PARIS, Jan 9 – France’s iconic Eiffel Tower was plunged into darkness late Thursday in a sombre tribute to the 12 people killed in the attack on the Paris satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. The lights normally illuminating the 324-metre (1,063-foot) tall monument at night were briefly turned off at 8:00 pm (1900
PARIS, Jan 9 – Elite French security forces deployed helicopters in a night-time manhunt Thursday for the two brothers accused of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Hundreds of armed police and paramilitary forces combed through an area in the Aisne region near where
PARIS, Jan 9 – When a masked gunman burst into the Charlie Hebdo editorial meeting and fired off a hail of bullets, journalist Laurent Leger threw himself behind a corner table and hid as horror unfolded around him. The journalists were wrapping up their weekly meeting when they heard what sounded
SHAH ALAM, Jan 8 – Former FELDA Global Ventures Holdings Bhd group president and chief executive officer (CEO) Tan Sri Sabri Ahmad was described as an individual with strong integrity and a role model for the family. According to his brother, Datuk Mohd Zuhuri Ahmad, Sabri was a patient, intelligent and
KUCHING, Jan 8 – Shell Timur Sdn Bhd today confirmed that a number of its retail stations in Kuching & Miri are experiencing a shortage of Shell V-Power 97 due to a disruption in supply. Shell Malaysia Upstream communications advisor Zulkifli Baba Noor in a statement here today said the company
LABUAN, Jan 8 – The education ministry hopes for full attendance of teachers and students in flood-hit states when school re-opens on Monday. Its deputy minister, Datuk Mary Yap Kain Ching said however, low turnout in certain badly-affected areas was unavoidable. “We do understand our expectation of school teachers and students
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 – The fatal attack on Charlie Hebdo’s office in Paris yesterday may be linked to the magazine’s penchant for making provocation against Islam. Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Charlie Hebdo had on numerous occasions showed disrespect towards Islam and often derided Prophet Muhammad via
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 – The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) had utilised all data from the bathymetric survey work to prepare its initial plan for the underwater search that will be shared to all parties involved. In a statement on their website, ATSB stated that the plan included search
PARIS, Jan 8 – A policewoman and a city employee were seriously hurt today after a man opened fire with an automatic rifle outside Paris, police said, but no link has yet been established with yesterday’s deadly attack on a satirical magazine. The gunman is still on the run, said
TEMERLOH, Jan 8 – The government will continue to find short and long-term measures to assist those affected by the recent floods, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said the assistance would allow flood victims to rebuild and resume their normal lives. Muhyiddin said some 300,000 people were
JAKARTA, Jan 8 – Scores of divers plunged into the Java Sea on Thursday to search the wreckage of an AirAsia jet for the black box recorders that could reveal why the plane crashed, Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said. Flight QZ8501 vanished from radar screens over the northern Java Sea
PARIS, Jan 8 – An 18-year-old implicated alongside two brothers in the bloody attack against a satirical weekly in Paris has surrendered to police, according to a source close to the case. “Hamyd Mourad handed himself in to police… on Wednesday at 11.00pm (2200 GMT) after seeing his name circulating on
LONDON, Jan 8 – Tesco delivered its first salvo in a fight back against the growth of discount supermarkets today by cutting the price of hundreds of branded products such as Hovis bread, Kellogg’s cornflakes and Stella Artois lager. Britain’s biggest supermarket group, like rivals Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons, is losing
GEORGETOWN, Jan 8 – Tropfest South East Asia, the newest addition to the world’s largest short film festival, has today revealed the 16 finalists in the running to take home the Tropfest SEA trophy and a cash prize of US $12,000 on February 1, 2015. With five countries represented in the
SEOUL, Jan 8 – Samsung Electronics Co estimated today that its fourth-quarter operating income dropped 37%. In its earnings preview, Samsung put its October-December operating profit at 5.2 trillion won (RM16.86 billion), which was still higher than analysts’ consensus of 4.9 trillion won according to FactSet, a financial data provider. The preliminary
PARIS, Jan 8 – Police are hunting three French nationals, including two brothers from the Paris region, after suspected Islamist gunmen killed 12 people at a satirical magazine yesterday, a police official and government source said. The hooded attackers stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a weekly known for
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 – More flood evacuees have vacated relief centres in Pahang and Kelantan but in Perak there was no change in the situation Wednesday. The total number of flood victims in the three states at 10pm stood at 23,772 people compared to 26,294 at 6pm, Wednesday. In PAHANG, there was
PARIS, Jan 7 – At least 12 people were killed when gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs and a rocket-launcher opened fire in the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, said sources close to the investigation. Following the incident, the government raised its alert level to the highest possible in the
PARIS, Jan 7 – At least 11 people were killed and four were seriously wounded in Wednesday’s attack at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, French President Francois Hollande told reporters. “This is a terrorist attack, there is no doubt about this,” he said. [Latest update at 7:14 a.m. ET] • Journalists
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 7 – Two family members were crushed to death in a tragic accident at the busy Jalan Sungai Pinang and Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway junction here. The car they were travelling in was sandwiched between a truck and an express bus. The accident also involved six vehicles
