A car bomb exploded outside a mosque Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding another 141 in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi — the third mass-casualty attack on the minority sect in the country this year. ...
Sleeping in. Breakfast in bed. Sunny brunches. Strolls in the park. Laid-back afternoon tea. Cocktails at sunset. Decadent late nights. Saturday — the word brings to mind a flurry of images associated with the first day of the weekend and the chances are, they ...
According to most business media, now is the time to act if you are thinking about buying a home. Though the Liberal Democratic Party has yet to confirm that it will go ahead with the consumption tax increases the Democratic Party of Japan passed ...
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening’s ...
Australia will set up an antigang task force based on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s model to combat “the gangs and guns on our streets,” Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday. Gillard said the task force, expected to cost 64 million Australian dollars ...
It’s just after morning opening at Sydney’s Randwick Labor Club and already a few regulars are at the slot machines, or “pokies” as they are known locally, for a quiet flutter. Electronic poker machines are the most popular form of betting in Australia, but ...
Scientists have discovered a 200-km-wide impact zone in the Australian Outback they believe was caused by a massive asteroid smashing into Earth more than 300 million years ago. Andrew Glikson, a visiting fellow at the Australian National University, said Wednesday the asteroid measuring 10 ...
Israel has denied that a reputed Australian-Israeli agent of its Mossad spy agency who committed suicide in secret custody in 2010 had contact with Australian intelligence services. The statement issued Tuesday from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is the first time Israel has named ...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange regards his bid to become an Australian senator as a defense against potential criminal prosecution in the United States and Britain, a news website reported Monday. Assange spoke to The Conversation website at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he ...
Eccentric Australian gambler David Walsh is shaking up the sleepy city of Hobart with an unorthodox new museum challenging visitors to a new pact with fermenting, defecating and dying art. It is an unassuming site for what has fast become one of Australia’s most ...
An Australian court on Friday dismissed a challenge against the patenting of human genetic material in a landmark case that a cancer group says could stifle research. The case hinged on whether a patent can be granted to cover naturally occurring nucleic acids, the ...
Israel’s military censor, which has long served as the country’s guardian of state secrets, is suddenly under the microscope following a pair of sensitive reports broken by the international media.
Israel on Wednesday admitted for the first time that it had held an Israeli with dual citizenship under a false name for security reasons, and that he died in prison more than two years ago — details that shed new light on a case ...
Fighter jets from the U.S. and two of its key allies, Japan and Australia, roared into Western Pacific skies Thursday in the combat phase of annual exercises that have gained importance as the region responds to the rise of China and other potential threats. ...
Drug use is widespread in Australian sports and has growing links to organized crime, according to a damning official probe Thursday that points to “clear parallels” with the Lance Armstrong case. The Australian Crime Commission inquiry identified the common use of prohibited substances, including ...
Australia’s ruling Labor Party is heading for a huge defeat in elections this year, according to the first national polls Monday since Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced a vote would be held in September. Labor ministers insisted a win was still possible as major ...
