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Hezbollah endorsed Lebanon PM, to form new government
BEIRUT: Former minister Hassan Diab, who has the backing of Hezbollah and its allies, gained enough votes from lawmakers on Thursday to be named Lebanon’s new prime minister. President Michel Aoun hosted consultations on Thursday with deputies to pick the
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Source: Goldman Sachs to pay US$2b fine to settle 1MDB probe
Goldman Sachs Group Inc is in talks with the US government and a state regulator to possibly pay up to US$2 billion (RM8.25 billion) and admit guilt to resolve investigations into its role in a Malaysia corruption scandal, according to
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Johnson promises to wrap up Brexit for X’mas, Parliament votes today
The British Parliament will vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal today, a move the prime minister described as delivering on his promise to “get the Brexit vote wrapped up for Christmas” following his landslide election victory. After suffering several heavy
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Two firefighters die as flames circle Sydney, PM cuts short holiday
Two volunteer Australian firefighters died while battling blazes around Sydney, authorities said today, forcing Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a vacation in Hawaii as temperatures were again set to soar. Australia has been fighting wildfires across much of
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Musharraf: Death sentence is a ‘personal vendetta’
Speaking from his hospital bed in Dubai, Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said a special court’s decision to sentence him to death in a high treason case was the result of a “personal vendetta”. Musharraf, who was tried and
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UN: Israel advances 22,000 settler homes in past three years
NEW YORK: A top United Nations (UN) envoy yesterday bashed Israel’s ongoing settlement building on Palestinian land, saying it breached international law and made the chances of peaceful settlement ever more remote. Anadolu Agency reported addressing the UN Security Council,
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Mahathir defends Muslim summit shunned by Saudi, slammed by OIC
Hosting a summit of Muslim leaders, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad bemoaned the state of Islam and defended the meeting that has been shunned by Saudi Arabia and criticized for undermining the bigger Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Divisions in the
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Australia’s NSW declares state of emergency for bushfires
The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) declared its second state of emergency in two months today as temperatures were set to soar above 40 Celsius and nearly 100 bushfires were burning throughout the state, with authorities concerned about
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Lebanon’s Hariri says he will not be PM again
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri withdrew as a candidate for prime minister yesterday, and Shiite Hezbollah with its ally Amal moved toward nominating a former education minister for the job, two senior sources familiar with their position said. Hariri, the country’s
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Mexican children shiver in tents at US border as temperature freezes
CIUDAD JUAREZ: Mexican officials concerned about the health of Mexican asylum seekers including around 200 young children sleeping in the open near the US border in Ciudad Juarez tried to move people to shelters yesterday, as temperatures dropped below freezing.
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