suspects with their hands ziptied after being detained during a raid on a scam centre in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in July

US, UK sanction huge Southeast Asian crypto scam network

The United States and United Kingdom have announced sweeping sanctions against a Southeast Asia-based multinational crime network for running a chain of “scam centres” in Cambodia, Myanmar and across the region, using trafficked workers to defraud people around the world into bogus crypto investments. The US Treasury Department on Tuesday said it had taken what…

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Temporary ceasefire declared after new Pakistan-Afghanistan border clashes

Temporary ceasefire declared after new Pakistan-Afghanistan border clashes

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire amid deepening hostilities between the former allies after deadly clashes erupted on the border overnight, according to Pakistani officials. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the ceasefire would come into effect at 6pm local time (13:00 GMT). Both countries would make sincere efforts through…

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‘Fistfights at gas stations’: Ukraine targets Russian energy infrastructure

‘Fistfights at gas stations’: Ukraine targets Russian energy infrastructure

Kyiv, Ukraine –When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Moscow promised the residents of the Black Sea peninsula higher salaries, better hospitals and retrofitted infrastructure. But 11 years later, they are learning to live with almost daily Ukrainian drone and missile attacks, unpredictable blackouts and a growing shortage of gasoline. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend…

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