Addis Ababa /Â AFP Ethiopia has banned access to foreign-based opposition media and restricted foreign …
Read More »Masonry Layout
Bangladesh fast-tracks trials as radical hanged
Dhaka /Â AFP Bangladesh said Monday it is fast-tracking trials of Islamist extremists, hours after …
Read More »Iraq forces launch battle to retake IS extremist stronghold Mosul
Al-Shura / AFP Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Monday to retake Mosul and …
Read More »25 dead in Myanmar ferry disaster
Yangon/Â AFP Searchers have recovered 25 bodies from a ferry that sank in central Myanmar …
Read More »Man blows himself up at TV centre in ‘Georgia’
Moscow / AFP An unidentified man on Monday blew himself up at the state-owned …
Read More »60 killed as troops-rebels fighting surges in S Sudan
Malakal / AFP At least 56 rebels and four government troops were killed in …
Read More »Vietnam floods kill 25 as new typhoon approaches
Hanoi / AFP Severe flooding in central Vietnam has killed at least 25 people …
Read More »Sri Lanka’s top corruption prosecutor quits
Colombo / AFP Sri Lanka’s top anti-corruption prosecutor resigned on Monday after President Maithripala …
Read More »Duterte open to war games with China, Russia
Manila /Â AFP Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to hold military exercises with China …
Read More »Australia refugee camp ‘amounts to torture’: Amnesty
Sydney / AFP Australia’s detention of asylum-seekers on a remote Pacific island “amounts to …
Read More »
The Gulf Time Newspaper One of the finest business newspapers in the UAE brought to you by our professional writers and editors.