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Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu at the International Conference on Palestine Kuala Lumpur (ICPKL) 2023 in Seremban, today. - BERNAMA

Victims' relatives sit next to the rubble of a collapsed building in Adiyaman, Turkey on Feb 9, 2023, three days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey. - AFP

A large number of buildings were also destroyed or damaged in the opposition-held areas in northern Syria, where rescue teams are frantically searching for survivors.

Taliban security personnel leave after the conclusion of an inauguration ceremony of a 5000-bed rehabilitation camp for drug addicts, at the interior ministry in Kabul on Feb 1. Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have "beaten and detained" an academic who voiced outrage on live television against their ban on women's university education, his aide said on Friday. - AFP

Tourists visit the ruins of Persepolis near the city of Shiraz in southern Iran on Jan 25. Persepolis, a UNESCO world heritage site, was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia (550-330 BC). The importance and quality of the monumental ruins make it a unique archaeological site. Activists report that Iran has handed 10-year jail sentences to a young couple, after a video of their romantic dance in front of Teheran's historic Azadi Tower in November went viral. - XINHUA

Photo taken from the Shuafat camp for Palestinian refugees. - Photo by AFP.

Monetary policy has to reflect the state of the economy and not be static

Iran has been gripped by demonstrations since the September 16, 2022, death in custody of Masha Amini, a young Iranian Kurd who had been arrested for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code for women. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Director Sierra Urich attends 2023 Sundance Film Festival "Joonam" Premiere at Egyptian Theatre on Jan 21, 2023 in Park City, Utah. -AFP

Bank Negara Malaysia decided to maintain the OPR at 2.75 per cent today, allowing it to assess the impact of the cumulative past OPR adjustments, given the lag effects of monetary policy on the economy. - Photo: BERNAMA