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Govt assures no job cuts with civil service privatisation
KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the privatisation of civil service will not result in civil servants losing their jobs. “Referring to the privatisation done in the eighties, where for example Telekom Malaysia (TM), which under the government
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Nurasmah bags Malaysia’s first gold at Abu Dhabi 2019
ABU DHABI: Nurasmah Mohd Shah bagged Malaysia’s first gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games 2019 here, through women’s bocce singles event on Monday. The 22-year-old clinched the gold in the F22 division with three wins and one draw
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Israeli rabbi, wounded in Palestinian attack, dies
JERUSALEM: An Israeli rabbi died on Monday of wounds from a Palestinian attack a day earlier in the occupied West Bank in which a soldier was killed – an incident that played into Israeli politics three weeks before a national
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Cyclone Idai: Mozambique president estimates 1,000 may have died
MAPUTO: The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000, the president said on Monday, putting the potential death toll greatly more than current figures. Eighty-four deaths have been confirmed so far
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Pollachi Sexual Abuse case: Shock Wave across India
TAMIL NADU: Activists fear victims of an alleged sex blackmail gang terrorising an Indian city will not come forward after the name of one survivor was made public by government officials. The woman’s name was contained in an official document
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Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic bags in its stomach
Philippines: A young whale whose carcass washed up in the Philippines died of “dehydration and starvation” after consuming 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of plastic bags, scientists have found. Marine biologist and environmentalist Darrell Blatchley told CNN that the juvenile male
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Utrecht tram shooting: Multiple people hurt in Dutch incident
DUTCH: A gunman has opened fire inside a tram and at several other locations in the Dutch city of Utrecht. Several people have been injured and one is feared to have died. Police say the gunman is still at large.
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Mahathir: Act of violence in Christchurch is inhuman
SEREMBAN: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described the act of killing Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand three days ago as inhuman. Describing the incident as a sad one that touched the hearts of Muslims, he said that in such
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India, Pakistan threatened to unleash missiles at each other
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: The sparring between India and Pakistan last month threatened to spiral out of control and only interventions by U.S. officials, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, headed off a bigger conflict, five sources familiar with the events said.
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China: 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang since 2014
BEIJING: Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 “terrorists” in the restive far western region of Xinjiang since 2014, the government said on Monday, in a lengthy policy paper again defending its controversial Islamic de-radicalisation measures. China has faced growing
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