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30 Aug 2023
A journalist who defied Iran's strict dress code and was freed on bail this month has been rearrested for not wearing the headscarf in public, a news agency reported Wednesday. "Nazila Maroufian has been arrested for wearing inappropriate clothing in public places, and for publishing these photographs on social media," the Tasnim agency reported. Since…
30 Aug 2023
Former Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has had his three-year sentence for corruption suspended, but it is unclear if he will be freed from jail. The Islamabad High Court gave him bail until his appeal over the conviction is heard.
29 Aug 2023
Kim Jong Un has called for boosting North Korea's navy, saying the country's waters brimmed with "the danger of a nuclear war," state media reported Tuesday, as Seoul, Washington and Tokyo carried out joint naval drills.
29 Aug 2023
Toyota said Tuesday it has been hit by a technical glitch that forced it to suspend production at all of its 14 factories in Japan.
29 Aug 2023
A series of bomb attacks in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south killed two people and wounded four others, a senior local official told AFP on Tuesday.
29 Aug 2023
Hundreds of thousands of people are being coerced in Southeast Asia by criminal gangs into carrying out online scams, often under the threat of torture, the United Nations said Tuesday.
29 Aug 2023
Guatemala's Supreme Electoral Tribunal suspended the political party of president-elect Bernardo Arevalo on Monday while affirming his victory in the August 20 vote.
29 Aug 2023
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday that the West had failed to isolate his country, while also holding out the prospect of resuming talks on reviving a nuclear deal.
29 Aug 2023
Tokyo demanded Tuesday that China ensure the safety of Japanese citizens as it reported a brick being thrown at its embassy in Beijing in an escalating row over the release of Fukushima water.
29 Aug 2023
The Indonesian military has arrested three soldiers on suspicion of kidnapping, torturing and killing a civilian in an extortion plot, officials said Tuesday.
28 Aug 2023
Foxconn's billionaire founder Terry Gou announced Monday that he will run for president of Taiwan as an independent candidate.
28 Aug 2023
Shares in troubled Chinese property giant Evergrande plummeted nearly 80 percent in Hong Kong on Monday after the end of a 17-month trading suspension.

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About six months after President Bola Tinubu recalled all career and non-career ambassadors in diplomatic missions worldwide, their offices in embassies and consulates have remained vacant.
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Banks have 24 months to recapitalise their capital base to at least N500 billion international authorisation capitalisation to continue operations in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said.
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Disconnected Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards as a result of unverified National Identification Number (NIN) may hit 50 million from the second phase of the disconnection of unlinked SIMs to NIN exercise, which begins today, March 29.
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Nigeria’s sole surviving club in CAF’s inter-club competitions, Rivers United, are billed to host the first leg of the Confederation Cup final if they qualify for the title game.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has auctioned N1.64 trillion worth of treasury bills.
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Brethren, our immersion in the school of Ramadan is progressing steadily. Yes, the ‘school’ of Ramadan.
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Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have blamed the surge in the activities of taxicab robbers, popularly known as ‘one chance’, on the failure to make a success of the Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company (AUMTC), which ran aground, over 400 buses procured in 2005 for mass transit.
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In lieu of the increase in passenger traffic this season, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) has assured safety, security, and better customer experience for travellers using the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) facility in Lagos.
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Amidst several challenges confronting the power sector, including limited access to critical resources, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has unveiled plans to liaise with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
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Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has sought an amendment to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly rules to accommodate more emergency items.