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Indonesia presidential frontrunner skips press freedom event
Published on 11/02/2024
» JAKARTA: Two of Indonesia's three presidential contenders pledged to protect press freedom in the world's third-largest democracy at a weekend event that frontrunner Prabowo Subianto didn't attend.
Myanmar junta enforces mandatory military service
Published on 11/02/2024
» Myanmar’s junta has declared mandatory military service for all young men and women, state media said on Saturday, as it struggles to contain armed rebel forces fighting for greater autonomy in various parts of the country.
Sharif claiming victory in Pakistan election
Published on 09/02/2024
» ISLAMABAD - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday claimed victory in national elections, after early returns showed independent candidates backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan had won the most seats.
US, UK hit dozens of Houthi sites in bid to end ship attacks
Published on 04/02/2024
» US forces followed up strikes on Syria and Iraq with a new round of attacks against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, signalling that President Joe Biden is willing to deepen US involvement in the region’s spreading conflict.
Germany braces for decades of confrontation with Russia
Published on 04/02/2024
» BERLIN: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has begun warning Germans that they should prepare for decades of confrontation with Russia — and that they must speedily rebuild the country’s military in case Russian Vladimir Putin does not plan to stop at the border with Ukraine.
Indonesian presidential front-runner stirs fears of ‘death of democracy’
Published on 21/01/2024
» JAKARTA: He hoped to succeed Indonesia’s long-time dictator. He ordered the kidnappings of pro-democracy activists. He was accused of atrocities during the ruthless military occupation of East Timor. He has said elections run counter to his country’s culture.
Myanmar military ‘protected $14bn scam hub’
Published on 06/01/2024
» The online scam syndicates operating near the Chinese border in northern Shan State were taking in $14 billion a year and were run by four families protected by the Myanmar military, says the commander of an ethnic army fighting to take control of the region.
Nordic freeze triggers transport chaos
Published on 05/01/2024
» The deep freeze gripping the northernmost region of Europe is edging south, paralysing transport systems and pushing power prices to record levels.
Israelis and Palestinians end dark year, with no end in sight to war
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Sunday as both sides near the end of a dark year and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war sparked by Hamas's Oct 7 attack will last for "many months".
US revives abandoned Pacific airfield
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan — and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest — is being revived.