World
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UMNO president flexes muscles, drops PM’s loyalists from electoral line-up
Malaysia’s ruling UMNO dropped several of the prime minister’s supporters from its list of election candidates, with analysts saying the move...
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Analysts: Malay vote may propel UMNO to victory amid economic downturn
Despite its shock defeat in the 2018 general election, UMNO may win next month’s national polls because with a fragmented opposition, the majority...
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Indonesia warns against ‘politicizing’ UN rights body after blocking China-Uyghur debate
The U.N.’s human rights body should not be “used for purposes of political rivalry,” Indonesia said Friday after it voted against a U.S.-led...
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Indonesian investigators file murder charges against ex-police inspector general, others
Investigators in Indonesia formally charged a former police inspector general and his wife Wednesday with the murder of a subordinate at his home,...
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Indonesian police: Narrow stadium gates slowed people fleeing deadly football stampede
Narrow gates slowed hundreds of people as they fled a stampede that left more 130 dead after officers fired tear gas during a weekend melee at a...
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Biden, Marcos discuss South China Sea in 1st bilateral meeting
President Joe Biden on Thursday met face-to-face in New York for the first time with the Philippines’ Ferdinand Marcos, the new leader of...
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Somaliland clashes between government and militias kill nearly 100 in two weeks
Issued on: 23/02/2023 - 12:19 At least 96 people have been killed in more than two weeks of clashes between security forces and clan members in...
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Thomas Sankara, Africa’s Che Guevara, reburied in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation....
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Top Biden Administration Cabinet Member Spells Out New U.S. Africa Policy
Cape Town — Spelling out the Biden Administration's new strategy for sub-Saharan Africa on Monday, the United States Secretary of State, Antony J....
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Activists Launch #PatrickMustFall Campaign
Dozens of women from the Cape Flats protested in Constantia on Monday Xoliswa Ngqola is a single mother of two children, aged ten and...
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Ensuring Greater Protection for Victims of GBV
President Cyril Ramaphosa says three important laws that will strengthen the fight against gender-based violence (GBV), give greater protection to...
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Extradition Deal – Rwanda Suspects More Genocide Suspects in Harare
Zimbabwe and Rwanda last week signed an agreement that will help expedite "two specific criminal cases" as Kigali seeks the extradition of...