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.
Upto 50 prosecution witnesses will be called to testify in the money laundering and corruption trial of former Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan in connection with the Jana Wibawa project at the sessions court here. Deputy public prosecutor Rasyidah Murni Azmi told the court this during case management before judge Rozina Ayob. “Most…
Britain is set to ban disposable vapes as part of measures undertaken to curb the rising number of young people vaping. Measures would include preventing marketing vape to children and underage sales, reported the BBC. Upto 7.6% of 11 to 17-year-olds now vape regularly or occasionally, up from 4.1% in 2020. “As any parent or…
Doing away with the pension scheme will not affect civil servants and the Malays who formed the majority in the service. The proposal had been studied since the 1990s as there was a need for a new service scheme that doesnt put the nation in bankruptcy and create problems for the next generation. “It has…
Hungary’s far-right Our Homeland party would lay claim to a western region of Ukraine that is home to about 150,000 ethnic Hungarians if Ukraine loses its statehood due to Russia’s invasion. Our Homeland leader Laszlo Toroczkai made the remarks at a conference where the party, which has six lawmakers in the 199-strong Hungarian parliament, hosted…
Non-Malay ministers would be participating in the Bumiputera Economic Congress (KEB) sheduled to begin tomorrow over a three day period. “This congress is a Bumiputera congress… This congress will evaluate the projects carried out, introduce some new programmes with a new approach, but will also identify some aspects of the problems faced by non-Bumiputeras, the…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres vowed to hold to account “any U.N. employee involved in acts of terror” after allegations that some refugee agency staffers were involved with Hamas on Oct 7 attack on Israel. He also implored governments to continue supporting the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) after nine countries paused funding. “Any…
