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Malaysia bans civil servants from using Israeli mapping app

KUALA ​LUMPUR — Malaysia has banned civil servants ​from using Alphabet's navigation application Waze after Prime ​Minister Anwar Ibrahim ‌said its origins in Israel raised security concerns.

PM’s new narcotics bill equates possession with trafficking

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has submitted amendment bills that would intensify drug suppression through longer detention, greater data access for authorities and a redefinition of all drug possessors as traffickers.

Bangkok college move to go ahead, says minister

Higher Education Minister Yodchanan Wongsawat has confirmed plans to relocate a central Bangkok vocational college at the centre of decades-old land dispute, despite student protests, pledging support to minimise disruption during the 90-day transiti...

Suvarnabhumi denies online claim of luggage search

Suvarnabhumi airport has said it has not found any evidence that its staff opened and searched a passenger’s luggage, responding to a Thai travel blogger who claimed online that her belongings had been rummaged through.

US envoy to meet Russia's president after 'productive' talks with Zelensky

SAINT PETERSBURG — US envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Saint Petersburgand meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday following "very productive" talks with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

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