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South Korean investigators face hurdles in arresting impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol

The president, who issued a bungled declaration on Dec 3 that shook the vibrant East Asian democracy and briefly lurched it back to the dark days of military rule, faces imprisonment or, at worst, the death penalty.

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1 killed in Tesla cyber truck explosion outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s

While US President Joe Biden said the FBI is investigating any possible links between the two incidents, Tesla CEO Elon Musk alleged a connection, saying both vehicles were rented from the same car rental site.

New Orlean attack

Alleged ISIS associate rams truck into crowd in New Orleans on Jan 1 killing at least 15, injuring over 30

The suspect identified as Shamsuddin Jabbar, is a US Army veteran, who said he was inspired by the Islamic State group and had desire to kill in a video. On Jan 1, Jabbar steered a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans killing at least 15 people.

Bangladesh court denies bail to Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das arrested in Nov last year

Earlier, Das' bail was rejected on Nov 26 by Chattogram's 6th Metropolitan Magistrate Kazi Shariful Islam in the sedition case. He was sent to jail.

Xi Jinping vows Taiwan reunification with China in New Year’s speech, says ‘no one can separate the two’

Last year, China intensified its pressure on Taiwan by stepping up its military presence around the region by sending warships and planes into the waters and air space almost daily.

UK govt warns India against unlicensed satellite phones

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) reviewed the “Safety and Security” section of its advisory for India to flag that Britons have been arrested for bringing in such devices illegally to India.

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Indian nurse sentenced to death for murder in Yemen

Yemen President Rashad al-Alimi signed off on the death sentence for Nimisha Priya, who has been serving a prison sentence since 2017 for the murder of a Yemeni national. The sentence will be executed in a month, per media reports.