POLAND, Nov 19 – The flight from Warsaw to Hurghada in Egpyt has made an unscheduled landing in Bulgaria after the threat. The Mayor of Burgas Dimitar Nikolov told Radio FOCUS that the plane landed normally at the airport in the coastal city of Burgas. He commented further that there were 161 passengers
BEIJING, Nov 19 – The Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has executed a Chinese national in the Middle East. The ministry has vowed to bring the perpetrators “to justice.” Beijing has confirmed the identity of the victim as Fan Jinghui, according to Reuters. The man
SAINT-DENIS, Nov 19 – The death of a police dog named Diesel during a raid in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis evoked an outpouring of grief on social media on Wednesday. The raid, which targeted the suspected Paris attack mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud, also resulted in the death of a woman suicide bomber and
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 19 – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Joseph Kurup said that the National Unity Action Plan framework is currently being discussed to be tabled before the ‘away day’ cabinet meeting in February on next year. He said the plan, which is prepared by the National Unity
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 – The High Court here has suspended an application by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to strike out a former UMNO member’s suit against him over the RM2.6 billion donation issue. Judicial Commissioner Datuk Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab made the ruling here on Wednesday after allowing ex-UMNO
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also Home Minister said Malaysia is awaiting official information from the Philippines on the validity of reports that a Malaysian hostage has been beheaded by a Philippine militant group. “The police would get detailed information
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 – The High Court here Wednesday ruled that the charge of sabotaging banking and financial services did not fall under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA). Therefore, the court granted former Batu Kawan UMNO vice-chief Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan and lawyer Matthias Chang to be
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 19 – The Penang State Government sacked all almost 300 PAS members from Community Development and Security Committee (JKKK) in the state on last month. Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon had been confirmed it to the reporters in the Penang legislative assembly building lobby here on Wednesday.
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 19 – Machang Bubok assemblymember Tan Khai Loon together with the JKKK Machang Bubok members represented by Mustafa Ariffin had handed over a memorandum to exco member for Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation, Chow Kon Yeow. Also present were exco member Datuk Abdul Malik Kassim. The memorandum is
MANILA, Nov 19 – Water cannon were used as street protests turned violent in Manila on Thursday (Nov 19), ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting. Police failed to disperse the crowd and scuffles broke out as authorities continued to block the large crowds gathered on the streets from
BEIJING, Nov 19 – China voiced “great shock” about a report saying a Chinese hostage held by the Islamic State (IS) had been killed, saying the report need to be further verified. Islamic State said in the latest edition of its English language magazine on Wednesday that it had killed a
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 19 – Penang State Sport Council YB Chong Eng congrats to the Wushu Athletes Chan Lu Yi who recently won a gold medal at the 13th World Wushu Championships 2015 Jakarta in Indonesia on 16 November 2015. Chong said Penang State Government is very proud of this success
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 19 – The High Court here on Wednesday asked for the defamation suit filed by Penang Chief Minister against news portal company, FZ Sdn Bhd, and its managing editor Terence Fernandez concerning the article on the purchase of a Mercedes-Benz as his official car published in the website
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 – The panda cub born to giant pandas Xing Xing and Liang Liang made her public debut for the first time at the National Zoo here on Tuesday. The panda cub born on Aug 18 was placed in a glass room from 2.30pm for public viewing. Natural
KUCHING, NOV 18 – Straight A’s scorer in the Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) Alicia Kok aims to be an actress when she finishes her study. Alice who is of mixed Chinese-Bidayuh parentage from SK St Teresa (M) Kuching said she will continue to study hard and get good results to enter
SEREMBAN, Nov 18 – The opposition’s plan to vote down Budget 2016 was derailed when they failed to gain full support from their own members, resulting in it being passed for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday night. Umno information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan said previously there were rumours saying
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Several major roads leading to the Kuala Lumpur Convention (KLCC) will be closed from time to time in conjunction with the 27th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits which start tomorrow and end on Nov 22. The closures are for the security of the leaders and delegates
SEPANG, Nov 18 – Some 20,000 trainees of the National Service Training Programme (NS) are expected to join the NS 2.0 training at 81 camps nationwide beginning March next year. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said as part of efforts to transform the programme, the NS 2.0 trainees would
PARIS, Nov 18 – The suspected Islamic State militants holed up in a northern Paris apartment following a raid by French police had planned an attack on La Defense business district in Paris, a source has close to the investigation said here on Wednesday. Gunfire and explosions shook the Paris
Saint-Denis, France, Nov 18 – Three terrorist suspects have been killed in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis during a major security operation linked to the deadly attacks that rocked the French capital five days ago, a police source said. The targets of the raid are believed to have included the
