There was an explosion near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday. The blast however did not kill or wound any staff members, authorities said, adding that investigations into its cause were ongoing. Officials were still inspecting the area that has been reopened to the general public. There was no information suggesting anyone on…
Former Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran has called for the recruitment and management of foreign workers to be managed solely by the Human Resources Ministry instead of its current practice that also includes the Home Ministry. “The current situation, where two ministries share responsibility for managing foreign workers, is not in the best interest of…
Johor and Sabah have become the latest states to be hit by floods, taking the total to six states, with the number of evacuees as of 6 am today rising to 28,310 people compared to 25,938 yesterday evening. According to the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), Kelantan remains the state with the highest number of…
Oleh AZRUL ABU HASSAN Golongan fasiq telah berjaya menakluki Perikatan Nasional (PN). Sebelum ini, Pas tidak membawa pertuduhan jijik, lucah, fitnah zina (qazaf) dalam modal politik mereka. Tan Sri Ustaz Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang juga siap keluar satu buku yang bernama Qazaf, memaparkan wajah PMX memakai baju banduan dan lebam mata, cuba meraih simpati…
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…
