3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (339+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — Umno will remain a centrist and moderate party and will not be pushed towards the political left or right, its deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said today in an assurance to non-Malays and bumiputera in Sabah…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (179+ words) KOTA KINABALU, Sept 11 — PKR must continue to strengthen the administration of the Federal and State Governments to ensure that implemented policies provide tangible benefits to the people, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar, who is also the PKR…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (364+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) Asset Recovery Taskforce said claims for damages filed by four companies’ court-appointed liquidators suing DBS Bank are linked to accounts opened by Jho Low associate Eric Tan. On Wednesday, the liquidators of four companies,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (904+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — When PAS delegates began arriving at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur last night for Umno’s annual assembly this week, the gesture drew more than polite greetings from party members. For some Umno delegates, the presence of…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (528+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) expects temperatures in several parts of the country to exceed 40 degrees Celsius next year, driven by a Super El Niño phenomenon forecast to reach its strongest intensity on record. MetMalaysia director-general Dr…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1054+ words) SEPTEMBER 10 — For many Malaysians watching PAS’s 72nd Muktamar unfold in Kelantan over the past week, one question keeps returning: what happens to this country if PAS and its allies actually reach Putrajaya? My answer, based on what I have heard from…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (161+ words) HONG KONG, Sept 10 — An inaugural Fifa Asean Cup will take place later this month featuring 14 teams with matches played in Indonesia and Hong Kong, organisers said on Thursday. The 11 members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) and three…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (489+ words) SEOUL, Sept 10 — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter and apparent successor is believed to have a younger sibling, South Korea’s spy agency said on Thursday, offering a more detailed view of the ruling family’s line of succession. Seoul’s spy…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (406+ words) HONG KONG, Sept 10 — A Hong Kong court found Dow Jones guilty on Thursday of trying to deter a reporter from taking a union role, but acquitted the publisher on a charge that it fired her because of it. Selina Cheng,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (208+ words) MANILA, Sept 10 — At least five people were killed and 87 remain unaccounted for after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspot in the Philippine province of Palawan, the coast guard said Thursday. The fire aboard the M/V…...