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Kashmir protesters defy restrictions, clash with security forces
SRINAGAR: Security forces used tear gas against stone-throwing local residents in Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar yesterday, after a third straight week of protests in the restive Soura district despite the imposition of tight restrictions. Paramilitary police tried to
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Hong Kong airport operating as usual, for now
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s airport and the roads and railways leading to it were operating normally today despite plans by protesters to implement a “stress test” of transport links to the aviation hub early in the day. Those seeking to
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Trump slaps extra 5% tariff on Chinese goods, China unrelenting
US President Donald Trump yesterday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some US$550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation by the world’s two largest
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Pyongyang fires more missiles, Japan and Seoul protest
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast today, the South Korean military said, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks amid stalled denuclearisation talks. Todahy’s launch
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Brazil to send troops to fight Amazon fires after EU’s intervention
European leaders yesterday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting growing international anger at Brazil as a record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest intensified an unfolding environmental crisis. Amid a global chorus of concern
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Organiser cancels second Brickfields rally after Anwar’s intervention
PUCHONG: The proposed rally for today in Brickfields by Tamil school groups against the implementation of khat was called off at the behest of PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Organiser Shankar Ganesh said the planned rally, which is called
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Malaysia Airports: Situation at KLIA improves
The situation at the KL International Airport, which is beset with a systems breakdown, improved today, with the airport less crowded and manageable queues at the check-in counters. This follows Malaysia Airports measures to rectify the situation by replacing the
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2.4 hectares of forest razed near Legoland theme park
About 2.4 hectares of forest land near the Legoland Theme Park and a hotel, in Iskandar Puteri, near Johor Bharu, caught fire yesterday afternoon. Larkin Fire and Rescue Station operations commander Ahmad Nazran Omar said the fire department received a
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Mazlan: I didn’t order for Pasir Gudang factories to be reopened
Bersatu chairperson Mazlan Bujang has denied threatening a state administrative officer and demanding that factories in Pasir Gudang closed due to the recent air pollution incidents to be allowed to resume operations. Mazlan, who is also Puteri Wangsa assemblyperson, said
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Witness: MACC didn’t probe Najib’s donation claims, meeting with Saudi King
KUALA LUMPUR: A senior officer of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) told the High Court here today he did not probe a claim by Datuk Seri Najib Razak on his meeting with the Saudi Arabian King because it was not
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