Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the Hamas on Wednesday to cede responsibility for the Gaza Strip, hand over its arms to the Palestinian Authority and turn itself into a political party. Hamas has refused calls in recent months by Israel and the United States to lay down its arms. Abbas made his remarks in…
Sentosa assemblyman Gunaraj George has called upon the government to form an advisory board for non – Muslim religious affairs to manage issues involving non-Muslim houses of worship and sensitivities. He said this would allow for a more structured, systematic and inclusive approach to the issues as well as complement existing state-level mechanisms such as…
Harvard University sued to block US President Donald Trump, yesterday, from freezing billions of dollars in federal funding after the Harvard rejected a list of White House demands that it said would undermine its independence. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston said Trump has launched a broad attack on funding for cutting-edge research…
Malaysia’s Islamic intellectual development has been significantly shaped by two landmark frameworks: Islam Hadhari, introduced by Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and Islam Madani, pioneered by Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Both paradigms were conceived not as new religions or ideologies, but as strategic efforts to manifest Islamic values in governance, economics, education, and societal harmony. Yet,…
There have been no changes to visa requirements and immigration policies for Malaysians travelling to or residing in the U.S., Wisma Putra confirmed, amidst of reports coming in regarding visa cancellations and deportations by the Donald Trump administration. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said these developments were not specifically targeted at Malaysians. “Nevertheless, Malaysians who are…
By: Faris Arriffin When O’Reilly says Southeast Asia “has no money,” he doesn’t just sound outdated—he shows how far behind some are on history, trade, and data. Let’s break it down with receipts: 1. Trade If we’re broke, why did ASEAN trade $722B with China in 2022? That makes us China’s largest trading partner, ahead…
ANAS ZUBEDY I have strong convictions that the Jalur Gemilang mistake is a genuine one. Nothing malicious. When we look at familiar pictures and words, our mind automatically fills up the missing pieces. In psychology, the term for when our brain fills in missing details in familiar pictures or words is called “filling in” or…
The Trump administration yesterday ordered a social media vetting for all U.S. visa applicants who have been to the Gaza Strip on or after January 1, 2007, an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters showed, in the latest push to tighten screening of foreign travellers. The order to conduct a social media vetting for…
The United States President Donald Trump is wrong in starting a trade war with China and expects the world to support him. This was vividly brought home by the mockery of American conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly who could not understand the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia with the caustic remarks…
Tricia Yeoh The reciprocal tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2 – what he referred to as “Liberation Day” – hit Southeast Asian economies particularly hard. While they and others received a brief respite in the form of a 90-day pause, with a universal lowered reciprocal tariff of 10 per cent, tariffs…
