Malaysia frees anti-PM protest leader amid condemnation
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysian police Monday freed the head of a pro-democracy group which organised a mass rally calling on Prime Minister Najib Razak to resign over a massive corruption scandal....
View ArticleDecrease in teen pregnancy in Sarawak
KUCHING (Bernama) – Teen pregnancy in Sarawak decreased from 4,078 cases in 2013 to 2,087 cases this year (as of Oactober 2016), said state Welfare, Women and Community Wellbeing Minister Datuk Fatimah...
View ArticleEight Indonesians jailed for tanker hijack in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Eight Indonesians were sentenced to between 15 and 18 years in prison by a Malaysian court for the hijacking of an oil tanker last year, an official said Monday. The tanker MT...
View ArticlePower failure hits BLNG plant
The Brunei LNG (BLNG) plant in Lumut encountered a total power failure on Tuesday which resulted in high flaring, black smoke and noises, the Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister’s...
View ArticleBrunei records slight improvement in PSR results
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has recorded a slight improvement in the results for the Primary School Assessment (PSR) this year, with 68.23 per cent attaining at least Grades A-C in all five...
View ArticleExperts, officials trash Trump claim of mass fraud
New York (AFP) – Experts and elected officials on both sides of the political aisle on Monday dismissed Donald Trump’s claim that “millions” of Americans voted illegally on Election Day, as efforts...
View ArticleTerrorism suspected in Ohio State attack
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he...
View ArticleS Korean leader offers conditional resignation amid scandal
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said Tuesday that she’ll resign – if parliament arranges the technical details – in her latest attempt to fend off impeachment efforts and...
View ArticleFirst woman to become Australia’s highest ranking judge
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – A former law firm receptionist who left school at 15 was on Tuesday named the first woman to become Australia’s highest ranking judge. High Court Justice Susan Kiefel, 62,...
View ArticleMalaysia PM to attend rally condemning Myanmar violence
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will take part in a rare rally to protest a bloody crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, an official from his office said Tuesday. The...
View ArticleThai detained for filling up modified 4WD with 280 litres of petrol
KANGAR (Bernama) – The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry detained a Thai who allegedly filled up a four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle with 280 litres of RON95 petrol at the Padang Besar...
View ArticleSingaporean man feared drown after falling from cruise ship
MELAKA (Bernama) – A Singaporean man is feared drowned after falling into the sea from Super Star Gemini cruise ship while travelling from Singapore to George Town, Penang, three days ago. Kuala Linggi...
View ArticleThai prince invited to become new king
BANGKOK (AFP) – Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday invited Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to become the next king, resolving lingering anxiety over his accession following his father’s death last...
View ArticlePolice question Al Jazeera reporter over documentary
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) – The police have recorded a statement from an Al Jazeera reporter to assist the investigation into a documentary of the international television station last week on Malaysia...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Suu Kyi vows ‘reconciliation’ amid Rohingya crisis
SINGAPORE (AFP) – Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed on Wednesday to work for “peace and national reconciliation” amid mounting international condemnation of a bloody army crackdown on...
View ArticleVietnam seizes smuggled ivory hidden in timber
HANOI (AP) – Vietnamese authorities have seized nearly a tonne of ivory smuggled from Africa after locating nearly five tonnes in five previous shipments to the same port in the past two months. Ho Chi...
View ArticleIndonesians join thousands of soldiers, police at rallies
AKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Thousands of Indonesians on Wednesday joined nationwide interfaith rallies organised by the military in an attempt to demonstrate national unity as religious and racial...
View ArticlePhilippines detains hundreds of Chinese in casino raid
Manila (AFP) – More than 1,300 Chinese citi-zens have been arrested in the Philippines for working illegally at an unlicensed online gaming business, the immigration bureau said Tuesday. China has...
View ArticleSpecial victory for Brunei at GITC
Four Brunei special needs students made the country proud, winning a gold medal and a silver medal at the Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities, held in Yangzhou city, Jiangsu Province...
View ArticleCrown Prince visits govt entities in Singapore
His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday...
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