Umno would request stakeholders for suggestions to amend the Federal Constitution to empower shariah laws. This would include the Islamic Development Department and the Minister in Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Islamic Affairs Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, said party deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. “Regarding the suggestion to amend the Constitution… we will…
The United Nations is steadfast against any forms of forced mass displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as Israel began drawing up evacuation plans that would allow it to defeat Hamas. “We’re extremely worried about the fate of civilians in Rafah,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, Reuters reported. “What is clear is that people need to…
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Israel is working towards pressuring Hamas to withdraw a ceasefire deal which Tel Aviv deemed as delusional. It is also not offering a counter proposal. Earlier this week Hamas put forth a ceasefire plan over a four and a half month period that would include hostage release in three stages. This was in response to…
Today is a day in history that will always be remembered: when the supremacy of our constitution is protected and reaffirmed by the highest court, the Federal Court. Today is also the day that our Chief Justice puts herself in the annals of our legal history, in the same mould as John Marshall did in…
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has removed the account of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reported Radio Free Europe. “We have removed these accounts for repeatedly violating our Dangerous Organisations and Individuals Policy (DOI),” said a Meta spokesperson. The DOI addresses most seerious threats on the Meta’s social media platforms. It…
The US, Qatar and Egypt mediators are hopeful that that a ceasefire deal would be achieved even as the war between Israel and Hamas reaches its fourth month. Hamas senior official Khalil Al-Hayya is due to arrive in Cairo for the talks and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is optimistic over negotiations, Reuters reported….
The following are Hamas ceasefire proposal over a period of 135 days, sighted by Reuters. In a gist, Hamas wants an end military operations with a sustained de-escalation, exchange hostages and prisoners, end an Israeli blockade of Gaza, allow displaced residents to return home and ramp up aid supplies. FIRST 45 DAYS:Temporary halt to military…
An Indian NGO leader has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over the appointment of the new chairman of Malaysian Indian Transformation (MITRA) Unit’s special committee chairman. Pertubuhan Kemajuan Generasi Baru founder president Dr Selvendran Krishnan said the appointment signifies the government’s commitment to inclusive representation and and a recognition to…
The world often associates the two-state solution to the Oslo Peace Accord in 1993. Yet this is but a part of the larger story of how the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) was compelled by the circumstances of the time, invariably the end of the Cold War two years prior, to begin their peace negotiations with…
