PUTRAJAYA: Former Education Ministry secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamad will be the new Auditor-General, effective Thursday (Feb 23). Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa said Madinah would take over …
KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali appeared to have forgiven former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for all the attacks he made against the opposition during his 21-year premiership. …
PEKAN: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has warned of peddlers of “fake news” who seek to undermine and destroy the country. Najib said that falsehoods masquerading as “news” are an insidious attack that …
Airport camera footage released on Monday by Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV shows the moment they assaulted Kim Jong Nam. In later clips he is seen asking airport officials for medical help, and rubbing his …
Malaysia said on Saturday it would issue an arrest warrant for a North Korean diplomat wanted for questioning over the murder of Kim Jong Nam if he doesn’t voluntarily cooperate with the police. “Reasonable” …
By Clare Baldwin and Neil Jerome Morales | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs had until three weeks ago driven the trade in crystal methamphetamine underground, according to residents and drug users …
North Korea blamed Malaysia on Thursday for the death of one of its citizens there last week and accused it of an “unfriendly attitude” in a scenario drawn up by South Korea, which has …
Japan has protested to Russia over its plan to boost troop strength on disputed islands, Japan’s top government spokesman said on Thursday, the latest move in a territorial row that has overshadowed ties since …
By Praveen Menon | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is considering expelling North Korea’s envoy to the Southeast Asian nation or shutting its embassy in Pyongyang, as tensions escalate over the killing of the estranged half-brother …
By Neil Jerome Morales | MANILA The Philippines’ environment minister on Thursday said President Rodrigo Duterte had backed her decision to ban mining in watershed areas at a meeting earlier this week, winning his …