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The government has sought to separate protesters’ legitimate demands from the looting and arson that marred Saturday’s demonstrations.

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Laporan 'The State of Households 2026' dapati tabiat makan di luar dikaitkan dengan kualiti diet yang rendah, sekali gus tingkat risiko obesiti, NCD.

The man was arrested in the nearby town of Coignieres after opening fire in Trappes and neighbouring La Verriere around 10.30am.

The spy agency on Friday reported to a parliamentary committee that recent unverified rumors circulating social media claiming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un might have died are false, sources said. The National …

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- The spy agency on Friday reported to a parliamentary ...

Waze rejected the allegations that it collected sensitive government ​information or allowed any entity to exploit personal user data.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — BDS Malaysia has welcomed the government’s directive banning civil servants from usin...

Tycoon Mamy Ravatomanga faces trial Tuesday over five Boeing 777s allegedly routed to Iran via Madagascar to evade US sanctions.

This follows the prime minister’s earlier order banning civil servants from using the Israeli-made navigation app while on official duty.

Hong Kong authorities have slammed the UK for making “untruthful remarks, slanders and smears” about the city’s affairs in its latest six-monthly report that described the “expanding scope and application” of national …

Governments and corporations worked throughout the night on urgent security updates after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to 70% of websites globally. Many government sites appeared to …

Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has spread to four other countries, exposing gaps in surveillance as health authorities work to contain infections across borders. Nigeria became the latest country …

HOUSE prosecution adviser Ace Barbers on Thursday urged law enforcement and financial intelligence agencies to investigate suspected links between illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) and political financing ahead of the 2028 …

North Koreans are finding quiet ways around the socialist lifestyle crackdown in 2026, even after Kim Jong Un’s government wrote the campaign into the country’s revised constitution. Sources inside the country say …

Three former officials convicted of forcibly repatriating North Korean fishermen in 2019 defended the move Thursday, describing it as a deportation of criminals. Chung Eui-yong, former national security adviser, Suh Hoon, former …

South Korea’s presidential National Security Office convened an emergency cybersecurity meeting on Thursday to coordinate a response to a critical vulnerability in PHP, a programming language widely used to power websites around …

National Security Council director-general Raja Nushirwan Zainal Abidin says department heads will oversee compliance with the chief secretary’s directive.

Upholding the apolitical nature of Australian intelligence is critical to the agencies’ ability to deliver in the national interest, especially as our strategic circumstances deteriorate. But avoiding politicisation means more than just …

SEPANG, Oct 22 — The government has urged Malaysians to uninstall Waze over concerns that users’ personal an...

MANILA, Philippines — House of Representatives prosecution adviser Ace Barbers on Thursday urged law enforcement and financial intelligence agencies to investigate suspected links between illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and political …

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The next national security crisis may expose a vulnerability that rarely appears in Australia’s strategic assessments: the disappearance of the local businesses that keep communities functioning. A defence facility may survive a …

The company reported slightly lower car sales, falling revenue from regulatory credits and energy storage, and a sharp rise in research and development spending.

Super Micro Computer shares jumped 9.6% after the AI server maker forecast quarterly revenue and profit margins above estimates, signalling resilient AI demand.

The initiative intends to challenge other prizes which are struggling with how to regulate AI and its use by authors.

The New Yalu River Bridge between China and North Korea opened on Oct. 15, 2026, after 12 years of delays. Slow customs clearance on both sides, however, is leaving cargo truck drivers …

Storm-0940 used ARTEX agentic AI to accelerate a ConnectWise supply chain compromise, enabling application credential abuse across Microsoft 365 environments. The post AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise …

North Korean trade workers are seeking concrete mixer trucks and pump trucks from China in 2026, broadening demand for heavy construction equipment. Trade workers are staff of state-licensed trading companies who manage …

The sabre-rattling came as the Israeli prime minister headed into the last week of a tight race for re-election.

Police had arrested two students in June after man alleged his son was beaten and threatened.

The Ukrainian president described his talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo a day earlier as productive, saying Ukraine was ready for diplomacy.

US envoy Steve Witkoff travelled to Russia from Norway, where he met Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in talks Washington described as 'positive'.

An appellate court on Wednesday handed down suspended prison terms for three former officials for forcibly repatriating two North Korean fishermen in 2019 despite their intention to defect to South Korea. The …

Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has positioned artificial intelligence ...

A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday handed suspended prison terms to former top security officials over the forced repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019, according to local media reports. …

Taiwan’s intelligence agency said China has cranked up cyberattacks and the distribution of misleading information against the island democracy ahead of local elections next month. China claims Taiwan is part of its …

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Taiwan’s National Security Bureau said disputed or false online content surged 48% to more than 2.5 million items in the first nine months of 2026, up from 1.69 million a year earlier.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Police have dismantled a cross-border prostitution syndicate that used Malaysia as an offsh...