LONDON, Nov 16 – The strong chilly wind seems to echo the spirit of unity of more than one thousand people gathered in a candlelight vigil which held at Trafalgar Square, here on Saturday night. The voices of people chanting in French and singing the French National anthem passionately can be heard
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak posted on his blog sskeruak.blogspot.com on Sunday said that muslims must condemn and send a strong message that violence, whether against fellow Muslims or non-Muslims, cannot be tolerated. He said that Muslims rejected all forms of violence
Facebook’s decision to implement its “safety check” feature for the attacks in Paris, but not after bomb blasts in Beirut a day earlier, has prompted debate online. Critics of the site accused it of valuing the lives of Western victims more than those in the Middle East and other regions, a
PARIS, Nov 15 – Reuters reports citing the Serbian Interior Ministry said there was one of the suspected Paris attackers, a holder of a Syrian passport found near his body, crossed into Serbia on October 7 seeking asylum. The ministry said in a statement that One of the suspected terrorists,
KUCHING, Nov 15 – The Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Datuk Hamzah Zainudin said a holistic and in-depth study will be conducted on the sale of flavoured liquids for electronic cigarettes or vape in the market. He said the Cabinet had ordered the study to be done to determine the procedures and criteria
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 15 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the terror attacks will not diminish unless a formula can be devised to enable Palestinians to regain their land. Commenting on the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday, the former prime minister said: “If they want to solve this problem (attacks), they must
BENTONG, Nov 15 – The Sultan of Pahang is highly upset over the mudslide incident at Km 52.4 Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway on Wednesday and wants the authorities to find a solution and prevent a a recurrence. Describing the incident as shameful, Sultan Ahmad Shah said it affected the image of Pahang and
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 – 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s (1MDB) president and group executive director Arul Kanda Kandasamy said Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) investigation into 1MDB foreign investments is not related to crime. He said the information requested by BNM was merely over administrative matters. “The offence over foreign investment which was reported by
KLUANG, Nov 15 – The Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said on Sunday (Nov 15) that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has put several Malaysian leaders on its list of targets. He was quoted by The Star as saying he had received a report before the Asean Defence Ministers meeting
BEIJING, Nov 15 – The president of the world superpower Xi Jinping has vowed to step up China’s fight against the evil jihadists after the Paris massacre. According to reports in China, Xi Jinping has been made the promise during a phone call with French leader Francois Hollande on yesterday. ISIS had butally killed
YANGON, Nov 15 – Myanmar’s President Thein Sein said on Sunday that the historic polls won in a thumping landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi’s party were the consequence of his government’s reforms and vowed a smooth transition of power. The former junta general, who shed his uniform to lead the
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 – Malaysians in France, especially in Paris, have been advised to remain vigilant and take extra precautions following a series of attacks in the French capital city on Friday. The Embassy of Malaysia in Paris, which gave the advice, also asked Malaysians to be aware of their surroundings
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – “I was going back to my residence by train when it suddenly stopped and there was an announcement that something had happened at the next station.” Recounting his experience during the Paris attack, project engineer Mohd Farid Razali, 28, said the situation in the train became chaotic
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 15 – The Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz and a Malaysian tourism delegation who are in Paris to attend the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) meeting are safe. “Syukur Alhamdulillah, I understand the delegation headed by the minister is safe and
BEIRUT, Nov 15 – Lebanese authorities arrested five Syrians and a Palestinian suspected of being implicated in the twin suicide bombings in central Beirut on Thursday that killed 43 people, a senior security source said on Saturday. The bombings in a busy residential and commercial area that is a stronghold for Lebanese
PARIS, Nov 15 – The first identified Paris suicide bomber, Ismaël Omar Mostefaï, 29, who lived in France until at least 2012. The French newspaper Le Monde reports that Mostefaï was identified by his fingertip, found after he detonated a suicide vest inside the Bataclan concert hall as police closed in. Mostefaï’s brother and father
They paused over their morning coffee and in the middle of Broadway shows, on subways and buses carrying people into some of the country’s most crowded areas, reckoning with how the spasm of terror that struck Paris on Friday, seemingly at random, might pierce American lives, too. Teenagers’ cellphones blinked with
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 – Malaysia is ramping up security ahead of the ASEAN Summit taking place next weekend following terrorist attacks in France which killed 129 and injured hundreds, The Star Online reported. All police branches and divisions are doubling their efforts as they prepare to host United States President
BRUSSELS, Nov 15 – NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday (Nov 14) the deadly attacks in Paris highlight a fight between extremists and supporters of democratic values rather than one between the Islamic and western worlds. In a brief telephone interview with AFP, Stoltenberg said the attacks would only strengthen
PARIS, Nov 15 – At least one of the attackers who detonated explosives outside the Stade de France on Friday night reportedly attempted to enter stadium to detonate inside the arena filled with thousands of people but he was turned away. The Wall Street Journal, citing an unnamed security guard, reports
