Malaysia’s economy ended 2023 on a bearish note, with growth slowing and exports contracting sharply as the country grappled with a tough global economic environment and weak commodity prices. Advance gross domestic product estimates for the fourth quarter and trade data for December both painted a gloomy portrait of the Malaysia, falling short of market…
The partial pardon of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak which provided a 50 percent discount on his 12 jail term and a 76 percent discount has been hogging Malaysian news headlines since 2 February when the official statement from the Pardons Board was finally released. Channel News Asia had first broke the story…
The US launched airstrikes against 85 targets believed to be proxies of Iran Revolutionary Guard that killed 40 people in retaliation to the deadly strikes on US troops in Jordan last week. The air strikes targeted proxies in Iraq and Syria. For the first time, US used long – range B-1 bombers, Reuters reported. Responding…
While October 7, 2023, will be forever seared into the memory of many, especially Israel, which claims to have lost 1200 lives in the midst of clashes on its border with Gaza, Israel’s adamant denial position — that it has the right to self-defense as provided by Article 51 of the United Nations Charter —…
Ukraine’s army chief Valery Zaluzhny has been sacked by President Volodymr Zelensky, CNN quoted sources. Zelensky has not made an official announcement but a presidential decree can be expected this week. This move would mark major shake up in the Ukraine military that has been at war with Russia for the past two years. Both…
Only two US Congress members voted against a bill at the US House of Representatives. The bill is meant to bar entry to members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Palestine Liberation Organisation and others who had participated in the attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023. The two are Democrats – Cori Bush (Missouri) and Rashida…
Judges at International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague declined to rule on allegations by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over east Ukraine in 2014. They pointed out violations of funding terrorism only applied to monetary and financial support, not to supplying weapons or training as alleged…
Former Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission special operations director Datuk Bahri Mohamad Zin has called for the MACC to be placed directly under the parliament so as to nip accusations that the agency is used as a political tool. “It is still not too late for Malaysia to empower the commission by setting it free from…
Hamas is in the process of “studying” proposals put forward during the meetings in Paris for a ceasefire and will respond soon. In a statement attributed to its politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas said it would be based on stopping Israel’s war on Gaza and a “complete withdrawal of occupation forces from the Strip”, reported…
Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah has been identified as the group that killed three US troops on the Jordan-Syria border. But what is Kataib Hezbollah? The following are the facts regarding this militia group, according to Reuters. The U.S. designated it as a terrorist organization in 2009.
