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Ex-mayor Alice Guo gets life term over qualified trafficking in Philippine offshore gaming-linked case

The entire Baofu compound, which hosted an offshore gaming operator hub, is also forfeited in favor of the government, Deputy State Prosecutor Olivia Torrevillas said.

  • Published: November 21, 20258:25 am
  • Author Jane Bautista
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Pakistan and the Paris promise: On the wrong side of 1.5°C

Pakistan risks becoming a casualty of the climate crisis it keeps treating as a bargaining chip rather than a survival imperative.

  • Published: November 20, 20259:21 am
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Widening graft probe pushes Philippines to ‘high political risk’ status

The Philippines now joins a troubling cluster of high-risk countries, namely Pakistan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, India, Afghanistan, and Cambodia.

  • Published: November 19, 20258:20 am
  • Author Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
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Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 also hands down capital punishment to ex-home boss Asaduzzaman Khan for crimes against humanity. Ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, who turned…

  • Published: November 18, 20259:00 am
  • Author Shariful Islam and Sirajul Islam Rubel
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International Crimes Tribunal to deliver judgment on Bangladeshi former PM Hasina

Ms Hasina, 78, has defied the tribunal's orders to return from India to face trial on charges of ordering a deadly crackdown to suppress the student-led uprising that led to her…

  • Published: November 17, 20258:25 am
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Shock, disbelief as Delhi blast linked to doctors in ‘white-collar’ terror cell

Police seized 2,900 kg of explosives and weapons linked to a terror cell, revealing a "white-collar ecosystem" of radicalised professionals, with suspicion falling on doctors…

  • Published: November 14, 20258:35 am
  • Author Nirmala Ganapathy
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Automatic citizenship soon for children born abroad to Malaysian mothers

The amendment, among other changes, ensures that children born abroad to Malaysian mothers married to foreign men will now automatically acquire Malaysian citizenship, a right…

  • Published: November 14, 20258:29 am
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India condemns Delhi car blast as heinous ‘terror’ act, observes two-minute silence for victims

A resolution also commended the swift response of medical personnel, emergency responders, and security agencies, whose “courage and compassion” were acknowledged as exemplary.

  • Published: November 13, 20258:44 am
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Pakistan PM, president vow action against foreign-backed terrorism in wake of Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa attacks

On Tuesday, a suicide attack was carried out in Islamabad, killing 12 people and injuring 36. Additionally, 14 security personnel were injured during a bomb attack in Dera Ismail…

  • Published: November 12, 20259:00 am
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Indonesia President Prabowo honours late strongman Soeharto, raising fears of authoritarian resurgence

During his three-decade New Order rule, Indonesia experienced rapid economic development that earned Soeharto the moniker “father of development." But this progress came at the…

  • Published: November 11, 20258:34 am
  • Author Dio Suhenda and Radhiyya Indra

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