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Elections cannot currently be held in Ukraine under martial law, which must be extended every 90 days and is next due to expire on Nov. 15.

Thousands of residents of a hill town in northwest Myanmar were hiding in jungles, villages and valleys.

The military junta imposed martial law in parts of the main city Yangon, giving commanders wide powers to stamp out dissent.

The attacks on businesses from China provoked its strongest comments yet on the turmoil gripping its Southeast Asian neighbour.

Several thousand people defied a martial law ban on street rallies to protest in the capital Yerevan.

The Philippines has reported 5,660 infections, the most in Southeast Asia, including 362 deaths from COVID-19.

Philippine President Rodrigo said he had no choice but to impose martial law as the Islamic militants were already destroying the city.

Ground troops hid behind walls and armoured vehicles and exchanged volleys of gunfire with Maute group fighters, firing into elevated positions occupied by militants who have held Marawi City.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he will deal harshly with terrorism and that martial law on the island of Mindanao would remain in place for a year if necessary.

Duterte appears to be steering this democracy into the dark corners of authoritarianism and driving an important U.S. ally into the waiting arms of China and Russia.

Duterte has made a brutal war on drugs a central pillar of his administration since he took office in the middle of last year.

The explosions came just hours after the government of Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-O-Cha lifted martial law and empowered the NCPO, where he is chief, to issue orders.

Thailand's junta lifted martial law on Wednesday but replaced it with new orders retaining sweeping powers for the military.

Thai's junta chief said he would lift martial law but only after replacing it with a new order retaining sweeping powers for the military.

Thailand's army stressed that the move "is not a coup" but "to restore peace and order for people from all sides".

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.