EXPLAINED: Al-Arqam, the Malaysian sect implicated in a child …
WEB6 days ago · The sealed-off gate outside a welfare home – one of 20 homes raided by police and from where children were rescued – is seen in Kajang, Malaysia, Sept. 12, 2024. Al-Arqam, a banned Islamic sect in Malaysia, is in the spotlight again after 402 children – including some as young as 1 – were rescued from welfare homes during police raids ...
Indonesia’s shrinking middle class alarms economists
WEB5 days ago · In 2019, about 57 million people were classified in the country’s middle class but that number has shrunk to nearly 48 million in 2024 – representing just over 17% of the country’s total population – according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). Indonesia defines the middle class as households with monthly expenditures between 2 ...
Philippine Pastor Apollo Quiboloy pleads not guilty to child abuse ...
WEB6 days ago · And in a subsequent video arraignment by a different court in a separate case, the 74-year-old pastor pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually abusing underage members of his Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) church – a non-bailable offense. Minutes before his in-person arraignment at the court in Pasig city, Quiboloy told his supporters to be ...
Thailand closes 6 schools for Myanmar migrant children in Surat …
WEB6 days ago · Four students walk to their classroom in Thailand, June 14, 2023. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP. The Thai government’s sudden closure of six schools in southern Surat Thani province has left nearly 2,000 Myanmar migrant children without access to education, school officials and parents told Radio Free Asia. The government said the schools were ...
More Rohingya are arriving in Bangladesh, as Rakhine state burns
WEB6 days ago · Some 20,000 Rohingya have entered Bangladesh in the last three months as they flee worsening conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, with some new arrivals taking shelter in rented houses outside U.N.-administered camps, refugees and local officials say. The uptick comes with Bangladesh enmeshed in political turmoil and amid worsening …
Pacific Islands Forum investigating cyberattack on networks
WEB6 days ago · The Pacific islands’ peak diplomatic body is investigating a cyberattack on its networks, its top official said Friday while refusing to be drawn on reports that Chinese state-sponsored hackers were responsible for the breach. The attack on the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, which supports its 18 member countries and territories, occurred ...
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WEB6 days ago · ไผ่ ดาวดิน หรือ นายจตุภัทร์ บุญภัทรรักษา และ ครูใหญ่ ขอนแก่น หรือ นายอรรถพล บัวพัฒน์ ถูกศาลจังหวัดภูเขียว จ.ชัยภูมิ พิพากษาจำคุก 2 ปี 12 เดือน และ 2 ...
রাখাইনে যুদ্ধ, বাংলাদেশে অস্থিরতা, ব্যাপক …
WEB6 days ago · রাখাইনে যুদ্ধ, বাংলাদেশে অস্থিরতা, ব্যাপক হারে ঘটছে রোহিঙ্গা অনুপ্রবেশ. মিয়ানমারের আরাকানে সরকারি বাহিনীর সাথে বিদ্রোহী ...
Gelar rapat kabinet terakhir di Nusantara, Jokowi minta menteri …
WEB6 days ago · Presiden Joko "Jokowi" Widodo pada Jumat (13/9) meminta menteri dan pejabat tinggi pemerintahannya mendukung program Prabowo Subianto, bahkan meminta mereka tak ragu membuat kebijakan baru yang dapat mendukung presiden terpilih tersebut. Prabowo, yang kini menjabat menteri pertahanan, akan dilantik ...
ผู้อพยพชาวเมียนมาต้องแบกรับต้นทุนราคาแพง …
WEB6 days ago · ผู้อพยพชาวเมียนมาต้องแบกรับต้นทุนราคาแพง เพื่อลี้ภัยยังดินแดนไทย. เมื่อ จินเมียวยู (Zin Myo Yu) ควักเงินก้อนหนึ่งเป็นค่าลักลอบ ...