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Sri Lanka social media shutdown raises fears
Sri Lanka’s decision to block social media following deadly suicide attacks highlights a growing distrust of online platforms, but critics said the move is likely to restrict the flow of important news and information as well as abusive content. The
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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Share the information with us, Muslims urged
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Muslim Religious Affairs Minister Mohamed Hashim Abdul Haleem has called upon mosques to play a vital role in information gathering from the Muslim community in view of the bomb blasts over the weekend. Speaking at a press
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China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos
In 2018, China stopped accepting foreign plastics for recycling, causing the trade to divert to South East Asia where cowboy firms are dumping and burning waste From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants
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Sex slave, wife lodges report against deviant ustaz
SUBANG: A woman, 22, was a sex slave of a 48-year-old self-proclaimed ustaz for two years. She and the man’s 38-year-old wife lodged a police report against the man on Monday. They also reported the ustaz to Selangor Islamic Religious
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Malaysia’s legal and lethal detention laws mirror Israel’s military laws
By: Rama Ramanathan Did you know that a military model of policing has been legislated in Malaysia? Under military rule, what is legal (allowed) only in war is allowed all the time, for instance “legal” detention without trial. Palestinians are
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BN: No candidate for Sandakan by-election
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional (BN) will not field its candidate in the Sandakan parliamentary by-election to be held on May 11, said its acting chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. Mohamad said the decision was unanimously agreed by the three BN
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Klang Valley residents prepare for 3-day water disruption starting tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: In less than 24 hours, 577 areas in the Klang Valley will be experiencing temporary water supply disruption from April 24 to 27 due to improvement works on water supply system at Sungai Selangor Phase 2 Water Treatment
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Philippines rocked by deadly 6.1-magnitude earthquake
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda, at least eight people in the province were killed in the quake measuring 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck near the town of Bodega on the Philippine island of Luzon on
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