(NSTP/LUQMAN HAKIM ZUBIR) By AFP – June 28, 2019 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has proposed removing criminal penalties for possession and use of drugs in small amounts, a move medical groups said will help addicts break a …
14,759 nabbed since Jan in nationwide crackdown on illegal gambling The police have arrested 14,759 individuals and seized RM3.8 million in cash and 10,361 pieces of equipment in operations against illegal gambling activities in …
Russia behind GPS failures over Ben Gurion airport, Israeli officials believe: Israeli radio By Amir Tal, Oren Liebermann and Andrew Carey, CNN Updated 1242 GMT (2042 HKT) June 27, 2019 A picture taken on …
The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan today passed the resolution on stripping Almazbek Atambayev of ex-president status. 103 MPs voted for ex-president status stripping, 6 voted against. MP Anvar Artykov, Alfiya Samigullina, Karamat Orozova, Asel Koduranova, …
NATO urged Russia on Tuesday to destroy a new missile before an August deadline and save a treaty that keeps land-based nuclear warheads out of Europe or face a more determined alliance response in …
Palestinian children play on waste in an unofficial landfill at Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 16, 2019. (Photo: Mahmoud Khattab/APA Images) Mohammed al-Sahar, 29, owns …
Tom Westbrook The Solomon Islands, one of Taiwan’s remaining allies in the Pacific, will send a delegation to study Chinese aid in neighbouring countries as it considers a diplomatic switch to Beijing, the delegation …
Attempting suicide was decriminalised in India in 2017, but experts say more needs to be done to challenge stigma. Fahrinisa Campana In 2016, suicide was the ninth leading cause of deaths in India; image …
The Sudanese protest movement needs a focused strategy to resist the RSF’s growing power. by Hatim Salih 24 Jun 2019 RSF soldiers secure a site where Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemeti), the deputy …
Surprise TV airing of pro-US romance movie reflects Xi Jinping’s wavering KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer TOKYO — As he heads to the Group of 20 summit in Osaka and a planned meeting …