAbu Sayyaf frees Malaysian hostage
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMThe Abu Sayyaf terrorist group has released one of two Malaysians they seized last May from a resort in Malaysia's Sabah state, reportedly after receiving some 30 million pesos...
View ArticleManila goes into lockdown mode for Apec summit
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMOne of Mr Aquino's spokesmen... has urged metropolitan Manila's residents to leave town "and spend time with
View ArticleShaky start for Chao Phraya River promenade project
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMSteve Cafe and Cuisine is a popular home-style eatery in Bangkok, fronting the Chao Phraya River, but it is not easy to get to. Patrons first have to find a small alley and...
View ArticleThailand to charge 88 over human trafficking
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMEighty-eight human trafficking suspects will be brought before a Bangkok court today following a sweeping investigation into gangs that fuel the illegal trade.
View ArticleDelhi 'going ahead with plans for economic reforms'
November 10, 2015 5:00 AMStill smarting from a humiliating weekend electoral loss, the Indian government said yesterday it was undeterred and would push ahead with its economic reforms agenda.
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