Offbeat

You, hear me! Give this fire to that old man. Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother. And no spitting in the ashes!

JAKARTA: The heavy metal-loving governor of Indonesian capital Jakarta has surrendered a guitar that was a gift from US band Metallica to anti-corruption authorities, an official said Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Some New Delhi metro commuters will be breathalyzed to detect whether they are drunk under a pilot scheme planned by the state-run transport network, an official said Tuesday.

CLEVELAND: The voice of the long-missing woman was frantic and breathless, choking back tears. “Help me. I’m Amanda Berry,” she told a 911 dispatcher.

MOSCOW: A Russian prisoner charged with double murder on Tuesday escaped from one of Moscow’s most impregnable jails by breaking a hole in his cell ceiling and climbing to freedom, the prison servic

A Japanese women’s delegation representing the educational, academic and diplomatic sector paid a visit to Effat University in Jeddah, on the sidelines of the recent official visit of Japanes

Galvanized by the Arab Spring, Eritreans in exile in Europe are mobilizing against the authoritarian regime of President Issaias Afeworki with a new tool — the humble telephone.

VIENNA: Camels and llamas — and football? Oh my!

SYDNEY: A quick-thinking worker at a takeaway food store in Sydney has stopped an attempted robbery by throwing a bucket of chilli at a would-be thief, leaving him with minor burns, Australian police

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s strongman leader Hun Sen offered a glimmer of hope to the country’s opposition on yesterday — by saying he would stay in power for at least another decade.