KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president says his country’s armed forces did not shoot at any airborne targets, after reports that a Malaysian Airlines plane went down over Ukraine. President Petro Poroshenko says Thursday “we do not exclude that this plane was shot down, and we stress that the Armed
PETALING JAYA, July 18 – Investigation will be immediate launchon the Malaysian Airlines aircraft, which was shot down in Russia, tweeted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Friday. “I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed. “We are launching an immediate investigation,” he tweeted minutes after the
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking his advisers to keep him updated on reports of a plane shot down over Ukraine. But the White House says it can’t confirm the reports. White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Thursday that Obama spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin
BESUT, June 12 – The shortage of cooking oil in the festive season should not be an issue as Malaysia is the world’s largest exporter of palm oil, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Hence, he urged palm oil supplier industry to double its production besides monitoring the relevant
KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 – The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is committed to help the law and enforcement agencies throughout the world to fight against corruption. The NYPD’s former Chief of Internal Affairs Bureau, Charles Campisi said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) faces the same challenge as faced by
GEORGETOWN, June 12, 2014 – The Shariah High Court has declared that Teoh Cheng Cheng, whose body was taken from her family during her funeral on Monday, is not a Muslim. Judge Zaim Md Yudin said today her body is to be returned immediately to her family for burial. He
KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 – The government has developed a professional development strategic plan for lecturers in teacher’s training institutes (IPGs) with a target of equipping 33 per cent of them with doctoral degrees by 2020, the Dewan Rakyat was told Tuesday. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this
KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 – A total of 79,414 individuals involved in various crimes were detained since the operations codenamed ‘Ops Cantas Khas’ were launched on Aug 17, last year, the Dewan Rakyat sitting was told Tuesday. Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that during the same period,
KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 – The market capitalisation of 20 large government-linked companies (G20) tripled to RM425 billion as of May 16, 2014, from RM140 billion on May 14, 2004, said Khazanah Malaysia Bhd Tuesday. In a statement, the state investment fund said total shareholder returns also grew 13.4 per cent
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 – The Malaysian government has spent RM27.6 million on logistic costs for Malaysian security forces in the search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plane, Flight MH370. Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the costs covered the food and drinks and fuel supply
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 – A story shared by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak about him not being allowed to eat half-boiled eggs during a visit to China recently made everybody in the hall, during the opening of Invest Malaysia 2014 here Monday, laugh. The prime minister said while in Beijing,
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 – Proton’s immediate plan would be to change its strategy from being a maker of cheap cars to become a world-standard car manufacturer, said newly appointed Chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The fourth prime minister said Proton has always been labelled as a cheap or poor quality
BANDUNG, June 9 – The Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) and the Indonesian news agency Antara have taken steps to enhance collaboration with all news agencies in Southeast Asia so that formation of Asean Community 2015 will benefit the whole community in the region. Both news agencies agreed that close ties
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 – Two Members of Parliament who won the by-elections last month, Ram Karpal Singh (Bukit Gelugor) and Datuk Mah Siew Keong (Teluk Intan) were sworn in as new members of the august House at the second meeting of the second term of the 13th Parliament, beginning
TANJUNG MALIM, June 6 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today advised educators and parents to expose children right from pre-school to careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. He said many children harboured the perception that these were difficult subjects and less interesting to delve
PUTRAJAYA, June 6 – Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman is on official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan to lobby support for Malaysia’s quest for a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council for the 2015-2016 term. According to a Foreign Ministry statement here today, during the four-day official
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 – The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah attended the Yasin and doa selamat recitation in conjunction with his 87th birthday celebration at the National Mosque here Thursday night. The King was accompanied by Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah Hamidun. Present were Prime Minister Datuk
GEORGE TOWN, June 6 – The Penang government will implement an action plan to overcome pollution issues in eight main rivers in the state. Penang Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the plan would involved badly polluted rivers namely Sungai Pinang, Sungai Batu Feringghi,
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has announced that the RM1,000 Goods and Services Tax (GST) e-voucher by SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp) was now open for application. He said the voucher was meant to be a simple, fast and effective way for small and
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 – Malaysia will send a delegation to Canberra, Australia shortly to discuss the latest information on the search operation including the cost for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 at the new location. Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the delegation would be
