A Singapore court is due to sentence a former transport minister convicted last week of receiving more than $300,000 worth of gifts, in what could be the first jailing of an ex-cabinet member in a city-state known for clean governance. S. Iswaran, who was a minister for 13 years, pleaded guilty to four counts of…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Syyed Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an Israeli strike and is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran, three Iranian sources said. In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Hezbollah’s booby-trapped pagers on Sept….
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has offered has offered to mediate on the issue of unpaid salary involving media practitioners in The Malaysian Insight (TMI) and The Vibes. “This is unacceptable. It shouldn’t be happening. We want a free press, but a free press is not free (without salary),” he told reporters in Busan, South Korea,…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called upon all the warring parties in the Middle East to de-escalate amid fears that it would become a global conflict “We must urgently prevent a dangerous cycle of action and reaction, which threatens to draw even more parties into the conflict, further deepening instability and broadening the…
Global markets sank and oil soared yesterday, after Iran launched around 180 missiles at Israel, prompting fears of a region-wide conflagration after almost a year of war in Gaza. US and European stocks turned sharply lower after the strikes, which Iran launched in response to the killings of Tehran-backed militant leaders. Most missiles were intercepted…
The notion of having a Malay Chief Minister for Penang is a difficult proposition for DAP to consider, said Dr Ong Kian Ming on his podcast, Are We OK? last night. “Knowing the thinking of Penang DAP, it won’t be easy to propose a non-Chinese Chief Minister. Penang DAP is not ready for that,” he…
Google’s investments in Malaysia would create 26,500 jobs and contribute more than RM9.6 billion to the country’s economy by 2030, as it announced its new RM6.4 billion data centre there had broken ground. “Our investments are designed to provide high performing and reliability, meeting demand for cloud and AI services across the country,” Google President…
Pas suffers from denial syndrome even though the coalition it is in – Perikatan Nasional – suffered double losses in the recent by-elections in Nenggiri and Mahkota, said Umno supreme council member Datuk Dr Puad Zarkashi. “Pas leaders are silent. Pas’ official organ Harakah Daily claimed it did not impact the party. “It claimed that…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced that the government is in the midst of formulating the National Cloud Policy. The policy would focus on four core areas. “First, the Madani government will boost public service innovation and efficiency. By leveraging cloud technology, we aim to modernise government operations, foster citizen engagement, and streamline the…
While the lower non-Malay voter turnout in Mahkota was expected, it was also a signal that the Chinese community wanted to send out to Umno, said Professor James Chin, director of Governance Studies at the Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia at Sunway University. “They know that the by-election would not change the government. Having…
