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JEDDAH: The UN on Monday rejected the Saudi-led Arab coalition’s request for the key Yemeni port of Al-Hodeida to be placed under its supervision. UN spokesman Farhan Haq said the warring sides in Yemen have a responsibility to protect civilian infrastructure and civilians, adding: “These are not obligations they can shift to others.” Coalition spokesman […]

BOSASSO: The head of anti-piracy operations in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia said he had been fired for speaking out about illegal fishing, which he claims could trigger a new outbreak of piracy in the Indian Ocean. Pirates hijacked an oil tanker off Somalia last week, the first such attack in the region since […]

Former President Park Geun-hye speaks upon her arrival at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in southern Seoul for questioning, Tuesday. / Korea Times photo by Koh Young-kwon By Jun Ji-hye The prosecution plans to bring charges against former President Park Geun-hye after looking into 13 corruption allegations raised against her. If convicted on all […]

A passenger scans his boarding card in the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, 04 June 2014. (EPA Photo) Britain is planning to follow the United States by banning laptops and other larger electronic devices from some inbound flights from Middle Eastern countries, The Telegraph and other British media reported. The newspaper […]

The commandos of the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) fought heavy clashes against the Daesh militants. The commandos of the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) fought heavy clashes against the Daesh militants.Iraqi government forces battling Daesh retook control of more areas in the old city centre of western Mosul, while an international airstrike on the Daesh positions killed six leaders of […]

FILE PHOTO: Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire Somalia’s new prime minister named a 26-strong cabinet on Tuesday, including a former foreign affairs chief as finance minister and a BBC journalist as the country’s top diplomat. Hassan Ali Khaire, who was appointed to the post by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed last month, read out his […]

MA launch drill of Hwasong artillery units as shown in this undated photo [KCNA via Reuters] North Korea said Monday it is not frightened by US threats of possible pre-emptive military action to halt its nuclear and missile buildup. A spokesman for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry slammed US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s recent talk […]

FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 20, 2017, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/Manuel Associated Press | 20 Mar 2017 | by Eileen Sullivan and Eric Tucker WASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that the […]

File photo: Audun Braastad/NTB scanpix Norway has been named the world’s happiest country for the first time, taking the title from Scandinavian neighbour Denmark. Ranked fourth in each of the last two years and second in 2013, Norway has leaped to the top of the social happiness list. Scores are calculated by measuring factors such […]

File Phot File Photo A 25-year-old Indian man decided to go to court to change his name after being rejected from 40 jobs in two years as he has come to the conclusion that having the same name with late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein might be the reason. The marine engineer, who was given the […]