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
PARIS, Nov 15 – One day after deadly attacks in Paris, the members of U2 paid homage to the more than 129 people killed and more than 300 wounded, bringing flowers to a memorial site in the French city. Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. and The Edge laid flowers at a
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 15 – The 2015 Penang International Science Fair (PISF) is officially open at SPICE center here with the Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng on Saturday morning. Also present were opposition leader Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Pulau Tikus assemblyman YB Yap Soo Huey and Paya Terubong assemblyman YB Yeoh
LONDON, Nov 15 – A Malaysian family currently on holiday in Paris planned to dine at a pizza outlet close to the Le Petit Cambodge restaurant. However, as the eatery was packed, the family went elsewhere for dinner – a move which might have saved their lives as Le Petit Cambodge was
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 – A group of 140 students and four lecturers from Taylor’s University who are currently in Paris on an educational trip are reported to be safe following a series of attacks there. According to a Taylor’s University official, they were scheduled to fly back to Kuala Lumpur on
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 – According to the Foreign Ministry, there was no Malaysians have been reported to be among the casualties in a series of attacks in Paris. The ministry said the government of Malaysia strongly condemns the multiple attacks in Paris on Nov 13, 2015 that have claimed the lives of
PETALING JAYA, Nov 14 – After a string of controversial posts, blogger Alvin Tan, 26, Facebook page has been “permanently banned” by Facebook, just a day after he allegedly insulted Muslims by showing a series of pictures where he used a page of the Quran as toilet paper. “My VERIFIED
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 14 – The Court of Appeal here on Friday cleared that the former PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu, Batu member of Parliament Tian Chua and also five others on the charges over their alleged participation in the Bersih rally in 2007. The five others are former Padang Serai member of
MELAKA, Nov 14 – The Coalition of Melaka Smoke- Free NGOs (GaNMBAR) had called on the government to set the age limit for buying of e-cigarette or vape to 18 years and above, like for cigarette buyers. GaNMBAR chairman Osman Ismail said there was a need to set the age limit as e-cigarette
BENTONG, Nov 14 – The cabinet meeting here on Friday had been decided that the Works Ministry was only a body that can permitted to issue any statement and latest development regarding the mudslide at Km 52.4 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Liow Tiong Lai said the decision
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 14 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will be leading the Malaysian delegation to the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Antalya, Turkey on Nov 15-16. Foreign Ministry said in the statement here on Friday that Malaysia had been invited to participate in the summit in its capacity as the
