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US urges Malaysia protect Uighurs facing deportation
Associated Press, Published on 16/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday urged Malaysia to provide temporary protection to 11 Uighur Muslims reportedly held there, warning they could face torture or persecution if forcibly returned to China.
Former leader, 2 Supreme Court judges arrested in Maldives
Associated Press, Published on 06/02/2018
» MALE, Maldives: The Maldives opposition leader and two Supreme Court judges were arrested early Tuesday hours after the government declared an emergency in the Indian Ocean nation that has been increasingly in turmoil in the days since the court ordered several jailed politicians to be freed.
11 Afghan troops die in IS attack on Kabul military academy
Associated Press, Published on 29/01/2018
» KABUL: Islamic State militants attacked Afghan soldiers guarding a military academy in the capital of Kabul on Monday, killing at least 11 troops and wounding 16
2 protesters killed in Iran, social apps blocked
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday blocked access to Facebook's Instagram, and the popular messaging app Telegram used by activists to organise and publicise protests roiling the Islamic Republic cut off Iran from its network in response to a government request.
2 protesters in Iran killed as social media apps blocked
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday blocked access to Instagram and a popular messaging app used by activists to organise and publicise the protests now roiling the Islamic Republic, as authorities said two demonstrators had been killed overnight in the first deaths attributed to the rallies.
Revellers around the world ring in 2018
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» A look at how people around the world are ringing in 2018:
Gunman opens fire on Cairo church; shootout kills at least 9
Associated Press, Published on 30/12/2017
» CAIRO: A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire Friday outside a church in a Cairo suburb and at a nearby store, sparking a shootout that killed at least nine people, including eight Coptic Christians, authorities said. It was the latest attack targeting Egypt's embattled Christian minority.
Vietnam jails 23 on charges of terrorism, subversion
Associated Press, Published on 28/12/2017
» HANOI: Vietnamese courts have handed down harsh prison sentences to 23 people after finding them guilty of terrorism and subversion, including in a bombing linked to an exiled group, state media reported on Thursday.
Car rams into pedestrians in Melbourne; 19 injured
Associated Press, Published on 21/12/2017
» SYDNEY: Australian police said there is no evidence of a terrorist link to a car ramming attack Thursday in central Melbourne that left 19 people injured.
US man gets 28 years in plot to behead conservative blogger
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2017
» BOSTON: A man convicted of leading an Islamic State-inspired plot to behead a conservative blogger who upset Muslims when she organised a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest was sentenced Tuesday to 28 years in prison.