Thailand deports 10 to China
Thailand has deported 10 Chinese nationals linked to the high-profile alleged kidnapping of an actor who was rescued from a cyber-fraud centre in Myanmar, Thai police told AFP on Saturday.
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Myanmar militia to deport 10,000 cyber scam workers
A Myanmar ethnic militia said on Saturday it was preparing to deport 10,000 people linked to cyber scams in the area it controls to Thailand as part of a crackdown on the illicit compounds.
Bomb blast kills 10 labourers in Pakistan
Ten labourers were killed on Friday when their vehicle was hit by a blast from an improvised explosive device in southwest Pakistan, an official said....
Scam centre survivors tell of beatings, abuse in Myanmar
At a scam compound in Myanmar, Filipina worker Pieta had just days to romance strangers online and trick them into investing in a fake business -- failing which she would be beaten or tortured with electric shocks....
President鈥檚 rule imposed in Manipur days after CM resigns
Days after N Biren Singh resigned as Manipur chief minister, the centre on Thursday imposed president鈥檚 rule in the state of India.
India, Pakistan exchange fire across Kashmir border: reports
Indian and Pakistani troops have exchanged fire across the heavily militarised Kashmir frontier that divides the two arch-rivals, with at least four casualties reported by the Pakistani side Thursday.
Preacher urges India govt to declare cow as Rashtra Mata
Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand, has given the central government a 33-day deadline to decide on banning cow slaughter and declaring the cow as 鈥楻ashtra Mata.鈥� He has warned that if no action is taken by March 17, he will take a 鈥榯ough decision鈥�, PTI reported...
16 Pakistanis killed in shipwreck off Libya
Emergency workers have recovered the bodies of 16 Pakistanis after a boat capsized off the coast of Libya, with 10 others believed to be missing, Pakistan鈥檚 foreign ministry said on Tuesday...
Anti-Muslim hate speech surges in India
Hate speech in India targeting the country\'s religious minorities saw a 鈥榮taggering鈥� surge in 2024, a US-based think tank said Monday.
Indian forces kill 31 Maoists, 2 commandos killed
Indian security forces killed at least 31 Maoist rebels on Sunday in one of the deadliest clashes since the government ramped up efforts to crush the long-running insurgency...
Modi鈥檚 BJP celebrates landslide New Delhi win
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that 鈥榙evelopment had won鈥� as his Hindu nationalist party took back control of the capital province Delhi in local elections...
India deportation flight likely cost $1m
The Trump administration has begun using military aircraft to underscore its determination to deport undocumented migrants.
Delhi votes as BJP bids to dislodge rival
India鈥檚 capital province of Delhi began voting Wednesday in local elections with prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party vying to dislodge one of his chief opponents...
Myanmar junta bans foreign travel of possible conscripts
Myanmar鈥檚 embattled junta has banned anyone eligible for military conscription from leaving the country without permission, as it seeks to shore up its forces fighting rebel groups opposed to its rule.
Pakistan Taliban kill cop guarding polio team
The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year of rising cases...