Turkish Elections: Voting Begins at Customs Gates

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turks living abroad began voting on Thursday for the June 24 presidential and general elections at customs gates and foreign missions. The voting process at custom gates of Istanbul’s Ataturk and Sabiha Gokcen airports started at 8.00 a.m. local time (0500GMT). Turks also started voting at the Kapikule and Ipsala border gates […]

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Thais, Taiwanese phone-scammers caught in Malaysia

Ten Thais and two Taiwanese were arrested during a joint raid by Thai and Malaysian police on a house in Penang, Malaysia, used as a base by a Taiwanese-led phone-call syndicate late on Tuesday night. Thai tourist police accompanied officers from Malaysia’s economic crime suppression unit to the large house in a hilly area of […]

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Indonesia: Police Seize Bombs, Arrest Terror Suspects in Sumatra

Indonesian counterterror police are questioning six men detained in Sumatra on the weekend, including three who were allegedly plotting to bomb Indonesia’s national parliament, officials said. Police picked up three individuals in Pringsewu, near the southern tip of Sumatra, on Sunday, Amran Ampulembang, an intelligence official at Lampung regional police, told BenarNews. The day before, […]

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