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The syndicate is believed to have conducted illegal money-lending activities, involving loan sharks and online money-lending, police said.

Wildfire forced dozens to flee their homes, and authorities now believe the fire was the result of arson as well as hot, dry conditions.

Based on investigations, the syndicate is also involved in drug trafficking, extortion, murder, and arson, police said.

The fire in a school dormitory in Guyana that killed at least 19 children may have been arson, the country's police and fire services said.

Norazam said the department needed a period of 14 days to carry out preliminary investigations and analysis, including obtaining witnesses.

Explosions and fires ripped through at least 17 locations in southern Thailand, authorities said.

Security camera footage from the clinic showed the fire broke out when the suspect carried two bags of liquid in and set it on fire.

Algeria has arrested the people suspected of being behind the most devastating wildfires in the country's history that killed 65 people.

Forest fires in Algeria killed 42 people on Tuesday, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put out the blaze, the government said.

Security forces had seized 48 "handmade mines", 20 sticks of TNT, detonators, fuses and other material in a raid.

The Chinese embassy said many Chinese staff were injured and trapped in arson attacks by unidentified assailants on garment factories in Hlaingthaya.

It was reported that up to eight cars and 53 motorcycles were affected in the pre-dawn incident, which the Puchong born rider suspected was due to a dispute between two parties.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the attack in the city of Kyoto - the latest grisly killing in a nation widely known for its low crime rates - "too appalling for words" and offered condolences.

A former Sessions Court judge Tuesday said that the suspects in the arson attack on Pusat Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, which claimed the lives of 23 people are liable to whipped, if convicted.

The suspects claimed they had discarded a screwdriver used to break into the school into the lake, but the murky waters made the search difficult.

The United States, part of the G7, has rejected the ICC decision, with President Joe Biden describing it as outrageous.

A legend who has influenced our music for decades, was one of the highlights of my career, says Francissca Peter.

Judges are reviewing TikTok's challenge to a law requiring ByteDance to sell its US assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.

In Washington, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, "We're close" but "nothing is done until everything is done".

Chaebols are prominent figures from South Korea's family-owned conglomerates.

The implementation of the RON95 subsidy in 2025 is expected to provide savings of RM3.6 billion to government expenditure.

Dr Mohd Afzanizam says the market responded positively to news of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent heading the US Treasury Department.

Also among the highlights, UNICEF report on 12.3pct of teenagers in Klang Valley's PPR face mental health issues and suicidal tendencies.

Here are the resolution's main terms, and a note about subsequent violations and tensions.

So far this year there have been 281 aid worker victims, according to the Aid Worker Security database.