KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Aviation Group’s (MAG) purchase of Boeing aircraft is not a waste of taxpayers’ money as alleged by certain quarters but rather a strategic business decision that was planned in advance and will be fully financed using the company’s funds, said Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. The
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Following its successful mediation of the Cambodia-Thailand border truce, Malaysia may now seek to apply a similar conflict resolution model to one of ASEAN’s most intractable challenges: the ongoing armed conflict in Myanmar. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s assertive diplomacy is
KUALA LUMPUR: The United Kingdom (UK) is ready to explore collaboration with Malaysia in areas such as technology transfer, joint curriculum development, and student and academic staff exchanges. Higher Education Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, said the cooperation would also cover specialised skills training in emerging fields such
NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenya’s Health Ministry said on Friday that 314 cases of mpox and five deaths have been recorded across the country since the outbreak began in July 2024, reported Xinhua. Health Cabinet Secretary, Aden Duale, said in a statement issued in the national capital of Nairobi that 33 cases
KUANTAN, Pahang: Three Bangladeshi men were killed and two others injured after the multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) they were travelling in skidded off the road at Kilometer 200.8 of the East Coast Highway (LPT) 1 near here yesterday. Acting Kuantan Police chief Supt Mohd Adli Mat Daud said the crash, which
PUTRAJAYA: Every project under the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) will be monitored regularly to ensure there are no delays in implementation, said Chief Secretary to the Government (KSN), Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar. Accordingly, he said the monitoring of projects under the 13MP will be jointly conducted by the
ISTANBUL, Turkiye: Indonesia’s Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano erupted on Friday, spewing ash up to nearly 10 kilometres from its summit, according to the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. The column’s height from sea level was over 11.5 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
JERUSALEM: Human Rights Watch has declared that the killing of civilians seeking food in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military constitutes a war crime, Palestine News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. In a report released on Friday, the organisation criticised the Israeli military’s flawed system for distributing aid in
BERLIN: German military aircraft have begun dropping aid over the Gaza Strip, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, as Berlin joins international efforts to relieve the dire humanitarian situation in the sealed-off Palestinian territory, German Press Agency (dpa) reported. German transport aircraft dropped 34 pallets containing almost 14 tonnes of
By Kenny Teng Khoon Hock BANGKOK: The Royal Thai Army (RTA) on Friday led a delegation of foreign military attachés and diplomats to visit conflict-affected areas in Si Sa Ket province, along the Thai-Cambodian border. The Malaysian Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to Thailand, Bong Yik Jui, said the visit had allowed members
