PARIS, May 30 – French customs officials said Tuesday that they had intercepted 135kg (300 pounds) of Captagon, dubbed the “jihadists’ drug”, at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport this year, a first for France. Captagon, a type of amphetamine, is one of the most commonly used drugs among fighters in the Syrian
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 – Bursa Malaysia ended mixed in cautious trading as gains in key heavyweights were offset by losses in small-cap stocks. The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) ended at 1,765.34, up 0.45 of-a-point from yesterday’s close of 1,764.89. After opening 0.5 of-a-point lower at 1,764.39, the market
PUTRAJAYA, May 30 – A van driver who was remanded for six days to facilitate investigations in a corruption probe related to illegal gambling premises and massage parlours in Melaka, was released on bail yesterday. Magistrate Nik Isfahanie Tasnim Wan Ab Rahman allowed the 32-year-old man to be released on a Malaysian
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 – The Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) investment income jumped 73.9% to RM11.79 billion in the first quarter ended March 31, 2017 (1Q17) from RM6.78 billion achieved in the same quarter last year. Chief Executive Officer Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan said the better performance was boosted by the significantly
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 – The High Court today set July 13 for hearing of a defamation suit brought by former Kedah mentri besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir against the Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Tengku Sharifuddin Tengku Ahmad. Judge Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim fixed the
KENINGAU, May 30 – The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry (KPDNKK) foiled an attempt to smuggle out subsidised goods worth RM15,500 to a neighbouring country yesterday. Keningau KPNDKK chief K. Gunasegaran said the goods seized include dozens of packets of cooking oil, and tanks of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which were
SEOUL, May 30 – North Korea confirmed that its test-firing of a precision-guided ballistic missile was “successful”, the state-run news agency KCNA reported it on Tuesday (May 30), a day after the projectile landed in waters provocatively close to Japan. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un supervised the launch of the “new-type
JAKARTA, May 30 – A shallow, 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit inland on the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi Monday, US seismologists said, causing people to panic but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake hit at a depth of nine kilometres at 10.35pm, west of the town of Poso,
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 – Genting Bhd’s share price increased 16 sen in the early session today, following the release of its strong performance in the first quarter of this year. The stock, one of the top gainers so far, stood at RM9.89 with 166,700 shares traded as at 9.57am. Genting yesterday
SEPANG, May 30 – AirAsia would like to warn the public on a social media post that has been circulating offering free tickets through an online survey. The scam directs to a link www.airasia.com-2017-givea.us and requires participants to answer questions in order to redeem the vouchers. In addition, there is also
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 – A lawyer for one of two women charged with assassinating Kim Jong-Nam accused Malaysian authorities Monday of failure to share documents vital to the defence. Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, 28, have been charged with the murder of Kim, the estranged half-brother of
COLOMBO, May 29 – An intensifying cyclone churned north towards Bangladesh yesterday after heavy rain in Sri Lanka and thunderstorms in eastern India killed almost 200 people, with more torrential downpours forecast. Impoverished Bangladesh, hit by cyclones every year, warned that some low-lying coastal areas were “likely to be inundated by a
MARAWI, May 29 – Security forces traded heavy gunfire with Islamist militants inside a southern Philippine city Monday, as fears grew for up to 2,000 people unable to escape a week of fighting that has left women and children among the dead. President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law across the southern third
WASHINGTON, May 29 – A White House in crisis scrambled to allay public concern over reports that Donald Trump’s son-in-law sought a secret communications link to Russia – a bombshell allegation the US president swatted down as “fabricated.” After returning late Saturday from his first foreign trip as president, Trump geared up
BEIJING, May 29 – China pleaded again for dialogue on Monday to ease regional tensions after North Korea launched its latest missile test in defiance of UN sanctions. The Chinese foreign ministry urged Pyongyang in a statement to refrain from activities that go against United Nations Security Council resolutions. “We hope that related
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 –The 2017 Taiwan Fellowship, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan), will accept applications from May 1 to June 30. Experts and scholars from Malaysian government, think tanks/research institutes or universities are encouraged to apply for this fellowship to
BUKIT MERTAJAM, May 29 – The Penang Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) has denied there is a current shortage in the supply of coconuts in the state, causing a price hike. State central operations manager, Akbaruddin Nasurdin said Fama had increased coconut supply for Ramadan and Hari Raya Aidilfitri by 50% to
GEORGE TOWN, May 29 – Penang could have sought proposals from major international medical players before selling the Peel Avenue government land to a hospital company directly, Gerakan said today. State Gerakan Youth chief Jason Loo said through a request for proposal, the state government could have vetted a list of
BATU PAHAT, May 29 – The Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) has advised the public not to panic over the rising prices of fish during Ramadan and ahead of the Aidilfitri celebration. LKIM chairman Datuk Seri Dr Irmohizam Ibrahim said the department would hold a meeting with the National Fishermen”s Association
KALUTARA, May 29 – Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the island’s worst flooding in well over a decade, which has killed 169 people. The military said a lull in torrential monsoon rains had allowed it to deploy aircraft,
