The one day extension for truce has come to an abrupt end. Israeli Defence Forces have resumed combat operations after Hamas fired rockets at Israel. “Hamas violated the operational pause, and in addition, fired toward Israeli territory. The IDF has resumed combat against the Hamas terrorist organisation in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF is reported…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today registered with the National Digital Identity (Digital ID), making him the first person in the country to have a digital ID. The Digital ID facility allows the public and private sectors to identify the identity of users when carrying out online transactions. Without replacing the MyKad, the secure…
Israel has freed 30 prisoners in exchange for six hostages held by Hamas. This was made possible after Hamas put up the list of hostages it wanted to release moments before the truce came to an end yesterday. The truce extension is only for 24 hours. The six are made up of five adults and…
Hamas has extended the truce that was supposed to end earlier by releasing a new list of hostages made up of women and children. This resulted in Israel announcing an extension minutes of the minutes before it lapsed. Qatar also confirmed that the truce would continue another day. “Palestinian and Israeli sides have reached an…
The truce that has paused the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza ends at 1.00pm (Malaysian time). There are negotiations ongoing for a truce extension but no agreement has been reached. The initial truce was meant to last four days during which time Hamas agreed to exchange hostages for prisoners. There was also an extension during which…
The idea of dialogical community is important when societies are becoming more culturally complex and intercultural relations more problematic, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. As such he said the Islam-Confucianism dialogue on enlightened leadership held today was a significant step in the right direction of advancing the idea of a dialogical community at…
Hamas freed 12 more hostages and Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday, the fifth day of an extended six-day truce between the militant Palestinian group and Israel in the Gaza war. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the 12 hostages had been transferred from Gaza, and Israel’s military confirmed that the…
Police have confirmed that as of 1.40am, three construction workers were killed when the roof frame of a logistics warehouse under construction in Batu Maung, Bayan Lepas collapsed yesterday. Penang deputy police chief Mohamad Usuf Jan Mohamad said two of the victims died at the site of the incident while another died at the hospital….
Despite the lack of Generational End Game provisions, the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023 that would be tabled for second reading today provides for hefty fines and punishments. The fines and imprisonment term differs for individuals and companies. The punishment for individuals ranges from a fine of RM30,000 and two years…
The Generational End Game (GEG) provisions in the amended version of the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill that was tabled for first reading today has not been scrapped permanently, insisted Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa. “If we feel there is a need to look at it again… If there is a need…
