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Lights out early: Bangladesh cuts office hours, rolls out austerity drive to curb energy use
DHAKA, April 3 — The Bangladeshi government has decided to reduce office hours and take a series of austerity measures to cope with the ongoing global energy crisis triggered by instability in West Asia. According to United News of Bangladesh
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Thailand probes suspected fuel hoarding after 57m-litre supply gap
BANGKOK, April 3 — Thai authorities have launched a nationwide investigation into illegal fuel hoarding after uncovering a 57-million-litre discrepancy in oil shipments to Surat Thani province early this month. Justice Minister Pol Lt Gen Rutthaphon Naowarat said inspections are
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Hegseth asks US Army chief of staff to step down as military shake-up deepens
WASHINGTON, April 3 — Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has asked General Randy George to step down as chief of staff of the US Army, an official said yesterday. George is the latest senior military officer to be ousted during
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Flotilla 2.0: 1,000 pro-Palestinian activists to relaunch Gaza mission from Barcelona on April 12
BARCELONA, April 3 — A flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to reach Gaza last year said yesterday they would launch a new mission to the devastated territory from Barcelona on April 12. The Global Sumud Flotilla’s first weeks-long journey
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Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president in parliament vote
NAYPYIDAW, April 3 — Myanmar’s parliament elected junta chief Min Aung Hlaing as president today, an AFP tally showed, with the ex-military commander set to maintain his rule in a civilian guise after snatching power by force five years ago.
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Fraudsters in Cambodia face life in prison under new anti-cyberscam law
PHNNOM PENH, April 3 — Fraudsters running cyberscam operations in Cambodia could face life in prison after the Senate approved a new law today targeting criminals involved in the multibillion-dollar illicit industry. The Southeast Asian nation has emerged as a
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Iran and allies strike US, Israel targets as month-long Middle East war shows no sign of easing
TEHRAN, April 3 — Iran and its allies traded fire with Israel and the United States, as Washington-linked assets across the Middle East were targeted alongside civilian infrastructure—with the month-long war today showing little sign of easing. Strikes have increasingly targeted
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Trump gloating over attacks on Iran sparks war crime concerns
WASHINGTON, April 3 — Threatening to destroy Iran’s electricity grid and to reduce the country of 90 million to destitution, US President Donald Trump is shattering precedent by not just accepting but gloating about acts seen as potential war crimes.
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‘AI slop’ floods Middle East war, blurring truth and fiction
WASHINGTON, April 3 — “Is Netanyahu real or AI?” an internet headline blared, pointing to a video that supposedly showed the Israeli prime minister with six fingers. But the clip was real. Speculation spiralled online that Netanyahu might be dead or
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Nepal charges 32 over fake helicopter rescues in US$19.7m trekking insurance scam
KATHMANDU, April 2 — Nepal has charged 32 people over a multi-million-dollar insurance scam involving fake helicopter rescues of trekkers, police said today, a long-running racket that has cast a shadow over the country’s vital tourism industry. The Himalayan nation
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