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State Dept says US ‘kicked out’ two Iranian diplomats after UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 — The United States has “kicked out” two members of the Iranian delegation who attended the recent UN General Assembly after they ignored an order to leave the country, the State Department said yesterday. “Two more members
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Not a great day to be outdoors in Batu Pahat, Segamat and Kluang as API hits unhealthy levels
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — Six areas in Johor and one in Sarawak recorded Air Pollutant Index (API) readings at unhealthy levels as of 9am today. Based on data from the Malaysian Air Pollutant Index Management System (APIMS) of the
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Final-year student falls for RM100-a-day ‘accounting job’ that turned her bank account into a mule account
KUCHING, Oct 4 — A final-year business student here, aged 22, has become the latest victim of a mule account scheme. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau chief Milton Foo said the case began on Sept 20 when
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IEA: 325 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves released to ease Middle East energy crisis
PARIS, Oct 4 — The International Energy Agency said yesterday that member countries had so far released 325 million barrels of oil and oil-derivative products from strategic reserves, from 400 million barrels promised in March. The update came a day
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Myanmar migrants returned to war-torn nation from Malaysia
THANLYIN (Myanmar), Oct 4 — Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants from Malaysia arrived in their war-torn home country today, a Myanmar Navy official said, returned under an opaque repatriation scheme. Three ships carrying Myanmar migrants had all docked at the Myanmar
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Palestinians injured as Israeli forces help settlers seize West Bank olive groves
BEITA (Palestinian Territories), Oct 4 — Israeli soldiers yesterday backed settlers who seized Palestinian olive groves at the start of the harvest season, with injuries reported in several places across the occupied West Bank, witnesses and medics said. October is
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Houthis say struck oil facility near Riyadh, as Saudis hit Sanaa
SANAA, Oct 4 — Yemen’s Houthis claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital yesterday, where an AFP journalist saw flames and smoke, and accused the Gulf kingdom of striking Sanaa dozens of times. The foes have
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Israel’s targeted strike on Hamas leader sparks outrage over civilian deaths
GAZA CITY, Oct 4 — Israel said yesterday that it attempted to kill Hamas’s top leader in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike on an apartment that local officials said killed five people, four of them women. The pre-dawn strike
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Anwar welcomes Bahrain investment as F1 brings Gulf ties into focus
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — Malaysia welcomes investment from Bahrain and is ready to expand cooperation in various fields, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said. In a post on X last night, Anwar said the cooperation would cover healthcare,
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WhatsApp location helps rescuers find two lost hikers in Penang Youth Park
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 4 — Two men who lost their way while hiking in Youth Park near the Botanical Gardens here last evening have been found safe. Penang Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) assistant director of operations John Sagun Francis
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