Thailand’s court may have ruled that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has not reached constitutional term limits, but things are not rosy for him as the next general election looms, says ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s Termsak Chalermpalanupap.Continue Reading
Immediately lawmakers in Truss’s Conservative Party – some who helped force the top tax rate reversal – opposed any move to reduce the increases in benefits at a time when millions are struggling with higher costs of food and energy. Penny Mordaunt, who is in Truss’s cabinet of senior ministers,Continue Reading
LUCKNOW: At least four people have died and several others are still missing in the Indian Himalayas after a group of 41 mountaineers was hit by an avalanche on Tuesday (Oct 4), a statement from a mountaineering institute in northern India said. The group, consisting of 34 mountaineering trainees andContinue Reading
DHAKA: At least 130 million people in Bangladesh were without power on Tuesday (Oct 4) afternoon after a grid failure caused widespread blackouts, the government’s power utility company said. More than 80 per cent of the country was hit by the sudden outage shortly after 2pm local time (0800 GMT), accordingContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that the party respects the prerogative of the prime minister to advise the Malaysian king on the dissolution of parliament. “That is not the party’s power. We respect the prerogative of the prime minister. If givenContinue Reading
A recent defence exhibition attracted military officials and other potential arms buyers from around the world who were there to sample the latest equipment.Continue Reading
The health agency head of Malang regency told CNA that this was a deviation from the norm when football matches are being played.Continue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is out of money to spend on recovery from recent devastating floods, its climate change minister said on Tuesday (Oct 4), urging prompt international help at the UN launch of an aid appeal as the funds the country needs were ramped up five-fold. The United Nations revised upContinue Reading
MANILA: A Philippine journalist has been shot dead while driving in the country’s capital, police said on Tuesday (Oct 4), prompting condemnation from media groups and activists, who described his assassination as a blow to press freedom. Radio journalist Percival Mabasa, 63, was killed by two assailants at the gateContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob confirmed on Tuesday (Oct 4) that he will soon have an audience with King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. Without specifying the agenda of the meeting to be held on Thursday, the prime minister said that the decision on when toContinue Reading