Emergency teams battle oil spill off Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY - Emergency workers are battling to contain an oil spill near a joint Kuwaiti-Saudi oilfield in the Gulf, an official said on Sunday.

Attack helicopters declared 'unsafe'

CANBERRA - The Australian government said on Sunday that it would "actively monitor" a situation involving its 22 Tiger attack helicopters, after the maker Airbus Helicopters declared all variants to be in an unsafe condition.

World's oldest man, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 113

JERUSALEM - The world's oldest man, Israel Kristal, who lived through both World Wars and survived the Auschwitz concentration camp, has passed away just a month short of his 114th birthday, his family said on Saturday.

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Marriott eyes China's online travel market

Hotel group Marriott International and e-commerce giant Alibaba announced a wide-ranging partnership in the form of a new joint venture on Monday in Shanghai. Following the announcement,

Teppanyaki master comes to Nadaman restaurant in Beijing

Seeing fresh ingredients being prepared right in front of you seems to do a lot to increase the appetite. That might help to explain why visiting Japanese chef Akutsu Yoshiya has been able to wow his guests recently in Beijing with his wonderful teppanyaki treats and skills.

FBI raids home of ex-Trump aide

WASHINGTON - A raid on the Virginia home of US President Donald Trump's former 2016 election campaign manager showed an investigation of possible ties between the campaign and Russia is intensifying and focused on the financial dealings of Trump associates, sources familiar with the probe said.

Marathas hold huge protest demonstration in Mumbai

NEW DELHI - A huge protest rally led by Marathas, a politically powerful group in India's financial capital Mumbai, hit the city on Wednesday, demanding quotas for Marathas in government jobs and educational institutions, amendments to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe Acts as well as farm loan waivers.

17 escapees from IS depart from Syria

BEIRUT - A group of 17 Indonesians who had joined the Islamic State group in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa have been handed over to representatives of their country and have left Syria, a local Kurdish official and a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Australia vitamin 'breakthrough' to cut miscarriages, defects

SYDNEY - Taking a common vitamin supplement could significantly reduce the number of miscarriages and birth defects worldwide, Australian scientists said on Thursday, in what they described as a major breakthrough in pregnancy research.

Cuba probes alleged incidents involving diplomats from US

HAVANA - The Cuban Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had started an "exhaustive" investigation into the bizarre incidents which the United States said had caused physical symptoms in its diplomats serving here. The matter had also resulted in the expulsion of two Cuban diplomats from Washington in late May.

29 drown as smugglers push migrants into sea

GENEVA - Smugglers forced more than 120 Somali and Ethiopian migrants into rough seas off Yemen on Wednesday, leaving 29 dead and 22 missing, the International Organization for Migration said.