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Churches silenced a week post Sri Lanka bomb blasts
COLOMBO: Churches across Sri Lanka suspended Sunday mass as security concerns remained high a week after suicide bombers killed over 250 in churches and hotels across the island nation. Sri Lanka has been on high alert since the attacks on
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Putrajaya – Johor frosty ties surface at Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) meet
BEIJING: Putrajaya – Johor frosty ties surfaced in China today where Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is attending a symposium on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In a news conference in Beijing streamed “live” over Facebook to Malaysia,
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EC taken to task over Lajim Ukin’s Sandakan by-election observer status
PETALING JAYA: Election watchdog Bersih 2.0 has taken the Election Commission to task over the decision to appoint politicians such as Lajim Ukin as an election observer. He was spotted wearing the EC’s election observer tag and T-shirt in Sandakan
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Zamri Vinoth arrested under Section 298A of Penal Code, 233 CMA
ARAU: Police have confirmed the arrest of Indian Muslim convert preacher Zamri Vinoth Abdullah in Perlis today following a series of police reports lodged against him for insulting the Hindu faith in his religious talk in Kelantan. Perlis police chief
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Complexities in fulfilling promises on petroleum royalty
KUALA LUMPUR: In the run-up to the GE14, PH made election promises that included institutional reforms as well as increasing royalty payments to oil-producing states — namely Terengganu, Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak — from five percent to 20 percent, which
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Vivian Wong: Malaysia needs the young as future leaders
SANDAKAN: The country needs young leaders to ensure the survival of the national leadership in future, said DAP’s candidate for Sandakan, Vivian Wong Shir Yee. She said if the youths were given an opportunity, they would certainly try their level
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Dr Mahathir: Accept our differences for the sake of peace
BEIJING: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad called for the acceptance of different cultures and values to forge mutual understanding for the sake of world peace. He said there should not be just one single value system for the world
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One dead, three wounded in shooting at San Diego area synagogue
POWAY: A gunman walked into a San Diego-area synagogue crowded with Sabbath worshippers on Saturday and opened fire with an assault-style rifle, killing one woman inside and wounding three others in a hate crime carried out on the last day
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Sri Lanka IGP Pujith Jayasundara refuses to quit amidst calls from Sirisena
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka inspector general of police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara has refused a request by President Maithripala Sirisena to step down following suicide bombings on churches and hotels, two sources at the president’s office said on Saturday, deepening the rift
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Sirisena: NTJ, Jamathei Millathu Ibrahim (JMI) banned
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka president Maithiripala Sirisena has banned two local Muslim groups – National Thawheedh Jamaath (NTJ) and Jamathei Millathu Ibrahim (JMI) one week after a series of bomb blasts that happened last week. The bomb blasts that happened on
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