Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faced a major test Wednesday after the opposition submitted a bill to dissolve parliament, with his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners threatening to support the measure and force early elections. The ultra-Orthodox parties are furious that the government has failed to pass a law exempting their community from mandatory military service,…
Pakatan Harapan’s sole Sabah based component party, UPKO confirmed that it would be defending Kedamaian the sole state seat it won in the state polls in 2020. The seat is currently held by the party president, Ewon Benedick who is also Penampang MP and the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister in the Cabinet. In addition…
BY: ARNOLD PUYOK Musa Aman, Sabah’s former chief minister, was appointed the state’s governor in December 2024. At the time, public reaction was mixed but leaned largely negative. His appointment has changed the chessboard of Sabah politics. He is also expected to take a more neutral stance and provide the stability that the state needs….
BY: FADHILAH RAIHAN LOKMAN Since its launch in 2002 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the World Day Against Child Labour has reminded us that millions of children globally are still being denied their rights. Despite decades of advocacy, this issue remains prevalent, particularly in Southeast Asia, where children from rural, marginalised, and low-income communities…
Palestine president Mahmoud Abbas has surprisingly stated that Hamas must hand over its weapons, military capabilities and withdraw from Gaza, reported New York Times. He said this ahead of a UN summit on Palestine statehood. In a letter delivered on Monday to French President Emmanuel Macron and to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, co-chairs…
BY: DR ABDUL RAHMAN YAACOB While recent international headlines have focused on Malaysia’s supposed alignment with China, even in the face of Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea, the Southeast Asian state has quietly adopted a different strategy on the ground. Beneath the radar, Malaysia is quietly strengthening its military presence in the Malaysian…
BY: ADIB ZALKAPLI Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has gone through another change in its leadership line-up following intense internal party elections on May 24. With the party’s top leaders in place, PKR has quite a hill to climb in retaining influence in the unity government and keeping the country’s top political job. The anchor party…
By Rukmini Paarivel Recently, my son, a Form 3 student in a government school in Klang, shared his growing anxiety about entering the science stream next year. He’s eager and capable—brimming with curiosity about science and technology. But instead of feeling excited, he’s worried. And as his mother, so am I. He said something that…
Tapah MP Datuk M Saravanan took to Tamil poetry again to hit out at Perak Exco A Sivanesan who had earlier criticised his poetry by urging him to flush it down the toilet. He used poetic lines to ask about the fate of the air that went through the state lawmaker. The following is the…
Tapah MIC division chief S Krishna Rao took Perak Exco A Sivanesan to task for the latter’s arrogance and accusation made against MIC deputy president Datuk Seri M Saravanan. “The language and arrogance of the statement by Sivanesan today indeed speaks volumes of his capability and capacity to articulate issues and finding solutions to it….
