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Tuesday, 7 May 2013
A BOMB tore through a Pakistan political rally Monday, killing 14 people and wounding 56 in one of the deadliest attacks on the campaign for Pakistan's historic elections on Saturday.The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility, saying its target...
MYANMAR has delayed by five years its deadline to eliminate drug production within its borders, a senior official said Monday, as the impoverished nation struggles to stem a growing narcotics crisis.Authorities are "very concerned" about a...
THE Philippines is aiming to speed up convictions in the country's worst political massacre to ensure justice amid fears the trial could drag on for years, the country's top justice official said.Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said the government...
THE husband of a town mayor was killed and a bomb attack injured four people in separate incidents of violence linked to Philippine mid-term elections next week, police said Monday.The attacks came as national police went on heightened alert for...
MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak began a second term yesterday after the coalition which has ruled for 56 years held on to power in elections branded as fraudulent by a bitter opposition.Najib's Barisan Nasional (National Front) coalition that...
JAPAN, China and South Korea agreed Monday to cooperate in the fight against cross-border air pollution, despite strained relations between the neighbours because of territorial disputes.The annual ministerial environmental meeting in Kitakyushu,...
INDONESIA on Monday summoned the British ambassador in Jakarta to protest after a group supporting the independence of the restive Papua region set up its headquarters in England, the envoy said.Mark Canning said he was summoned to see Indonesian...
INDIA and China withdrew troops yesterday from a disputed area of the Himalayas after settling a border dispute, officials said, as the giant nuclear-armed neighbours took steps to ease tensions.Foreign ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said...
Palestinian leader Abbas meets China's XiBEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Beijing on Monday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to follow him later this week. Abbas's three-day trip...
AKIRA Matsu, Member of the House of Councillors the upper house of the National Diet of Japan called on Le Luong Minh, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, last week at the ASEAN Secretariat. SG Minh welcomed Matsu and her delegation to the ASEAN...
CROSS-border clashes broke out Monday between Afghan and Pakistani security forces for the second time in days, escalating tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, officials said.Ties between the fractious neighbours have become increasingly strained...
Monday, 6 May 2013
YANGON authorities have made tighter security for mosques around the city to prevent further violence from erupting, according to Thet Naing, police officer in charge of Mingala Taung Nyunt Township Police Department.One person was killed and nine...
FOR some Sabahan families who voted in the 13th General Elections (GE13) yesterday, political affiliation is a personal choice transcending the compromise often made between family members.Stan Edun, a 35-year-old citizen from Kota Belud, opted to...
INCUMBENT Putrajaya Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor retained the seat for Barisan Nasional (BN) for the third consecutive term, defeating PAS' Datuk Husam Musa with a 5,541-vote majority, in Malaysia's 13th general...
PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate Michael Teo Yu Kang won the Miri seat with 26,909 votes, with a majority of 1,992 votes over Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Sebastian Ting who received 24,917 votes while the State Reform Party (Star)...
MINIMUM wage earners in the private sector in Region 12 (Southwestern Mindanao) will not be getting any increase in their daily wages for the rest of the year unless a supervening event unexpectedly occurs in the area.Patricio Blanza, Department of...
NORTH Korea demanded yesterday that South Korea drop all "military provocations" if it wants to revive a jointly-run business estate which has suspended operations amid high military tensions on the peninsula.The Kaesong Industrial Complex...
WHATEVER the outcome of yesterday's general election in Malaysia, Thailand's ongoing peace talks with southern separatists are unlikely to be affected, said an academic who is part of the Thai team of negotiators.Assoc Prof Srisompob Jitpiromsri...
IT was a busy Sunday morning for most Sarawakians throughout Limbang as eligible voters lined up outside polling stations to cast their ballots for the country's 13th General Election.Coming on their own or with their family, they voted to elect...
INDONESIA, a main importer of crude oil and its refined products in Southeast Asia, is likely to partner with Iraq, one of the worlds largest petroleum producers, to build local oil refineries in a bid to meet domestic needs.Energy and Mineral...
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