Ousted Sri Lankan president quizzed over cash stash
COLOMBO, Feb 8 ― Sri Lankan police told AFP today they are investigating ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa over a hidden cash stockpile uncovered when protesters stormed his former residence last year. Rajapaksa presided over an unprecedented economic crisis that saw the island nation’s 22 million people suffer through months of food, fuel and pharmaceutical shortages. […]
Batu Puteh: Parlimen akan tentukan tindakan seterusnya
PUTRAJAYA: Kerajaan menyerahkan kepada Parlimen untuk membuat keputusan mengenai tindakan yang perlu diambil membabitkan isu Batu Puteh. Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, berkata Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Undang-undang dan Reformasi Institusi), Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said menyediakan Kertas Putih mengenainya. Menyifatkan itu sebagai isu yang tidak berkesudahan, Anwar berkata, laporan pasukan khas membantah […]
Australia to remove Chinese-made security cameras from national war memorial -reports
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s national war memorial will remove several Chinese-made security cameras installed on the premises because officials are concerned they could be used for spying, local media reported on Wednesday. Eleven surveillance cameras manufactured by Hikvision, partly owned by Chinese state investors, will be removed from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra by […]
Iranian Military unveils underground tactical airbase
TEHRAN: The Iranian military yesterday (Feb 7) unveiled an underground tactical airbase dubbed Oqab-44 (Eagle 44), reported China News Agency Xinhua. During the unveiling ceremony, the airbase was visited by Iranian Armed Forces Chiefs of Staff chairman Mohammad Baqeri and Army Commander Abdolrahim Mousavi, the official news agency IRNA reported. Located beneath the mountains, the […]
Forty dead from floods, landslides in Peru
BOGOTA: At least 40 people have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in the South American nation of Peru, according to the National Emergency Operations Centre. The casualties were mainly in the regions of Arequipa, Secocha and Camana, the Anadolu Agency reported. A total of 5,495 houses, 538km of roads and […]
Floods: Number of evacuees drops in Pahang, Kedah
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — The number of flood evacuees has dropped in Pahang and Kedah, while those in Johor and Terengganu remain unchanged as of this morning. In Pahang, the State Disaster Management Committee secretariat said the number of evacuees dropped to 2,797 people from 847 families this morning from 3,585 people from 1,046 […]
Investigators may name more suspects in downing of Flight MH17
THE HAGUE: International investigators probing the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine are set to present new findings on Wednesday, including possibly naming additional suspects. In November a Dutch court convicted two former Russian intelligence agents and a Ukrainian separatist leader of murder for helping arrange the Russian missile system […]
Contractor pleads guilty to using false documents to obtain RM1.7mil tender
ALOR SETAR: A contractor pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here Wednesday (Feb 8) to a charge of using false company bank account statements to obtain a public cleaning tender worth RM1.7mil three years ago. However, Judge Rohatul Akmar Abdullah set Feb 9 to sentence Ronie Maharudin, 46. Ronie pleaded guilty to using forged documents, […]
Allow visa-on-arrival for all countries to remain competitive, says Tourism Minister
KUALA LUMPUR: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (pic) has suggested that Malaysia should consider providing visa-on-arrival for all countries to remain competitive in the global tourism industry. The country should be sensitive to market trends and allow such re-opening initiatives as the local tourism industry was still recovering from the effects of […]
