U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is discouraging governments around the world from attending a U.N. conference next week on a possible two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, according to a U.S. cable seen by Reuters. The diplomatic demarche, sent on Tuesday, says countries that take “anti-Israel actions” following the conference will be viewed as…
AMANAH is aiming to contest in four state seats in the upcoming Sabah polls. Party election director Sany Hamzan who is also Hulu Langat MP revealed the four seats: Tanjung Aru, Karambunai, Lumadan and Sulabayan. Party president Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu meanwhile confirmed that they are going through the final stages of seat negotiations. “We…
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…
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…
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….
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow instructed the his state exco for housing and environment, Datuk S Sundarajoo to extend the five percent discount to all. “I have instructed the housing and environment exco to engage with property developers and review the policy with a view to extending the discount to all homebuyers,” Chow said…
Perak exco A Sivanesan has fired back at MIC deputy president Datuk M Saravanan by urging Saravanan to flush his poem into the toilet. Sivanesan who is also Sungkai state assemblyman pointed out that the issue of mushrooming Hindu temples were not addressed by MIC when the party was in power. “Simple question for Saravanan….
Penang DAP chairman Steven Sim Chee Keong confirmed that the five percent discount for Indian Muslims to purchase under the Madani Home Ownership Campaign (MOC) would be revised by the state government. “I have discussed the issue with Penang Chief Minister, Chow Kon Yeow. He has agreed for the issue to be raised and revised…
