ISTANBUL, Turkey: At least 41 people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters in northern Alborz province, the group announced Saturday, Anadolu Ajansi reported. The IRGC’s public relations office said the attack resulted in the deaths of civilians and conscripted soldiers. The Israeli
ROME, Italy: The global tariff tensions initiated by the United States (US) should be addressed through the multilateral platform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), an Italian economics expert said. Mario Tirelli, a professor of economics at the University of Roma Tre, told Xinhua on Friday that the current US-led
KUANTAN, Pahang: A Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) lecturer who was reported missing while diving in the waters of Pulau Chebeh, Pulau Tioman, yesterday, was found safe today. Rompin police chief Superintendent Sharif Shaif Mondoi said the lecturer, identified as Eliza M. Yusup, 44, was found by a member
PENAMPANG, Sabah: The Kaamatan and Gawai festivals are not mere celebrations of gratitude because they also serve as a platform to enhance the cultural bond between the people of Sabah and Sarawak, said Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. He said that the close ties between the two states
KUALA LUMPUR: Police received three police reports about an incident that occurred during a rally held in the capital yesterday afternoon (Saturday), including a scuffle that resulted in minor injuries to a police personnel. Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Sulizmie Affendy Sulaiman said the rally, which was joined by
VILNIUS, Lithuania: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia officially submitted their withdrawal notices from the Ottawa Convention to the United Nations Secretary-General on Friday, Xinhua reported. The three Baltic nations cited evolving national security needs as the primary reason for their coordinated decision to exit the Convention, which prohibits the use, stockpiling,
By Anas Abu Hassan and Danni Haizal Danial Donald KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia is expected to trade in cautious mode next week, but with an upside bias amid a constructive backdrop, as investors shift their focus away from the Middle East risks, an analyst said. SPI Asset Management managing
By Mohd Iswandi Kasan Anuar JAKARTA, Indonesia: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that he and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto share a common aspiration to see peace achieved, not only between Israel and Iran, but across the entire Middle East. Expressing relief over the recent temporary ceasefire between Israel
MOSCOW, Russia: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof on Friday held a meeting with Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom’s director-general Alexey Likhachev to discuss bilateral cooperation in nuclear energy. Rosatom is a multi-industry holding company which comprises assets in power engineering, machine building and construction. The meeting lasted about an hour.
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The United States (US) has presented the European Union (EU) with a new trade offer to resolve the ongoing dispute, the European Commission has confirmed, according to German news agency (dpa). The EU’s executive arm is now examining the document, commission president Ursula von der Leyen said late