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KAPIT — Seorang lelaki dikhuatiri lemas dibawa arus deras, manakala dua lagi berjaya diselamatkan penduduk kampung dalam kejadian bot karam di Nanga Makoh Sungai Batang Rajang di sini petang semalam.

Jurucakap Pusat Gerakan Operasi Sarawak berkata, kejadian berlaku jam 5 petang ketika bot fiber dinaiki tiga mangsa bergerak dari arah Nanga Benin menuju Pekan Kapit, sebelum karam akibat terlanggar batu di tengah sungai.

Sehubungan itu, katanya, anggota Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Kapit memulakan usaha pencarian dan menyelamat (SAR) seorang mangsa yang masih hilang hari ini.

“Usaha SAR hari ini bermula jam 8 pagi menyasarkan pencarian secara permukaan pada radius pencarian dua kilometer dari lokasi bot berkenaan karam,” jelasnya.

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KUALA LUMPUR — Pasangan suami isteri warga Filipina ditahan dalam serbuan ke atas sebuah rumah di Pandan Indah, di sini semalam kerana disyaki memiliki kad pengenalan palsu.

Bahagian Penguatkuasa Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) berkata, serbuan dijalankan susulan risikan selama dua minggu ke atas pasangan itu.

Katanya, pasangan itu dipercayai membeli MyKad palsu berkenaan dengan harga RM250 sekeping daripada seorang ejen sindiket di ibu negara dua tahun lalu.

“Kedua-dua individu ini berasal dari Basilan, Filipina yang mana isteri berumur 40 tahun manakala suaminya 53 tahun.

“Kedua-dua suspek mengaku bekerja sebagai pengawal keselamatan dan menggunakan MyKad palsu berkenaan untuk mendapatkan kerja serta untuk bergerak bebas,” katanya.

Bahagian Penguatkuasa JPN berkata siasatan mendapati kedua-dua suspek yang fasih berbahasa Melayu itu mempunyai seorang anak di Filipina dan dipercayai masuk ke Malaysia secara haram.

Katanya, mereka dihadapkan ke mahkamah, di sini hari ini atas kesalahan mengikut Peraturan 25 (1)(e) Peraturan-peraturan Pendaftaran Negara 1990.

“Jika disabitkan kesalahan, mereka boleh dihukum penjara tidak lebih tiga tahun atau denda sehingga RM20,000 atau kedua-dua sekali.

“Tindakan diambil bagi memastikan setiap pesalah yang melakukan kesalahan mendapat hukuman, setimpal mengikut peruntukan undang-undang negara,” katanya.

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MOSCOW — Moscow’s revised nuclear doctrine outlines the possibility of a nuclear response if Kiev uses Western-made missiles against Russia, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.

“The Russian Federation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against it or the Republic of Belarus, … with the use of conventional weapons, in a way that poses a critical threat to their sovereignty and (or) territorial integrity,” Peskov said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine on Tuesday.

The spokesperson further said that Russia would view the use of Western non-nuclear missiles by Ukraine as an attack by a non-nuclear state with the support of a nuclear state against the country, potentially justifying the use of nuclear weapons by Moscow.

Peskov said that the doctrine outlines that “aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state” would be considered a joint attack.

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DAMASCUS — U.S. airstrikes killed five members of Iran-backed militias and wounded several others in eastern Syria on Tuesday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Britain-based monitoring group reported that U.S. warplanes targeted military gatherings in the Al-Quriyah desert of Deir ez-Zor province. It said the strikes came after a rocket believed to be fired by pro-Iran militiamen landed near a U.S. base in the countryside of al-Hasakah province in northeastern Syria.

Meanwhile, intermittent explosions of unknown origin were heard at a U.S. military base inside the al-Omar oil field base in Deir ez-Zor, the observatory said.

U.S. fighter jets were seen flying over several villages, reaching as far as the town of Mayadeen in Deir ez-Zor’s countryside near the Iraqi border, according to the observatory.

There were no immediate reports of additional casualties.

The region has seen increased tensions between U.S. forces and Iran-backed groups, which have a significant presence in eastern Syria.

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RAMALLAH — Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin city in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, according to Palestinian medical sources.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its team retrieved two bodies from a house in the neighborhood.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that two unidentified victims were brought to Jenin Government Hospital after being shot by the Israeli army in the eastern neighborhood. No further details were provided about the incident.

The Israeli army has not commented on this incident yet. Israel usually described these raids in the West Bank as “counter-terrorism operations” targeting “terrorists” linked to Palestinian armed groups.

The death toll of Palestinians has risen to five during Israeli raids in Jenin since Tuesday morning, with three Palestinians killed earlier in the day during an Israeli army siege on a house in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin.

Since the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel conflict on Oct. 7, 2023, violence in the West Bank has intensified, resulting in the deaths of over 780 Palestinians due to Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

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JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel was offering a reward of $5 million to anybody who brings out a hostage held in Gaza.

“Anybody who brings out a hostage will find with us a secure way for them and their family to leave” Gaza, Netanyahu said in a video filmed inside the Palestinian territory, according to his office.

“We will also give them a reward of $5 million for each hostage.”

Wearing a helmet and a bullet-proof jacket, Netanyahu spoke with his back to the Mediterranean in the Netzarim Corridor, Israel’s main military supply route which carves the Gaza Strip in two just south of Gaza City.

“Anyone who dares to do harm to our hostages is considered dead — we will pursue you and we will catch up with you,” he said.

Accompanied by Defense Minister Israel Katz, Netanyahu underlined that one of Israel’s war aims remained that “Hamas does not rule in Gaza.”

“We are also making efforts to locate the hostages and bring them home. We won’t give up. We will continue until we’ve found them all, alive or dead.”

During Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack which triggered the war in Gaza, militants took 251 hostages. Of those, 97 are still held in Gaza, including 34 who have been confirmed dead.

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BEIRUT — Four Ghanaian peacekeepers on duty sustained injuries on Tuesday as a rocket hit their base in the east of the southern Lebanese village of Ramyah, according to a statement by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

The rocket was “fired most likely by non-State actors within Lebanon,” said the statement, noting that three of the peacekeepers were transferred to a hospital for treatment.

On the same day, UNIFIL peacekeepers and facilities were affected by two other separate incidents. One involved the UNIFIL West Sector headquarters in Chamaa, where five rockets hit the maintenance workshop, though no peacekeepers were injured. This marked the second time in less than a week that the base had been impacted by the ongoing clashes between Israel and Hezbollah. On Nov. 15, a 155mm live artillery shell had struck the base.

In another incident, an armed person fired at a UNIFIL patrol passing through a road northeast of the village of Khirbet Selm. There were no reports of injuries among the peacekeepers.

The UN mission has informed the Lebanese Armed Forces about the incidents and launched investigations into each.

“UNIFIL once again reminds all actors involved in the ongoing hostilities to respect the inviolability of United Nations peacekeepers and premises. The pattern of regular attacks — direct or indirect — against peacekeepers must end immediately,” said the statement.

UNIFIL sites and installations have previously been attacked, leading to injuries, amidst the ongoing conflict between the Israeli army and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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LIPIS — Dua wanita maut dalam kemalangan membabitkan kereta dan lori di KM 15 Jalan Lipis-Jerantut, berdekatan Kampung Jeram Bungor, dekat sini 2.30 petang tadi.

Mangsa dikenali sebagai Nurshida Md Najib, 38, dari Felda Chini 4, Pekan yang memandu kereta dan penumpang kereta, Nurulfarhana Yahaya, 31, beralamat di Jerantut disahkan meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian.

Ketua Polis Daerah Lipis, Superintendan Ismail Man, berkata siasatan awal mendapati kereta dipandu seorang wanita Melayu bersama seorang penumpang wanita dalam perjalanan dari Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Limau Purut, Lipis menuju ke Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah (PPD) Lipis untuk urusan kerja.

Beliau berkata lori dipandu oleh seorang lelaki bersama kelindan dalam perjalanan dari Gua Musang untuk ke Kampung Gemunchor untuk mengambil tayar.

“Apabila sampai di tempat kejadian, kedua-dua kenderaan bertembung,” katanya.

Pemandu lori berusia 31 tahun mengalami kecederaan pada rusuk sebelah kiri dan kelindan berusia 33 tahun juga cedera dibawa ke Hospital Lipis untuk rawatan lanjut.

“Kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 41 (1) Akta Pengangkutan Jalan (APJ) 1987. Orang ramai yang mempunyai maklumat berkaitan kejadian ini, boleh menghubungi Bilik Gerakan IPD Lipis di nombor 09-3121999 atau mana-mana balai polis yang berhampiran,” katanya.

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Dua wanita kakitangan Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) maut dalam kemalangan yang melibatkan sebuah kereta jenis Proton Saga dan sebuah lori jenis Dahaitsu di KM 15 Jalan Lipis-Jerantut, berdekatan Kampung Jeram Bungor. Ihsan IPD Lipis. Gambar kecil; Nurulfarhana Yahaya dan Nurshida Md Najib.