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South Korea's former President jailed for 5 years
A South Korean judge sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison for obstructing justice and other crimes linked to his disastrous martial law declaration.
By AFP
2026-01-16 12:53:47
Indonesia on Saturday became the first country to block access to Grok entirely, with Malaysia following the next day.
By AFP
2026-01-15 12:52:33
Two Japanese opposition parties have agreed to join forces to fight Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling coalition.
By AFP
2026-01-15 11:54:22
Crackdown in Iran targets "defenceless" people who need the support of the international community to "put an end" to the current system, award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi says.
By AFP
2026-01-13 11:47:08
Hard hat-wearing rescue workers and backhoes dug through rubble in search of survivors on Saturday in the shadow of a mountain of garbage that buried dozens of landfill employees in Philippines.
By AFP
2026-01-10 11:07:40
Yemen's Houthi movement is signalling plans to reclaim the country's West Coast, raising concerns among maritime analysts about potential threats to shipping routes.
By Benard Orwongo
2026-01-06 15:41:00
Myanmar's junta said it would release more than 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence day.
By AFP
2026-01-04 10:48:45
The North Korean leader's daughter Kim Ju Ae has made her first public visit to a mausoleum housing her grandfather and great-grandfather, state media images showed Friday.
By AFP
2026-01-02 09:48:21
South-east Asia has become the “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims billions of US dollars each year.
By The Conversation
2025-12-31 15:46:00
Zia, the first woman to serve as prime minister in the South Asian nation of 170 million people, died on Tuesday aged 80.
By AFP
2025-12-31 13:00:44
Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council declares a 90-day state of emergency after Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes, orders a 72-hour ban on all border crossings.
By Xinhua
2025-12-30 13:07:00
During the forum, the UAE had immediately announced a $550 million (Sh71 billion) pledge to the UN’s 2026 Global Humanitarian Overview.
By David Odongo
2025-12-22 11:18:16
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