Rousseff salutes Brazil protests
SAO PAULO: President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued…
First Gagarin film turns Soviet idol into new Russian hero
Strapped in an orange suit in his spaceship, Yuri Gagarin smiles as the rockets roar and chirpily tells mission control: “Let’s go!” A new Russian film-”Gagarin. First Man in…
50 plots foiled by spy programs: NSA chief – NSA head says plot against Wall Street foiled
WASHINGTON: Secret US surveillance has foiled more than 50 terror plots since 2001, including a planned bomb attack on the New York Stock Exchange, a US spy chief said…
Japan finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima – Tepco says levels exceed legal limits
TOKYO: High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that runs the facility…
Bombers attack Baghdad Shiites, kill 31
BAGHDAD: Twin suicide bombings killed 31 people after midday prayers at a Shiite Muslim religious centre in Baghdad yesterday, the latest in violence sparking fears of a revival of full-blown…
Hungary charges Nazi war crimes suspect, 98 – Csatari actively involved in deporting Jews in 1944
BUDAPEST: Hungarian prosecutors yesterday charged a 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect over his brutal alleged role in deporting some 12,000 Jews to death camps in World War II. Laszlo…
Accused California killer tells jurors, ‘I’m not the monster’
SAN RAFAEL: An elderly California photographer charged with the slayings of four prostitutes dating back to the 1970s opened his own defense at his serial-murder trial on Monday, declaring to…
Afghan forces take over security from NATO
KABUL: Afghan forces took control of security across the country yesterday, marking a major milestone as US-led combat troops prepare to withdraw after 12 years of fighting the Taleban. Speaking…
Love and carriage: Japan railway offers train wedding
A rail company is offering one lucky couple the chance to get married aboard one of Tokyo’s busiest commuter trains as it encircles the Japanese capital, it said yesterday.…
Six teens, dad jailed for Dutch linesman killing
LELYSTAD, Netherlands: A Dutch court yesterday jailed six teenage boys and a father for up to six years for brutally beating to death an amateur linesman in a case that…
