JAKARTA, Jan 16 – Two victims of bomb attacks near Jakarta’s Sarinah mall are scheduled to be flown to Singapore for treatment, Jakarta police said in a press conference today (Jan 16). According to information from the police, the two victims are an Algerian, 44-year-old Marek, and Dutchman Yohanes Antonius Maria, 52.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 – Malaysian police had arrested a suspected militant with weapons and documents related to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group at a train station in the capital Kuala Lumpur on Friday, said Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar in his tweet. He said the man was
JAKARTA, JAN 16 – Indonesia shut down at least 11 radical websites and several social media accounts on Saturday after a deadly gun and bomb attack claimed by Islamic State rocked the capital earlier in the week. Authorities said several accounts had been found on social networking website Facebook expressing support
TAIPEI, Jan 16 – Taiwan’s general election on Saturday has Beijing on edge, with the pro-democracy DPP expected to easily win the leadership race as well as the concurrent parliamentary election. But there are other, less high-profile topics voters are equally focused on, including trade, technology and the Taiwanese national identity. Here
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 16 – Penang Bridge International Marathon yesterday announced on it Facebook page (Penang Bridge International Marathon) that the ASICS Penang Bridge International Marathon will be rescheduled from Nov 20 to Nov 27, 2016. In the meantime, Penang Bridge International Marathon Facebook page has also attracted enthusiastic response which 156 times share in Facebook
OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 16 – Gunfire and explosions have erupted in Burkina Faso’s capital as security forces battled militant fighters who were holding hostages at one of Ouagadougou’s most prominent hotels. There were reports that 20 people had been killed. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the ongoing
TAIPEI, Jan 16 – Voting began Saturday in Taiwan’s presidential election in which the island’s China-friendly Nationalist Party appears likely to lose power to the pro-independence opposition, amid concerns that the island’s economy is under threat from China and broad opposition among voters to Beijing’s demands for political unification. The Democratic
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak advised the people on Friday to use more creative and innovative measures to optimise operational costs and maximise productivity. The Prime Minister said these measures would ensure a rise in the national revenue to help meet the shortfall resulting from the drop
SHAH ALAM, Jan 16 – Petron Malaysia Refining and Marketing Bhd Friday introduced the RON100 oil that complied with Euro-4M standard in the Malaysian market. The premium oil, Blaze 100 Euro 4M, currently retailed at RM2.80 per litre, is now available in eight service stations in Klang Valley and Johor with another
JAKARTA, Jan 16 – The terrorist group which carried out the bomb and firearms attack in the Jalan Thamrin area Thursday was actually making police their primary target. Republic of Indonesia police chief, Badrodin Haiti said the terrorist group was targeting police in the attack as they were unhappy with the success
KUALA PILAH, Jan 15 – Tunku Alif Hussein Saifuddin Al-Amin, the youngest son of the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, who died today was laid to rest at the Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum this evening. He was laid to rest besides his grandmother Tunku Ampuan Durah
BEIJING, Jan 15 – On Saturday, voters in Taiwan will go to the polls to elect a new president. Interest in Communist-ruled China, which claims the island as its own territory, is great, yet one word is almost entirely missing from the voluminous debate over the event: “president.” Instead, reports in the state-run
IPOH, Jan 15 – The Perak government has instructed the local authorities (PBT) to stop issuing new premises licenses to electronic cigarettes or vape sellers in the state. State Health, Public Transport, Non-Muslim Affairs, National Integration and New Village Development Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon said to date, the local
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 – Global airline industry profits will remain strong amid lower fuel prices in 2016, supporting a positive outlook on the industry for the next 12 to 18 months, said Moody’s Investors Service. In a statement, Moody’s said it expected the airline industry’s operating margins to top 10 per
KOTA BAHARU, Jan 15 – An electronic cigarette or vape seller was fined RM2,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here Thursday on charges of selling and unlawful possession of liquid nicotine which is poisonous. Magistrate Mohamad Nasrudin Mohamed imposed a fine on Muhd Azahar Safie, 28, after he pleaded guilty to possessing 518ml
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 15 – The ministry’s Penang deputy enforcement chief (I) Chin Ching Chung hold a spot check on seafood price hike at Batu Lancang market here on Thursday. He said there were 3 notices had been issues to 3 prawn sellers which flipped over the price tag had different price in
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 15 – Malaysia strongly condemned the bomb attack in Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday that has claimed the lives of several innocent people. Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the despicable act must be condemned by the international community. He said Malaysia, as Indonesia’s neighbour, wishes to
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 – The use of electronic gadgets and the social media, which has become the trend and lifestyle, especially of the young generation, is said to be a factor that contributes to divorce. Dean of the Education Faculty, Universiti Malaya, Associate Professor Dr Mariani Mohd Nor, who is
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said, in facing of the challenges of this day, the country needs a leadership team in the party and Cabinet that has a similar and strong direction with mutual trust. He said as such when they all the institutions together
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 15 – The Komtar Octopus pedestrian bridge located at the intersection of Jalan Penang, Jalan Burma and Jalan Dr. Lim Chwee Leong is expected to be completed by July or August 2016. MBPP’s deputy director of engineering, A. Rajendran said the construction work which involves among others the installation
