Malaysia
Malaysia files charges against current, ex-Goldman execs over 1MDB
World
August 9, 2019
Malaysia files charges against current, ex-Goldman execs over 1MDB
Malaysia filed criminal charges Friday against 17 current and former directors of three Goldman Sachs subsidiaries, piling further pressure on…
US says China destabilizing Indo-Pacific: Pentagon chief
World
August 4, 2019
US says China destabilizing Indo-Pacific: Pentagon chief
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States says China is destabilizing the Indo-Pacific, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Sunday,…
Malaysian police chief says tough to combat drugs with addicts on force
World
July 29, 2019
Malaysian police chief says tough to combat drugs with addicts on force
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s police are struggling to rein in drug abuse because there are many addicts on the…
Burn or spurn? What to do with Western waste
Environment
June 5, 2019
Burn or spurn? What to do with Western waste
Western countries must increasingly deal with hard to dispose of plastics because China and many southeastern Asian countries no longer…
Malaysia to ship back hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste
Environment
May 28, 2019
Malaysia to ship back hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste
Hundreds of tonnes of imported plastic waste will be shipped back to where it came from, Malaysia said Tuesday, insisting…
Global press freedom under threat, says Reporters Without Borders
World
April 18, 2019
Global press freedom under threat, says Reporters Without Borders
For the first time in three years, North Korea evaded the wooden spoon: The country is no longer ranked last…
Kim assassination suspect to be freed as murder charge dropped
World
April 1, 2019
Kim assassination suspect to be freed as murder charge dropped
A Vietnamese woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader’s half-brother is to walk free after Malaysia dropped murder charges…
Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic dumping poisons hundreds
World
March 15, 2019
Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic dumping poisons hundreds
Malaysia has closed 111 schools after hundreds of people, many of them children, were hospitalized following the suspected dumping of toxic…
Malaysia court frees woman in North Korea murder case
World
March 11, 2019
Malaysia court frees woman in North Korea murder case
An Indonesian woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader’s half-brother was freed Monday after Malaysian prosecutors dropped a murder…
Malaysia deports six Egyptians linked to Islamist militant groups
Egypt
March 10, 2019
Malaysia deports six Egyptians linked to Islamist militant groups
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has deported six Egyptians and a Tunisian suspected of being linked to Islamist militant groups…