20-12-2022 TAIPEI: Taiwan’s government has opened a probe into Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok on suspicion of illegally operating a subsidiary on the island and warned that the social media platform was being used by Beijing to spread disinformation. TikTok, which is not widely used in Taiwan, has come under …
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20-12-2022 TEHRAN: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says four members of Iran’s security forces were killed in a firefight near the Pakistan border. One member of the elite force, named Mohammad Goudarzi, and three members of the Basij forces operating under the IRGC were killed after a fight with …
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20-12-2022 BANGKOK: Thailand’s military deployed warships and helicopters on Monday to locate 33 marines missing after a corvette sank overnight in choppy waters in the Gulf of Thailand, the navy said. Three navy vessels and two helicopters were sent to find the missing off Prachuap Khiri Khan province, south of …
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20-12-2022 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s motion of confidence has been passed in parliament, winning vital backing for his premiership after an election last month returned an unprecedented hung parliament. Anwar had convened parliament on Monday to prove his majority, after rival and former premier Muhyiddin Yassin cast …
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20-12-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ KABUL: Pakistani authorities have opened talks to try to resolve a standoff with attackers holding several security personnel hostage after seizing control of a counterterrorism facility in the country’s northwest. Security forces have surrounded the highly fortified military cantonment that houses …
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19-12-2022 QATAR: Lionel Messi finally achieved his World Cup dream as Argentina won their third crown on penalties in one of the greatest finals in the tournament’s history. Argentina won the shootout 4-2 after a spectacular game which developed into the much-anticipated confrontation between the 35-year-old maestro Messi and his …
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19-12-2022 Bureau Report + BBC LONDON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom has launched an independent inquiry into allegations of unlawful killings by its soldiers in Afghanistan more than a decade ago, the country’s defence ministry announced on Thursday. The statutory inquiry headed by senior judge Charles Haddon-Cave will start early …
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19-12-2022 SUVA: Fiji’s two main rival political parties headed by former coup leaders are deadlocked after Wednesday’s general election, final results show. The Fiji First of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka’s People’s Alliance will each get 26 parliamentary seats. They now face a race to form …
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19-12-2022 LONDON: About 1,200 members of the military and 1,000 civil servants are to be drafted in to cover for striking ambulance and Border Force staff over Christmas. The government say the personnel will plug staffing gaps and keep front-line services running. Some 10,000 ambulance staff in England and Wales …
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19-12-2022 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian search and rescue teams are scouring a holiday campsite in the Selangor state for survivors after a landslide killed at least 21 people. Families were sleeping in their tents when the landslide happened around 03:00 Friday (19:00 GMT Thursday) at a farm stay in Batang Kali …
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