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‘Extremely lenient’: Myanmar president defends treatment of Suu Kyi
YANGON (Myanmar), Sept 23 — Myanmar’s coup leader turned civilian president Min Aung Hlaing said in an interview published today he has been “extremely lenient” on Aung San Suu Kyi, […]
Cambodia pushes back against ‘scam haven’ claims, vows tougher crackdown
PHNOM PENH, Sept 23 — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet told an anti-fraud summit today that his country would never be a “safe haven” for cyberscams, as international partners touted […]
Iran’s President Pezeshkian arrives in New York for UN address amid hopes for diplomacy
TEHRAN, Sept 23 — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New York where he is expected to speak at the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian state media reported today. State […]
Spain blames Morocco’s ‘failed’ border controls for 70,000-migrant surge in Ceuta
MADRID, Sept 23 — Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez yesterday blamed a failure of Moroccan border controls for a recent migrant crisis in Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta. More than […]
‘Grotesque absurdity’: Israel hits back at Macron over remarks on Hamas
JERUSALEM, Sept 23 — Israel shot back angrily yesterday at French President Emmanuel Macron who criticised Israeli actions in the West Bank by saying Hamas was not active in the […]
Iran flights to Baghdad, Muscat cancelled as expanded US sanctions take effect
TEHRAN, Sept 23 — Flights from Iran to the capitals of Iraq and Oman will be cancelled as of midnight, local media reported yesterday, hours before expanded US sanctions were […]
Trump beats ‘America first’ drum at UN as allies tread carefully
UNITED NATIONS, US, Sept 23 — President Donald Trump laid out a vision yesterday of a militaristic US unbound by international rules in a UN speech contrasting starkly with pleas […]
Put behind bars for 220 years: Sri Lanka sentences 15 men over Easter Sunday bombings
COLOMBO, Sept 23 — Sri Lanka’s High Court yesterday handed 220-year jail terms to 15 men convicted of direct involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people. […]
Saudi Arabia has billions in weapons — why are Yemen’s Houthis still so difficult to defeat?
RIYADH, Sept 22 — Saudi Arabia has deep pockets and cutting-edge weapons yet for more than a decade it has been unable to quash Yemen’s battle-hardened Houthis. The Iran-backed group […]
Thailand on alert as water level at Chao Phraya river expected to rise
BANGKOK, Sept 22 — Thailand has stepped preparedness and round-the-clock monitoring of the water levels in the Chao Phraya River as increased water flow is forecast from Sept 29. The Department […]