Speaking at a Pakatan Harapan (PH) convention, PM Anwar Ibrahim suggested that Barisan Nasional’s announcement that it would go solo in contesting upcoming Johor state polls was akin to threats that could amount to “betrayal” to their unity government partnership.
BANGKOK, May 17 - Thai police have charged a train driver with negligence after a crash on Saturday in central Bangkok in which a freight train collided with a public bus at a rail crossing, killing eight people and injuring 32.
The PM also hit out at certain state governments for giving handouts just before the elections.
Rafizi Ramli, who was formerly economy minister, said the “kamikaze mission” was worth it as he wants to offer a political platform to those who believe that political power belongs to the people.
The products lacked quarantine certificates and failed to meet veterinary hygiene standards.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 - Two prominent former Malaysian ministers said on Sunday they would vacate their parliamentary seats and resign from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling coalition party to join a small party that they would take over.
He was charged with negligence causing death and serious injury.
MANILA, May 17 - Philippine government lawyers have urged the Supreme Court to reject the bid of fugitive Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity linked to his role in a bloody \"war on drugs\", to block his arrest and surrender.
President Lai said only the Taiwanese people can decide their future.
TAIPEI, May 17 - The expression \"Taiwan independence\" means the island neither belongs to nor is subordinate to Beijing and that only the Taiwanese people can decide their future, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday.
Datuk Seri Rafizi was formerly economy minister and deputy president of PM Anwar’s PKR.
Students complained of dizziness, nausea and vomiting, though most only required light medical examinations.
Mr Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mt Everest for a record 32nd time.
KATHMANDU, May 17 - A renowned Nepali Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday, an official said, smashing his own record set last year.
The junta said on April 30 that it has placed Suu Kyi under house arrest but this has not been independently verified.
As of the afternoon of May 11, no students had been reported to require hospitalisation.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) last week unsealed an arrest warrant against senator Ronald Dela Rosa, accusing him along with other "co-perpetrators" of the "crime against humanity of murder".
A local arrest warrant is not needed to enforce the ICC’s order, the government argues.
Samsung accounts for 22.8 per cent of the country’s exports.
President Donald Trump departed China on May 15, 2026, after a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that was scrutinized from every angle for clues on where the relationship is heading. Trump hailed the trip as “incredible,” while Xi remarked that it marked a “new
He has been slapped with a no-fly ban on all Qantas planes.
Norway is limiting sales of its most sensitive defence technologies to allies and closest partners.
China’s accelerating missile buildup is increasingly turning industrial capacity, stockpile depth, and sustained precision-strike capability into decisive factors in the emerging military balance over Taiwan and the wider Indo-Pacific. This month, Bloomberg reported that China
Scammers are drawn by Sri Lanka’s relaxed visa regime and reliable, high-speed internet.
China, which has stepped up cooperation with regional governments in recent years to crack down on scam networks, has acknowledged the geographical shift.
Many visitors have been wearing short skirts and revealing tops during the warmer months.
Foreign visitors to Goa have nearly halved from their pre-Covid peak even as domestic tourism is booming.
Proton enthusiasts are keeping the brand alive in the United Kingdom and Australia, but the Malaysian automaker says its focus is on regional markets.
Victims and their families are increasingly turning to vigilante justice on social media.
It is bad diplomacy to risk leaving foreign guests with an unsatiated stomach.
The Peduli initiative now runs chapters in Indonesia's West Kalimantan.
May 16 - The Trump administration on Saturday allowed a sanctions waiver to lapse that had previously allowed countries including India to buy Russian seaborne oil after a month-long extension aimed at easing oil supply shortages and high prices due to Iran's closure of the
The University of Genoa said the victims included a marine biology professor, her daughter and two young researchers.
The first time one truly stands before a Ming-style horseshoe-back armchair, a quiet misperception arises. It does not feel like an antique. It feels like a piece of modern design completed several centuries too early. There is no heavy imperial pomp, no crowded carving, none
Fresh from his summit in Beijing, the US president warned against a formal declaration of independence by the island.
"It's true that there are many problems and challenges. Free nutritious meals comes with many problems, we must put things in order," said Prabowo Subianto.
Details on concrete outcomes across trade and investment from the two-day summit are limited.
BEIJING, May 16 - China's commerce ministry on Saturday described as \"preliminary\" the tariff, agricultural and aircraft deals agreed during this week's visit by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Police and rescue officials said the collision sparked a fire that engulfed the bus.
Prabowo Subianto said that the scheme still has public support despite the list of problems.
Both teams are still currently negotiating over the details.
Anti-narcotics officers also arrested a Syrian national, who was a member of an “international drug syndicate”.
BANGKOK, May 16 - At least eight people were killed and 32 others were injured in Thailand on Saturday after a freight train struck a bus at a rail crossing in Bangkok, igniting a fire that engulfed the vehicle, rescue officials and a deputy transport minister said.
When Britain sent its first formal diplomatic mission to China in 1793, one of the participants from London, Peter Auber, remarked that the group had been “received with the utmost politeness, treated with the utmost hospitality, watched with the utmost vigilance and dismissed