KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 11 – The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) is not interested in the services of naturalised players who lack a “traceable relationship” with Malaysia. FAM in a statement today said they would only give the green light to players who had blood ties to the country or were born
WASHINGTON, Jun 11 – US President Donald Trump on Sunday accused James Comey of cowardice by leaking accounts of his meetings with the president, days after the ex-FBI director testified that Trump sought to derail the Russian probe. “I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever
QUETTA, Jun 11 – Unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle killed three policemen at a checkpoint in southwest Pakistan on Sunday before fleeing the scene, authorities said, in the latest attack to target officials in restive Balochistan. The incident occurred on the main Saryab Road of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province which
LONDON, Jun 11 – Fake suicide vests worn by the assailants in the London Bridge attack were made with disposable water bottles attached to leather belts, police revealed Sunday. “I have not seen this tactic in the UK before where terrorists create maximum fear by strapping fake explosives to themselves,” said police
LONDON, Jun 11 – A former Conservative rival condemned British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday as a “dead woman walking” as she raced to secure the support she needs to stay in power following a disastrous election. May’s office was forced to backtrack late Saturday after announcing that an outline deal
MONTMELÓ, Jun 11 – Spain’s Joan Mir produced a stunning final lap to win for the fourth time in seven races this season and extend his lead in the Moto3 world championship at the Catalan Grand Prix on Sunday. Mir passed Romano Fenati and Jorge Martin, who finished second and third respectively,
LAUSANNE, Jun 11 – Fifa is confident the diplomatic crisis sweeping Qatar will normalise and not threaten the 2022 World Cup, the organisation’s president, Gianni Infantino, said in an interview published Sunday. “We are facing a diplomatic crisis,” Infantino told Switzerland’s Le Matin Dimanche newspaper. “I am confident the region will return
ISLAMABAD, Jun 11 – A Pakistani man has been sentenced to death for committing blasphemy on Facebook, lawyers said Saturday, the first conviction on charges arising from social media. Judge Shabbir Ahmad Awan handed down the verdict in Bahawalpur, around 600km south of capital Islamabad, finding Taimoor Raza guilty of insulting the
PETALING JAYA, Jun 11 – Traders at a Ramadan bazaar in Kluang roughed up DAP’s Liew Chin Tong yesterday evening when the DAP leader and his staff visited the place. The Kluang MP said the incident occurred just before 7pm when he and his staff were at the dry goods section of
This is the place to catch up on all the biggest product announcements, hardware, apps, synths, Logic/GarageBand instruments and so much more in the world of iOS/Mac music production. This week, Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression is more affordable than ever with the Seaboard Block MIDI controller, the Native Instruments virtual modular
PUTRAJAYA, Jun 11 – The remand period of four individuals with the ‘Datuk’ title which ended today has been extended by six days starting tomorrow to assist in investigations into corruption and power abuse involving a cooperative of a government-linked company (GLC). The order was issued by Magistrate Nik Isfahanie Tasnim
LISBON, Jun 11 – Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has become a father to twins with a surrogate mother, Portuguese media reported Saturday. Reports said the babies – a girl and boy named Eva and Mateo – were born on Thursday to a woman living on the US West Coast. The captain
WASHINGTON, Jun 11 – The US first couple has hardly gotten off to a conventional start. Now, after a period spent apart, it’s in for a very public test: life together in the Petri dish that is Washington. President Donald Trump, for instance, all but ignored First Lady Melania – left clambering
SHAH ALAM, Jun 10 – PAS today declared its support for the proposed Political Donation and Expenditure Act (PDEA) that is aimed at curbing political funding. Its deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said the proposal which was submitted by the National Consultative Committee on Political Funding (NCCPF) last year was necessary
BALIK PULAU, Jun 10 – Malaysia has tightened health screenings at all entry points, especially in Johor, following reports of two new cases of the zika virus in Singapore. Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya said so far, there were no reports of the mosquito-borne viral infection involving Malaysians. “I want
WASHINGTON, Jun 10 – President Donald Trump on Friday accused James Comey of lying to Congress about the contents of their private meetings in the weeks before he sacked the FBI chief – and said he’d be willing to testify under oath about it. Trump was addressing reporters for the first time
LONDON, Jun 10 – The assailants behind a terror attack in London last week had also prepared a stash of Molotov cocktails and initially tried to hire a truck rather than a van to mow down pedestrians, British police said on Saturday. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said forensic officers examining
JOHOR BARU, Jun 10 – The Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (KPDNKK) has sent three samples of rice, alleged to be ‘plastic rice’ taken from a supermarket in Kulai, to the Chemistry Department to determine its authenticity. Johor KPDNKK enforcement chief Aris Mamat said they had conducted inspection at the
IPOH, Jun 10 – The Perak Health Department issued 625 summonses resulting in fines totalling RM75,570 for offences related to smoking, including smoking in prohibited places from January until May. Perak Health, Public Transportation, Non-Muslim Affairs, National Integration and New Villages Committee Datuk chairman Dr Mah Hang Soon said most of the
LABUAN, Jun 10 – Labuan police issued a total of 30 summonses for a number of offences during an operation, code-named ‘Op Samseng Jalanan’ conducted at Jalan Tun Mustapha in the wee hours of Saturday. The primary aim was to nab road users who were operating their vehicle without licence and under
