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Number of jailed journalists worldwide hits record high
Kyodo News, Published on 14/12/2022
» NEW YORK: A record-high 363 journalists were imprisoned around the world this year for doing their work, with Iran jailing the most at 62 of the total, a New York-based journalism advocacy group said Wednesday.
Iran executes protester who wounded guard
Published on 08/12/2022
» DUBAI: Iran has executed a protester who was convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and closing off a street in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Former Pakistan PM Khan vows to fight on in first rally since being shot
AFP, Published on 26/11/2022
» RAWALPINDI (PAKISTAN) - Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan told tens of thousands of supporters Saturday he would fight with his "last drop of blood" in a first public address since being shot in an assassination attempt earlier this month.
Walmart manager kills six in latest US mass shooting
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» CHESAPEAKE (UNITED STATES) - A 31-year-old overnight manager at Walmart shot and killed six people at a store bustling with Thanksgiving holiday shoppers before turning the pistol on himself, authorities said Wednesday, in America's second mass shooting in four days.
Philippine police officer jailed in rare drug war conviction
Published on 23/11/2022
» A Philippine police officer has been jailed for torturing two teenagers killed at the height of former president Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, court documents show, in a rare conviction of an enforcer of the crackdown.
Drunk doctor avoids jail time for fatal road crash
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/11/2022
» The Thon Buri district court has sentenced a police doctor, charged with drunk driving and causing two deaths and a serious injury in a crash in Bangkok last year, to three years in jail suspended for two years.
Drunk doctor avoids jail time for fatal road crash
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/11/2022
» The Thon Buri district court has sentenced a police doctor, charged with drunk driving and causing two deaths and a serious injury in a crash in Bangkok last year, to three years in jail suspended for two years.
Senior district officials surrender to police to fight villa permit extortion charge
Published on 07/11/2022
» A deputy district chief handed himself to his supervisor and police on Monday to fight allegations he demanded money from operators of villas with pools in exchange for permits.
Energy saving may be made mandatory
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/11/2022
» Electricity saving may be mandated for households and businesses as the high price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports pushes up the cost of national power generation.
Malaysia party drops PM’s allies from polls in emerging rift
Published on 02/11/2022
» Malaysia’s ruling party dropped several key allies of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from its election candidate list, signalling an emerging power struggle within the leadership ahead of a national poll this month.