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After the raids, Asia’s billion-dollar scam trade flickers back
Bloomberg, Published on 06/03/2026
» After only four months in Cambodia, Chen Xian Jin reckons he can spot a scam manager when he sees one. Unlike other Chinese businessmen, they avoid flashy cars and jewelry and keep a low profile.
Fake Thai exports face fresh crackdown
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/03/2026
» Thailand faces closer scrutiny over products falsely claiming "Made in Thailand" status that are exported to the US, following a surge in Thai exports to the American market over the past year.
'Enemy at home': Iranian authorities tighten grip as war rages
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - War has emptied the usually traffic-jammed streets of Iran's capital, but Islamic republic authorities have filled them with checkpoints and security forces as they tighten their grip on the population.
Trump fires homeland security chief Kristi Noem
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security, the agency responsible for carrying out his sweeping immigration crackdown.
The silent struggle of an anti-war woman in Russia
AFP, Published on 05/03/2026
» MOSCOW - When Vladimir Putin launched Russia’s large-scale offensive against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Varvara felt “despair and anger” — and joined an anti-war protest in central Moscow.
Iran's supreme leader gone, but opposition still at war with itself
AFP, Published on 05/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - The US and Israel began their war on Iran by killing its most powerful figure and exhorting Iranians to seize the moment for change, but a fractured opposition and unclear American aims leave the future leadership of a post-clerical Iran an open question.
War, politics clouding World Cup on 100-day countdown
AFP, Published on 04/03/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Donald Trump's brutal immigration crackdown, polarised politics and a war unleashed on Iran have tarnished the global image of the United States just under 100 days before millions of fans are expected to visit for the World Cup.
Iran will not 'automatically' fall after Khamenei's death, shah's widow tells AFP
AFP, Published on 04/03/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei's death is "historically significant" but will not "automatically" lead to the fall of the Iranian system, the widow of the country's last shah told AFP in an interview on Tuesday.
Trump says 'everything's been knocked out' in Iran
AFP, Published on 04/03/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday boasted of wide damage on Iran inflicted by the US-Israel attack, while denying that Israel had forced his hand into launching the war.
Music, mourning after Iran's Khamenei killed
AFP, Published on 01/03/2026
» PARIS - Cheers in Tehran. Retaliation and mourning announced by Iran. Protests erupting in some parts of the Muslim world, celebrations in others.