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NAIROBI, July 10 — Kenya’s President William Ruto yesterday said police should shoot protesters who vandalise businesses in the leg to incapacitate them, two days after 31 people were killed during nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

ANKARA, March 18 — Gaza’s local authorities said today that over 322 Palestinians were killed or missing within five hours across the Gaza Strip as Israel resumed its genocide, breaking a ceasefire of nearly two months.

GENEVA, Feb 29 — US aid cuts are having an extreme and immediate impact on thousands of children in Haiti as violence spirals and more youth are recruited by armed gangs, the United Nations children’s agency Unicef warned today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Police have arrested two men believed to have been involved in a fight involving two groups of football fans at the Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT station on the Ampang-Sri Petaling Line here on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 — The High Court today set January 20 to hear the prosecution’s application for the five family members of a suspect in the Ulu Tiram police station attack, who are charged with terrorism-related offences, to be tried together.

BEIJING, Nov 19 — A driver in an SUV ploughed into students and pedestrians outside a primary school in southern China today, leaving several people hurt, state media said, as worries spread over a spate of violent attacks in the country over the past week.

DHAKA, Aug 6 — Bangladesh’s protesting student leaders demanded today that Parliament be dissolved and warned of a “strict programme” if their deadline was not met, a day after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — Malaysians residing in or travelling to the United Kingdom have been advised to register with the High Commission of Malaysia in London due to riots in various areas there.

DHAKA, Aug 5 — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation is a “possibility”, AFP reported today, as six more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation more than five decades ago.

LONDON, Aug 5 — United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an emergency meeting with police chiefs today after days of violent anti-immigration protests intensified, with buildings and vehicles torched and hotels holding asylum seekers targeted.

SEREMBAN, Aug 5 — The situation amid ongoing protests in the United Kingdom is becoming increasingly alarming and has escalated into violence, said Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.

LIVERPOOL, Aug 4 — Violent disorder swept across several British cities yesterday, injuring police and damaging property in the most widespread rioting in the country for 13 years, following the murder of three young girls in northwest England.

DHAKA, July 28 — Bangladesh restored mobile internet services this afternoon, after a 10-day blackout due to violence triggered by student protests over government job quotas.

SUNGKAI, July 28 — The Higher Education Ministry (Mohe) said it is monitoring the safety of Malaysian students in Bangladesh, with Wisma Putra.

DHAKA, July 24 — Bangladesh partially restored telecommunication services on Wednesday although internet connection was slow and social media remained suspended, days after deadly protests against reservations for government jobs killed almost 150 people.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — The Higher Education Ministry (MOHE) will work with the Foreign Affairs Ministry to provide assistance, including counselling, accommodation and logistics, to Malaysians brought back from Bangladesh.

SEPANG, July 23 — A special flight, chartered under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s directive to bring Malaysians in strife-torn Bangladesh home, departed the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2 at 7.30am.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — The government has decided to bring home all Malaysians in Bangladesh due to security concerns following escalating tensions there, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.