SYDNEY -- Taxi drivers who overcharge or refuse fares could be blacklisted in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) as the state plans to roll out a centralized database tracking bad behaviour, local media reported on Sunday.

The Australian state's Point to Point Transport Commissioner Anthony Wing will work with the taxi industry to expand the Driver Vehicle Database to track illegal activity such as overcharging and fare refusal, according to 9News network. (Australia-Sydney-Taxi)

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COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's navy arrested 21 Indian fishermen who were poaching in the country's territorial waters on Saturday night, the navy said in a statement on Sunday.

The arrests were made during a special operation to chase away Indian trawlers poaching near the Delft island in northern Sri Lanka, and the navy also seized two trawlers that the Indians were traveling in, the statement said. (Sri Lanka-Indian Fishermen-Poaching)

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN -- Brunei enforcement agencies has seized 550 cans of smuggled alcohol in a recent joint operation, according to Royal Brunei Police Force.

According to the local daily Borneo Bulletin on Sunday, the suspicious-looking boat carrying three individuals sped away after noticing the presence of the enforcement personnel, with several packages thrown into the water during the chase. The boat escaped to a neighbouring country. (Brunei-Alcohol-Smuggling)

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MOSCOW -- Several Ukrainian drones attacked the Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Territory, causing a fire and a fatality, a local official said on Sunday.

The drones were neutralized, but the falling debris caused a fire, said Roman Sinyagovsky, head of the Slavyansk district where the oil refinery is located, quoting the Slavyansk Emergency Dispatch and Disaster Services (EDDS). (Russia-Ukraine-Drone Attack)

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GOMA, DRC -- At least eight peacekeepers of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUSCO, were injured in an attack on Saturday in the eastern part of the country.

This attack occurred in Sake, a town located about 20 km from Goma, capital of the eastern province of North Kivu, MONUSCO said in a press release published late Saturday. (DRC-Military-Peacekeepers) Enditem

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