PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will have to serve out his remaining 16 months of his five-year jail sentence after the Federal Court dismissed his review application to set aside his sodomy conviction today. …
Japan is postponing a summit with China and South Korea, the government said Tuesday, after the impeachment of South Korean President President Park Geun-Hye. The Asian powers were planning to hold an annual trilateral …
by Kanupiya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – A tearful governor of Jakarta denied on Tuesday he had intended to insult the Koran at the start of his blasphemy trial in the Indonesian capital, which …
YANGON: Myanmar has called an emergency Asean meeting to discuss the Rohingya crisis, a diplomat said Monday, as regional tensions deepen over a bloody military crackdown on the country’s Muslim minority. More than 20,000 …
MUALLIM: As a ‘muallaf’ (convert to Islam), Azmi Chai Abdullah has not only devoted himself to becoming a good Muslim, he has helped convert 200 people to Islam in the almost 40 years of …
By William Johnson 1. Whose South China Sea is it, anyway? China’s claim to the South China Sea is based in history, dating back to records from the Xia and Han dynasties. China delineates its …
KUALA LUMPUR: The Thai government’s plan to pursue a development policy in the country’s restive south will not bring an end to the longstanding armed conflict centred there, said a top-selling Thai newspaper. In …
KOTA BHARU: People from all walks of life in Kelantan will line the route between the Istana Negeri in Kubang Kerian and the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport, Pengkalan Chepa, tomorrow for a send-off of …
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and Singapore are set to sign the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project agreement at the 7th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat tomorrow. The signing of the agreement will be witnessed …
BANGKOK — A criminal negligence trial against ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand’s first female premier, will end in July 2017, with a verdict expected soon after, her lawyer said on Friday. …