PUTRAJAYA, May 14 – The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) says no ransomware attacks have been reported in Malaysia as at 10am today amidst a massive global cyber-attack which hit nearly 100 countries. The commission in a statement today said MCMC is continuing to monitor the situation together with other enforcement
KATHMANDU, May 13 – Voting began in Nepal on Sunday in its first local elections in two decades, a landmark moment in the country’s fraught transition to democracy. Polls opened in three provinces at 7 am (9:15am Malaysia Time) with nearly 50,000 candidates vying for the position of mayor, deputy mayor, ward
SEOUL, May 13 – North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in an apparent test of the South’s new president who backs engagement with Pyongyang. The missile flew about 700km before landing in the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The US Pacific Command said it did
JOHOR BARU, May 13 – The Youth and Sports Ministry will leave it to the Foreign Ministry to decide whether the national football squad can leave for Pyongyang to play in a 2019 Asian Cup qualifier. North Korea is set to play host to Malaysia in the much anticipated match in Pyongyang
BEIJING, May 13 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, here today. Najib, on a five-day working visit to China, will also attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 14 and
BEIJING, May 13 – A senior North Korean diplomat said Saturday Pyongyang would be willing to hold talks with the United States if the conditions are right. Choe Son-Hui, head of the foreign ministry’s North America bureau, told reporters at Beijing’s international airport that her country “will hold dialogue under right conditions”
PUTRAJAYA, May 13 – Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman will make an official visit to Qatar from May 13 (today) to May 17 to further enhance the bilateral relations between Malaysian and Qatar. In a statement, Wisma Putra said the visit is on the invitation of Qatar’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh
GEORGE TOWN, May 13 – Sarawak DAP has been told to prepare for Pujut by-election after Dr Ting Tiong Choon was disqualified as a member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly yesterday. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said he was shocked by the decision of the Sarawak State Assembly to disqualify Dr
PUTRAJAYA, May 13 – The Barisan Nasional (BN) expects to see more split in the opposition coalition ahead of the upcoming 14th General Election (GE14). Its secretary-general, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said the breaking up of PAS-PKR was expected as the parties could not get along. “They (opposition) formed the
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WASHINGTON, May 13 – Another self-inflicted crisis has left Donald Trump’s critics outraged and some of his Republican allies dismayed, but a bedrock of support for the billionaire US leader means the political endgame is far in the distance. A few weeks ago, only Trump’s most rabid opponents would have predicted an
KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 – Issues relating to the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will continue to be manipulated by the opposition to garner votes in the next general election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said. However, in reality, he said the opposition wouldn’t dare to abolish
BARCELONA, May 12 – Lewis Hamilton bounced back from his Sochi setback on Friday when he topped the times for Mercedes in opening practice for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. The three-time world champion led the way ahead of his team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who claimed his maiden win in Russia two weeks
BRUSSELS, May 12 – The EU is seeking urgent talks with Washington over a possible US ban on carry-on computers on European flights to the United States, an EU source said Friday. The European Union has not yet received a response from Washington to its request, the source said. The US Department of
SHAH ALAM, May 12 – Selangor Umno today slammed Selangor PAS as being a dishonourable opportunist for remaining in the Selangor state government even after PAS had terminated its political cooperation with PKR which heads the state administration. Selangor Umno Liaison Committee chairman Tan Sri Noh Omar said Selangor PAS was
SEOUL, May 12 – North Korean state media reported the election of the South’s new left-leaning president Moon Jae-In after a two-day delay, but at unusual length. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) put out a four-sentence report late Thursday on the victory of Moon, who calls for dialogue, along with
QUETTA, May 12 – A “huge” explosion in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province that apparently targeted a top official’s convoy killed at least ten people and wounded “many” others, police told AFP Friday. The blast in Mastung district, roughly an hour east of provincial capital Quetta, struck a vehicle carrying senate deputy
KUANTAN, May 12 – The flood situation in Temerloh has improved with one relief centre has been closed, leaving 953 victims still taking shelter at three relief centres as at 1pm today. State Civil Defence Force director Zainal Yusoff said the relief centre at the surau of Kampung Bongsu, was closed at
TOKYO, May 12 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that it has demonstrated a transmission capacity of 50.9 terabits (Tb) per second on a single optical fiber, over a distance greater than 11,000km. This is the first time 50Tb have been achieved over 10,000km using C+L band erbium-doped fiber
MANAMA, May 12 – FIFA will rule on the issue of Israeli clubs playing in the West Bank in October, president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday, once again delaying a decision on the contentious issue. FIFA’s annual Congress voted to back – by a majority of 73% to 27% – a proposal
