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Heng Ratana, the Royal Government Delegate overseeing the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), announced that the Chinese government had allocated a grant of $4.4 million to facilitate mine clearance efforts across seven provinces in Cambodia. As noted on Heng Ratana’s Read More …
All 60 members of the Chinese military engineering contingent from the 23rd Chinese Peacekeeping Force to Lebanon successfully passed the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) qualification assessment in a single attempt on Friday. They obtained dual certifications in mine Read More …
Western powers, including the United States, Germany, and France, have reportedly expressed concern over Syria’s new Islamist government’s decision to appoint foreign jihadists to senior military positions, according to informed sources. In response, Western envoys are attempting to persuade the Read More …
The first National Police DNA laboratory was officially inaugurated in Phnom Penh yesterday, providing an important tool in solving crimes. The inauguration was presided over by National Police Chief General Sar Thet. Gen Thet said the DNA laboratory was established Read More …
The Somali Explosives Management Authority (SEMA) on Monday concluded a training program aimed at tackling the threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war. Funded by the Chinese Embassy in Somalia, the initiative trained 81 participants from federal member states, Read More …
The Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Unit (ICTU) coordinated a large-scale inter-departmental counter-terrorism (CT) exercise codenamed “WISDOMLIGHT” at the Youth Sports Ground in the Kai Tak Sports Park (KTSP) today (December 17). In addition to the six member departments of ICTU — Read More …
After years of rumours that the virus that causes COVID-19 escaped from a laboratory in China, the virologist at the centre of the claims has presented data on dozens of new coronaviruses collected from bats in southern China. At a Read More …
The mastermind behind a foiled bomb plot during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been jailed for nearly 24 years in the city’s first case brought under an anti-terrorism law. Ng Chi-hung, who had previously pleaded guilty to Read More …
A hit-and-run attack at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai killed 35 people and severely injured 43, local police said on Tuesday. The incident happened at 7:48 p.m. (1148 GMT) on Monday, when a small off-road Read More …
Sindh Home Minister Zia Ul Hassan Lanjar on Monday announced the arrest of three terrorists, including the mastermind behind the deadly blast near the Karachi airport that killed two Chinese nationals among three people. “Javed alias Sami, who is the Read More …