X faces restrictions in Pakistan amid protests over alleged vote rigging
The social media platform continues to be inaccessible to users in Pakistan since Saturday amid protests against alleged vote manipulation.
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Indonesia eyes Singapore’s Taylor Swift gigs, says it needs ‘Swiftonomics’ to boost tourism
The Indonesian government has formed a 1 trillion rupiah (US$64 million) tourism fund to help it bid for such events.
Singapore Airshow, Japan-Ukraine conference, Cambodia Senate election
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Monday Briefing: Avdiivka Falls to Russia
Ukrainian forces retreated from Avdiivka, which had been a stronghold in the Donetsk region for more than a decade, giving Russia its first significant victory in almost a year. Now, Ukraine’s outgunned troops may be in their most precarious position since the first months of the war almost two years ago.
2 lions in India named after Hindu deity and Muslim emperor spark court petition
An Indian Hindu nationalist organisation has launched a court petition to stop two lions named after the Hindu deity Sita and a 16th-century Muslim emperor from sharing a zoo enclosure.
Senior Pakistani Official Admits to Helping Rig the Vote
A senior Pakistani official confessed on Saturday to helping manipulate results in the country’s elections — a startling claim strengthening a sense that the vote was among the least credible in Pakistan’s history, and deepening the turmoil that has seized the country ever since people went to the polls this month.
Pakistan official admits involvement in rigging election results
Pakistan’s election commission will ‘hold an enquiry’ after Rawalpindi commissioner Liaqat Ali Chattha’s announcement.
Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin freed from detention under parole
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was freed from detention on Sunday after the coalition government headed by a party backed by his family granted him a special parole citing his old age and illness.