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Malaysia cracks down on political opponents
KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian government began a crackdown on political opponents yesterday, arresting three anti-government figures and charging a student activist with sedition...
Malaysian police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian police arrested three opposition politicians and activists today (May 23) and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three...
N Korea says willing to take China’s advice to start talks
BEIJING — North Korea is willing to take China’s advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as saying, following...
Saudi Arabia confirms another death from SARS-like virus
DUBAI — Saudi Arabia has announced another death from the SARS-like novel coronavirus (nCoV) in its central al-Qassim region, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom...
At least 18 soldiers, four Islamists killed in Niger after bomb attack
NIAMEY (Niger) — At least 18 soldiers and four suspected Islamists were killed in a fierce gunbattle following a dawn car bomb attack at a barracks in the northern Niger town of...
EU slips up with olive oil ban, changes plans
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has decided to tear up new rules on how restaurants should serve olive oil less than a week after unveiling them, following widespread...
Dutch arrest meat works owner in horse meat probe
THE HAGUE (Netherlands) — Dutch authorities have arrested the director of a meat processing business at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with...
IMF’s Lagarde in court for French arbitration case
PARIS — IMF chief Christine Lagarde was questioned in court by a French magistrate today (May 23) over her role in a 285-million-euro (S$465 million) arbitration payment made to...



