Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, issued a joint statement on the elevation of Malaysia-Japan ties to a strategic comprehensive partnership today. The statement was issued before both leaders witnessed the signing and exchange of notes of the official security assistance grant by Japan that will provide monitoring and…
PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who arrived in Tokyo yesterday for a five-day working visit will be meeting his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the latter’s office at about 11am (local time) today. The itinerary shared by the Prime Minister’s Office with the Malaysian media indicated a hectic schedule for Anwar starting with a…
India imported 217,847 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia in November as the country’s overall vegetable oil imports rose 13% during the month. The shipments from Malaysia were made up of 195,505 tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO), 16,343 tonnes of refined, bleached, and deodorised (RBD) palmolein, and 5,999 tonnes of crude palm kernel oil…
Support for Hamas has risen in the West Bank since the war in Gaza Strip began. Centre for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah found that support for Hamas in the West Bank had more than tripled. Meanwhile, support for the West Bank’s ruling party, Fatah, had dropped significantly, reported the BBC. More than 90%…
The Federal Court has declared section 498 of the Penal Code that punishes the act of man enticing married woman with a two year jail term as unconstitutional since it goes against Article 8(2) of the Federal Constitution. “We are of the view that the provision is incapable of any modification as it will change…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that the Russia Ukraine war will continue until he achieves his objectives. Only after that can peace resume. “There will be peace [in Ukraine] when we achieve our objectives”. Those “objectives do not change,” he said, reported BBC. He said the above in a four hour programme where he…
About 40-45% of the 29,000 air-to-ground munitions Israel Defence Forces used are “dumb bombs” – unguided bombs, used in their war against Hamas in Gaza, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said CNN in an exclusive report. The 29,000 unguided have been used on Gaza since October 7. These unguided bombs…
Oleh NORAINI NORDIN Dalam rombakan Kabinet yang diumumkan Perdana Menteri (PM) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim kelmarin, terdapat dua kementerian yang dipecahkan menjadi empat untuk diberi peranan yang lebih khusus. Dua kementerian terbabit ialah Kementerian Komunikasi dan Digital yang kini menjadi Kementerian Komunikasi dan Kementerian Digital. Kementerian Sumber Asli, Alam Sekitar dan Perubahan Iklim pula menjadi…
Oleh AHMAD MURSI Jika seruan menjauhi ulama su’ dikatakan kempen bencikan ulama, al-Quran dan Hadith lebih keras berkempen. Al-Quran samakan ulama yang menunggang ilmu agama untuk dunia dan hawa nafsunya seperti anjing (Al-A’raf:176) Nabi Muhammad SAW pula beri amaran bahaya ulama su’ lebih daripada Dajjal. Imām al-Ghazālī dalam Bab 6, Ihya’ Ulumuddin ‘berkempen’ bahaya ulama…
India’s parliament witnessed chaotic scenes after at least two men intruded into the chamber, shouting slogans and spraying coloured gas. Images show MPs and security officials trying to catch one of the intruders, who is seen jumping from table to table, reported BBC News. Reports say the men were overpowered by security officials and taken…
