THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The World Court on Monday told Britain to give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, and said it had wrongfully forced the population to leave in …
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) issued a Level 1 alert yesterday for ten areas in the country amidst the ongoing nationwide heatwave. According to MetMalaysia’s official website, the Level 1 areas are Chuping …
KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said democracy and political stability in the Middle East cannot be promoted over the dead bodies of Yemenis, Syrians, Iraqis and others, and it cannot be built upon …
By Nadhilah Shani Bangkok Post 22/02/2019 As Asean chair for 2019, Thailand is expected to excel in leading the grouping to collectively address regional issues. Announced by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha last year, …
By Francis Wakefield AFP Public Affairs chief Col. Noel Detoyato made the remark in an interview on Friday. Detoyato said despite threats made by the militants to behead the three foreign hostages – …
By Azad Essa New York City – The question of justice has dominated discussions at a New York conference on the persecution suffered by the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar. Panellists, including international legal experts, Rohingya refugees, members …
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has told global investors to pour their money into Myanmar‘s crisis-hit Rakhine state, saying the world needed to stop focussing on “negative aspects” in the province from where some 750,000 Rohingya have fled. …
By John Draper and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa 21/02/2019 In the spirit of Sustainable Development Goal 10, which seeks to reduce inequality, Thailand’s first major national study on differences in development by ethnicity was recently published. …
By Ben Rosario 21/02/2019 “Sarastar!” Former president and now Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may have unwittingly given this moniker to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio should she decide to join the 2022 presidential race. Gloria …
AFP, 21/02/2019 A controversial British former media adviser to Malaysia’s toppled leader is being sought by authorities for allegedly laundering $3.4 million, officials said Thursday, nine months after his boss was ejected from office. …