Singapore government employee fined for media leak Singapore, (MILLAT ONLINE):A Singapore civil servant was Wednesday fined but escaped jail for leaking confidential information to a journalist, a prosecution that a rights group described as an attempt to spread a “culture of fear”. Government housing agency employee Ng Han Yuan, who could have been jailed for […]
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Singapore government employee fined for media leak
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S. Korea seeks US military drill delay for Olympics
S. Korea seeks US military drill delay for Olympics Seoul, (MILLAT ONLINE):South Korean President Moon Jae-In has proposed delaying annual joint military exercises with the US in an effort to reduce tensions with the nuclear-armed North during next year’s Winter Olympics. Moon’s comments were the first confirmation that Seoul is seeking to postpone the annual […]
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Iran ‘strongly denies’ arming Yemen rebels
Iran ‘strongly denies’ arming Yemen rebels Tehran, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tehran strongly denied on Wednesday that it had supplied weapons to Yemeni rebels which they used in attacks on its archfoe Saudi Arabia as alleged by both Riyadh and Washington. “We have no arms link with Yemen,” foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told the ISNA news agency, […]
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Trump nears tax victory as US Senate passes overhaul
Trump nears tax victory as US Senate passes overhaul Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):The US Senate narrowly approved a sweeping tax overhaul early Wednesday, putting President Donald Trump on the brink of his first major legislative triumph nearly a year after he took office. Hours earlier, Trump’s $1.5 trillion deficit-busting tax cuts cleared the House of Representatives, […]
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10 Daesh suspects arrested in central Turkey
10 Daesh suspects arrested in central Turkey ESKISEHIR, (MILLAT ONLINE):Ten Iraqi nationals who are suspected of being linked to the Daesh terrorist group were arrested in Turkey’s central province of Eskisehir on Wednesday, according to security officials. They were rounded up in simultaneous anti-terror operations launched across the city, a security source said on condition […]
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UN Security Council calls for efforts toward stability in Lebanon
UN Security Council calls for efforts toward stability in Lebanon UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT ONLINE):United Nations Security Council (UNSC) called for regional efforts to bring stability to Lebanon and asked Lebanese political parties to disassociate themselves from external conflicts. In a press statement, the UNSC welcomed Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s return to Lebanon and his decision […]