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Serbia opens ‘smart’ police station using UAE expertise
Serbia has opened its first “smart” police station offering 24/7 security and community services without human intervention. (WAM)
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Updated 28 September 2023
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Serbia opens ‘smart’ police station using UAE expertise

Serbia opens ‘smart’ police station using UAE expertise
  • High-tech facility will offer 24/7 security and community services
Updated 28 September 2023
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LONDON: Serbia has opened its first “smart” police station, drawing on the technological expertise of the UAE, Emirates News Agency reported on Thursday.

The initiative was inspired by the success of Dubai Police’s smart police stations, which offer 24/7 security and community services without human intervention.

The new high-tech police facility is part of the UAE and Serbia’s collaboration and exchanging of expertise in security, policing and crime prevention.

Bratislav Gasic, Serbia’s interior minister, praised the UAE for its support in establishing the police station, highlighting it as a testament to the growing ties between the two countries.

Lt. Gen. Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri, commander-in-chief of Dubai Police, said the venture is part of the UAE’s strategic efforts to strengthen its international partnerships in line with the vision of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.

“Our shared objective is to transform Serbian police stations, combining Emirati innovation and Serbian security expertise. These smart police stations will provide various services in multiple languages 24/7 without human intervention, mirroring the SPS in Dubai,” he said.

Topics: Serbia UAE

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Thai king endorses PM Paetongtarn’s new cabinet

Thai king endorses PM Paetongtarn’s new cabinet
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Thai king endorses PM Paetongtarn’s new cabinet

Thai king endorses PM Paetongtarn’s new cabinet
  • Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s Pheu Thai Party, which together with its previous incarnations has led multiple governments since 2001
  • Paetongtarn is the youngest daughter of the influential ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who is still seen as wielding power behind the scenes
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s new cabinet, the Royal Gazette showed on Wednesday, with 12 new faces in the 36-member lineup.
Paetongtarn’s Pheu Thai Party, which together with its previous incarnations has led multiple governments since 2001, dominates the new cabinet and has retained current Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira and Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, the gazette showed.
Deputy premier Phumtham Wechayachai takes on the defense portfolio and has been replaced as commerce minister by top Pheu Thai adviser and former energy minister Pichai Naripthaphan.
Pheu Thai has 17 of the cabinet positions, which include ministers and deputy ministers, with the remaining 19 posts divided among its coalition partners. Paetongtarn, 38, was elected by parliament last month to become Thailand’s youngest premier and its second woman in the job, after the shock removal of predecessor Srettha Thavisin by a court, which said he had violated ethics in a cabinet appointment.
Paetongtarn is the youngest daughter of the influential ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who is still seen as wielding power behind the scenes. She is the fourth member of her family to hold the post, with the other three removed by coups or in court decisions.

Thousands of Rohingya flee to Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar, official says

Thousands of Rohingya flee to Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar, official says
Updated 04 September 2024
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Thousands of Rohingya flee to Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar, official says

Thousands of Rohingya flee to Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar, official says
  • The violence has intensified as fighting between Myanmar's ruling junta and the Arakan Army continues to worsen
  • The Bangladesh government has not previously provided any estimate of how many Rohingya have crossed over in the last few months
Updated 04 September 2024
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DHAKA: Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent months, escaping escalating violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, according to Bangladeshi officials.
The violence has intensified as fighting between Myanmar's ruling junta and the Arakan Army, a powerful ethnic militia drawn from the Buddhist majority, continues to worsen.
"We have information that around 8,000 Rohingya crossed into Bangladesh recently, mostly over the last two months," said Mohammad Shamsud Douza, a senior official in charge of refugees for the Bangladeshi government.
"Bangladesh is already over-burdened and unable to accommodate any more Rohingya," he told Reuters on Wednesday.
The Bangladesh government has not previously provided any estimate of how many Rohingya have crossed over in the last few months.
The government will hold a "serious discussion at the cabinet" within the next two to three days to address the crisis, Bangladesh’s de-facto foreign minister, Mohammad Touhid Hossain, told reporters late on Tuesday.
While expressing sympathy for the Rohingya, Hossain said that the country no longer has the capacity to provide humanitarian shelter to additional refugees.
"It is not possible to fully seal the border," he added, adding that efforts will be made to prevent further infiltration.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh held rallies in camps on August 25, marking the seventh anniversary of the 2017 military crackdown that forced them to flee Myanmar, demanding an end to violence and safe return to their homeland.
Over one million Rohingya currently live in overcrowded camps in southern Bangladesh, with little hope of returning to Myanmar, where they are largely denied citizenship and other basic rights.
The recent surge in violence is the worst the Rohingya have faced since the 2017 Myanmar military-led campaign, which the United Nations described as having genocidal intent.
Last month, Hossain told Reuters Bangladesh cannot accept more Rohingya refugees and called on India and other countries to take greater action.
He also urged the international community to apply more pressure on the Arakan Army to cease attacks on the Rohingya in Rakhine state.

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Fugitive former Philippines mayor arrested in Indonesia

Fugitive former Philippines mayor arrested in Indonesia
Updated 04 September 2024
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Fugitive former Philippines mayor arrested in Indonesia

Fugitive former Philippines mayor arrested in Indonesia
  • Alice Leal Guo, a former mayor of a town north of capital Manila, has been on the run since being linked to a Chinese-run online gambling center
  • Authorities accused the former Bamban mayor of involvement in the illicit operation – and of being a Chinese national masquerading as a Filipino
Updated 04 September 2024
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MANILA: A fugitive former mayor in the Philippines accused of human trafficking and links to Chinese organized crime has been arrested in Indonesia, according to Philippine authorities who are seeking her extradition.
Alice Leal Guo, a former mayor of a town north of capital Manila, has been on the run since being linked to a Chinese-run online gambling center where hundreds of people were forced to run scams or risk torture.
Authorities accused the former Bamban mayor of involvement in the illicit operation — and of being a Chinese national masquerading as a Filipino in order to run for office.
Guo was arrested by Indonesian police in Jakarta late Tuesday, the Philippine Department of Justice said in a statement.
“Indonesia tagged Guo as an illegal alien since they know that she is a fugitive here in the Philippines, then there was also a misrepresentation of her nationality in her passport,” Bureau of Immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval said on Wednesday, detailing the grounds for Guo’s arrest.
The Philippines has requested Guo’s extradition, and Manila’s Bureau of Immigration and National Bureau of Investigation are coordinating with Indonesian authorities to secure her return “in the soonest possible time,” NBI Director Jaime Santiago said.
Guo is also wanted by the Philippine Senate for refusing to attend hearings on her alleged ties to scam farm operations in Bamban.
She faces charges of graft, money laundering and human trafficking in relation to the scam farm raid in Bamban.
Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla hailed Guo’s arrest as “a testament to the tireless efforts of our law enforcement agencies and the strength of international cooperation in bringing fugitives to justice.”
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos thanked the Indonesian government for their assistance on the arrest.
“Let this serve as a warning to those who attempt to evade justice: Such is an exercise in futility. The arm of the law is long and it will reach you,” Marcos said on social media.

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Afghan refugee pleads no contest to 2 murders in case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community

Afghan refugee pleads no contest to 2 murders in case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community
Updated 04 September 2024
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Afghan refugee pleads no contest to 2 murders in case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community

Afghan refugee pleads no contest to 2 murders in case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community
  • Muhammad Syed, 53, entered pleas to two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Naeem Hussain
  • Three ambush-style killings happened over the course of several days in 2022, leaving authorities scrambling to determine if race or religion was involved
Updated 04 September 2024
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ALBUQUERQUE: An Afghan refugee convicted of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings in 2022 that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community pleaded no contest Tuesday to two homicide charges stemming from the other killings.
Prosecutors said Muhammad Syed, 53, entered the pleas to two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Naeem Hussain.
A jury had convicted Syed in March in the shooting death of Aftab Hussein, 41, in July 2022.
The three ambush-style killings happened over the course of several days, leaving authorities scrambling to determine if race or religion might have been behind the shootings. Investigators soon shifted away from possible hate crimes to what prosecutors called the “willful and very deliberate” actions of another member of the Muslim community.
Syed, who settled in the US with his family several years earlier, denied involvement in the killings after being stopped more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from Albuquerque. He told authorities he was on his way to Texas to find a new home for his family, saying he was concerned about the killings in Albuquerque.
Bernalillo County prosecutors said Syed faces a life prison sentence in Aftab Hussein’s killings and will serve 30 years behind bars for the no-contest pleas. A sentencing date hasn’t been set.
Authorities said Afzaal Hussain, an urban planner, was gunned down Aug. 1, 2022, while taking his evening walk. Naeem Hussain was shot four days later as he sat in his vehicle outside a refugee resettlement agency on the city’s south side.
After Syed’s conviction in March, prosecutors acknowledged that no testimony during the trial nor any court filings addressed a possible motive. Prosecutors had described him as having a violent history, but his public defenders argued that previous allegations of domestic violence never resulted in convictions.

US congressional committee subpoenas Blinken over Afghanistan

US congressional committee subpoenas Blinken over Afghanistan
Updated 04 September 2024
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US congressional committee subpoenas Blinken over Afghanistan

US congressional committee subpoenas Blinken over Afghanistan
  • Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul says Blinken must appear on Sept. 19 or face contempt charges
  • Events surrounding the US pullback from Afghanistan are becoming increasingly politicized issue ahead of Nov. 5 elections
Updated 04 September 2024
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WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, saying he had refused to appear before the panel to testify on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
In a letter about the subpoena, Chairman Michael McCaul said Blinken must appear before the committee on Sept. 19 or face contempt charges, the committee said.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Blinken was not currently available to testify on the dates proposed by the committee, but has proposed “reasonable alternatives” to comply with McCaul’s request for a public hearing.
“It is disappointing that instead of continuing to engage with the Department in good faith, the Committee instead has issued yet another unnecessary subpoena,” Miller said in a statement.
He said Blinken had testified before Congress on Afghanistan more than 14 times, including four times before McCaul’s committee. He also said State has provided the committee with nearly 20,000 pages of department records, multiple high-level briefings and transcribed interviews.
McCaul asked Blinken in May to appear at a hearing in September on the committee’s report on its investigation of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
In his letter to Blinken, the Republican committee chairman said current and former State Department officials confirmed that Blinken was “the final decisionmaker” on the withdrawal and evacuation.
“You are therefore in a position to inform the Committee’s consideration of potential legislation aimed at helping prevent the catastrophic mistakes of the withdrawal, including potential reforms to the Department’s legislative authorization,” McCaul wrote.
The subpoena from McCaul’s committee, which has been investigating the deadly and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan for years, comes as events surrounding the pullback become an increasingly politicized issue ahead of the Nov. 5 elections.
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, visited Arlington National Cemetery late last month and took part in a wreath-laying ceremony honoring the 13 servicemembers killed during the US withdrawal.
He also visited Section 60 of the cemetery, where troops are buried and which is considered hallowed ground in the military.
Federal law and Pentagon policies do not allow political activities in that section of the cemetery, but videos were taken by Trump’s campaign and used in advertisements.
During a speech in Pennsylvania on Friday, Trump said families of service members who died in Afghanistan had asked him to go to the cemetery.

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