WASHINGTON: US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet will lead a delegation to Pakistan this week as Washington and Islamabad seek to repair ties strained under former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The US delegation will visit Bangladesh and Pakistan from Feb 14 to 18 to meet with senior government officials, civilContinue Reading
UNCERTAIN ORIGINS, OBJECTIVES The United States says the large Chinese balloon was obviously a spy craft and that the debris is currently being plucked from the Atlantic ocean for analysis. The other three unidentified objects – shot down on Friday over Alaska, Saturday over the Yukon in Canada, and Sunday overContinue Reading
GENEVA: Human Rights Watch expects the United Nations to follow up on a report which found that China’s detention of Uyghurs and other Muslims may constitute crimes against humanity, its acting executive director said on Monday (Feb 13). Tirana Hassan of Human Rights Watch said that UN High Commissioner forContinue Reading
PHNOM PENH: A handful of protesters gathered in Phnom Penh on Monday (Feb 13) to condemn the shutdown of one of Cambodia’s last independent media outlets, with rights groups also slamming the portal’s closure just months before national elections. Prime Minister Hun Sen – among the world’s longest-serving leaders –Continue Reading
Ferdy Sambo was formerly a two-star general in charge of police internal affairs.
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In his final parliamentary address, the ruler said he never intended to interfere in the country’s political affairs but was forced to intervene.Continue Reading
MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday (Feb 13) accused a Chinese coastguard vessel of shining a “military-grade laser light” at one of its boats in the disputed South China Sea, temporarily blinding crew members. The incident happened on Feb 6 nearly 20km from Second Thomas Shoal in the SpratlyContinue Reading
But survey respondents from the 10 ASEAN states also expressed concern about the country’s expanding influence.Continue Reading
At the 15th General Election last year, Mr Azmin lost the Gombak parliamentary seat to his former protege Amirudin Shari. Mr Amirudin, currently chief minister for Selangor, garnered 72,267 votes while Mr Azmin lagged behind at 59,538 votes. Mr Azmin currently occupies the Bukit Antarabangsa seat, which he has heldContinue Reading
Russia supplied India with around US$13 billion of arms during the past five years, and New Delhi has orders placed with Moscow for weapons and military equipment exceeding US$10 billion, Russian state news agencies reported late on Sunday (Feb 12). India is the world’s biggest buyer of Russian arms, accountingContinue Reading