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Yazidi girls sold as sex slaves create choir to find healing
LONDON: When Rainas Elias was 14, Islamic State militants overran her Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq, kidnapped her and sold her to a fighter who repeatedly raped and tortured her before selling her to an even more brutal monster. Two
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S. Korea: another evacuee confirmed to be infected, total now at 24
SEOUL: South Korea on Friday confirmed another case of novel coronavirus infection, bringing the total here to 24, with the latest case involving a South Korean airlifted from the Chinese city of Wuhan last week, reported Yonhap News Agency. The
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No risk of recession for Malaysia, says Lim
Malaysia is not facing any risk of recession despite the government’s plan to expedite the introduction of the planned economic stimulus package, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. The package, to be unveiled soon following the outbreak of the 2019
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US kills al-Qaeda leader in Arabian Peninsula hiding in Yemen
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said yesterday that the US had killed Qassim al-Raymi, the leader of Islamist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in a counter terrorism operation in Yemen. “Under Rimi, AQAP committed unconscionable violence against
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Zuraida: Decision to take leave to ensure probe outcome is impartial
PUTRAJAYA: PKR vice president Zuraida Kamaruddin said she decided to take leave from all posts in the party to ensure the decision made by the party political bureau on her disciplinary case would be more transparent. This was because she was
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Australia welcomes drought-easing drenching, even as it brings floods
SYDNEY: The east coast of Australia welcomed the heaviest drenching in years today, dousing some of the country’s most damaging and long-running wildfires and easing a drought that has crippled farming across two states. Sydney alone had seen more than
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Police arrest driver after Myvi rams patrol car in Shah Alam
SHAH ALAM: A 25-year-old man was arrested for reckless driving after ramming a police patrol car in an incident at Km16.4 Grand Sepadu Expressway heading towards the Bukit Raja toll, here, yesterday morning. North Klang district police chief ACP Nurulhuda Mohd Salleh said the
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Top Democrat calls for audit of Iowa caucuses as problems delay final tally
WASHINGTON/MANCHESTER: Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez yesterday called for an audit of the Iowa caucuses after an array of problems delayed results from the party’s first 2020 presidential nominating contest and created uncertainty about their accuracy. The leader of
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Chinese doctor who raised early alarm over coronavirus dies
One of the first Chinese doctors who tried to warn the world about a new coronavirus died today from the illness, prompting an outpouring of sorrow on Chinese social media, as Beijing declared a “people’s war” on the fast-spreading outbreak.
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Coronavirus: Public transport operators to beef up cleanliness at terminals
PUTRAJAYA: The Transport Ministry directed all public transport operators to undertake precautionary measures and increase the level of cleanliness to curb the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection. Its minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said at a post-cabinet
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