JEDDAH, Jul 16 – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday that Paris wants to assist Kuwait-led mediation on the crisis between Qatar and four other Arab states after holding talks in Doha and Jeddah. Le Drian stopped in Qatar at the start of a Gulf tour aimed at
KANGAR, Jul 16 – PAS has never forged any cooperation with Umno to face the 14th General Election (GE14) , said its secretary-general Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan. He said PAS only cooperated with parties whose agendas were similar to the party’s struggles such as the issue on the 355 Bill (RUU355). “The Ulama Syura Council had explained that it could
LABUAN, Jul 15 – Dengue cases are on the rise in the duty-free-island here, with 29 cases (Jan-mid July), an increase of 625% compared to only four cases in the same period last year. Although no death has been reported thus far, at least four cases had been recorded in less than a
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 15 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has urged the public to experience for themselves the joy of travelling on the Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) line which will be fully operational from Monday. “The world-class public transportation system, the Sungai Buloh – Kajang MRT will be fully operational
BANGKOK, Jul 15 – A 26-year-old Canadian found dead in his Thai police cell this week was wanted in the US for allegedly running a massive “dark web” marketplace for drugs and other contraband, a police source told AFP Saturday. Thai cops arrested Alexandre Cazes in Bangkok on July 5 and had
MARAN, Jul 15 – Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will find it difficult to topple Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak even through the 14th General Election (GE14), said Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim. He said this was obvious because Najib was the leader of Barisan Nasional (BN) which has 132 seats in the Dewan Rakyat
BEIJING, Jul 15 – One of China’s most prominent rights activists was released by the authorities today after serving a four-year sentence that prompted international criticism, with his lawyer saying he hoped he would be allowed to live as a free man. Xu Zhiyong, whose “New Citizens’ Movement” advocated working within the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 15 – The Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK Line) Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) service which will be fully operational Monday, will boost economic activity along the 51km line, said Universiti Teknologi Malaysia’s Centre for Innovative Planning and Development (CIPD) director, Prof Dr Amran Hamzah. He said that this was due to
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 15 – The full opening of the Mass Rapid Transit Service (MRT) Sungai Buloh-Kajang Route (SBK) on Monday creates a level of connectivity that has never been enjoyed by the country, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. She said with the opening of the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 15 – The World Health Organisation (WHO) is keen to work with Malaysia to promote exercise medicine which has the potential to treat and prevent four Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), says an expert in exercise medicine. Dr Lee Chee Pheng said WHO’s interest in exercise medicine raised the possibility
AN Air Canada flight with 140 people on board came within 30m of crashing into other aircraft at San Francisco’s airport as it prepared to land, BBC reported today. The pilot was said to have “inadvertently” headed for the area where planes were due to depart in the July 7 incident.
ALOR STAR, Jul 15 – Kedah PAS today announced that it intends to contest all 36 state and 15 parliamentary seats in the state in the 14th General Election (GE14). Kedah PAS commissioner Dr Ahmad Fakhruddin Syeikh Fakhrurazi said this was in order because it was no longer allied with its former
PORT KLANG, Jul 15 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has frowned on Penang’s reluctance to sign the Corruption-Free Pledge and make a commitment to combat the country’s number one enemy. MACC chief commissioner Datuk Dzulkifli Ahmad said other states had signed it while Kelantan and Selangor had indicated their readiness to do
SINGAPORE, Jul 15 – Police have arrested a 34-year-old man who threatened two others in their 60s with two knives after a dispute at a coffee shop here. In the 7.40pm incident on Wednesday, the three men were having drinks when the younger man left them after a dispute and returned with
IPOH, Jul 15 – More than 5,000 people thronged Bulatan Amanjaya here to enliven the launching of the Perak -level “Negaraku Sehati Sejiwa” programme here last night. The programme on patriotism, which started at 10am, was filled with various activities including “Ziarah Kasih”, “Negaraku” exhibitions by government agencies, “Negaraku” graffiti, a colouring
WASHINGTON, Jul 15 – Donald Trump’s administration vowed Friday to appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge dealt a fresh setback to the president’s ban on travelers from six mainly Muslim countries and refugees as unfairly excluding the grandparents and grandchildren of people living in the United States. Attorney
LONDON, Jul 15 – The second round of Brexit negotiations will take place in Brussels on Monday, the British government said Friday. Britain’s Brexit minister David Davis will meet EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier for talks, followed by a meeting of coordinators and negotiating groups. The three negotiating groups cover citizens’ rights,
BEIJING, Jul 14 – When China allowed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo to die in police custody, it made a bet that world governments were more invested in improving trade ties than defending political dissidents. Even as Beijing has stepped up its crackdown on civil society, activists say, its trade partners have largely
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 14 – Malaysia said today pieces of debris found in Seychelles are not from missing flight MH370, which vanished in March 2014 on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The location of the plane has become one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries.
TOKYO, Jul 14 – Two bodies found stuffed inside suitcases abandoned in mountainous forest near Tokyo are suspected to be missing Chinese sisters, local media reported Friday. Police officers reportedly found the corpses folded inside the bags at two separate sites in the woods late Thursday. Police suspect that the bodies are
