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Tricky, but necessary, to build resilience against security threats

Terrorism and radicalisation will be an inescapable part of our lives from here on, and the main threats for 2017 and beyond should be divided into two parts. The first is the foreign fighter blowback. With the so-called Islamic State…
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Myanmar detains cops over Rohingya abuse video

YANGON • Myanmar’s government yesterday said it has detained several police officers over a video apparently showing Rohingya civilians being beaten, a rare admission that the authorities may have carried out abuses against the Muslim minority. Tens of thousands of…
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A Singaporean In Iran: Life In A Shi’ite Seminary

Mr Ahmad Murtadha Rosli, 26, is not your typical Singaporean university student. He attends classes from 8am to 5pm every Saturday to Thursday and shares a dormitory with nine other students. His teachers are all men who wear turbans and…
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