Mohamad Hasan's comments came a day after authorities detained more than 100 Rohingya asylum seekers who had gathered outside the agency's premises in Kuala Lumpur to seek assistance after being evicted from their homes in Penang state.
July 29 - Iran is expected to receive within weeks a first shipment out of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defence missile launchers, three sources familiar with the deal told Reuters, as it rebuilds its defences amid war with the United States.
Coral reefs are home to roughly a quarter of the world’s marine fish species.
An government statement said the officials had accepted bribes in relation to durian export.
SYDNEY, July 29 - Elon Musk's X accused Australia of trying to give its internet regulator unfair information-gathering powers and undermining U.S. law with plans for tougher enforcement of a teen social media ban.
Immersion deep-ultraviolet lithography machines are crucial to advanced chipmaking, and this marks a key step forward in Beijing’s drive to reduce its reliance on foreign technologies.
Israel’s right-wing government is intensifying its half-century-long campaign to take over the West Bank fully by unleashing bands of settler militias to harass Palestinian residents, destroy their homes and livelihoods and restrict their movement throughout the occupied
Hotel operators reported early inquiries from international travellers ahead of the October race.
KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 29 - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least 13 people near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto and rescuers are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath the rubble, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday.
TOKYO — Investors hoping President Prabowo Subianto might learn from Indonesia’s past economic mistakes should get used to disappointment. Since taking office in October 2024, Prabowo has worked to drag Southeast Asia’s biggest economy back into its past. Which past is
Rescuers worked overnight to find people following an explosion at the Aeon Mall Kumamoto shopping centre.
The major 7.1-magnitude tremor on Tuesday badly damaged a shopping mall and a factory in Japan.
From beauty and fashion to tech and lifestyle, Chinese brands are winning over shoppers at home and setting their sights overseas. What will it take to win over consumers around the world?
The new coach terminal serves mainly people travelling between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore or Johor Bahru,
July 28 - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that its air defenses intercepted and destroyed several drones launched from Iraqi territory that attempted to target oil facilities in the kingdom's key Eastern Province.
Ten people were thought to be unaccounted for in the mall as night fell after the afternoon quake.
The Aeon mall had reopened just last month after being rebuilt following the deadly 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, but was destroyed again in Tuesday's earthquake in Japan.
LONDON/DUBAI, July 28 - China has held direct talks with Yemen's Houthi movement to enable its tankers to sail through the southern Red Sea without being attacked after the Iran-aligned militia pledged to prevent access to Saudi ports, six sources with knowledge of the matter
Singapore’s top bar Jigger & Pony slips to No 9; Bangkok, Jakarta and Chinese cities post strong showings.
Two quakes struck almost the same region a decade ago, devastating the region.
The management announced that the castle would close for the day on July 28.
Huge scam centres employing as many as 300,000 workers across Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have emerged.
It reopened in June to commemorate its recovery from a deadly tremor a decade ago.
MOSCOW, July 28 - Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha, the chief of the South African Army, held talks with Russian counterparts on Tuesday during a visit to Moscow which his hosts said resulted in an agreement to beef up ties between the two nations' land forces.
BERLIN, July 28 - Germany has deported an Afghan national without a criminal record for the first time since the Taliban returned to power, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Tuesday.
July 28 - France is grappling with an unprecedented fire season that has led to the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people and dealt a blow to the economy during the peak tourist season.
The government is seeking to restore confidence after youth-led protests focused on education reforms rocked the country.
Andy Burnham walked into 10 Downing Street last week as Britain’s seventh prime minister in ten years. He takes over a country still absorbing the aftershocks of the Iran conflict, with the Royal Navy stretched thin as it escorts tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. It says
The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people - two-thirds of them Chinese - vanished from radar screens on Mar 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
The Malaysia Airlines flight went missing on March 8, 2014, in one of aviation’s greatest enduring mysteries.
Premier Li Qiang paid his respects while Xi hosted Slovak President Peter Pellegrini in Beijing.
BEIJING, July 28 - China's No.2 leader, Premier Li Qiang, visited the city of Tangshan on Tuesday for the 50th anniversary of a 1976 earthquake that killed a quarter of a million people - a trip usually made by Chinese presidents.
The legislative push follows weeks of protests over exam paper leaks and other irregularities, which culminated in the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan last week.
The UNHCR office was attracting more refugees to Malaysia, including Rohingya Muslims, said the foreign minister.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 - Malaysia should reconsider whether to allow the U.N. refugee agency to operate in the country unless it imposes stricter controls on issuing refugee documents, state media cited the foreign minister as saying on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow has been making preparations to receive 30,000 more troops from Pyongyang.
The suspects were mostly foreigners and allegedly belonged to two syndicates targeting victims abroad, says Johor’s police chief.
Ministries deny requests, citing personal data and national security.
A disaster official says 19 people are missing in the south-western Kumamoto prefecture after a magnitude 6.8 tremor.
The Supreme Court also reportedly said the authorities must ensure surveillance footage is preserved.
NEW DELHI, July 28 - India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of under-18s arrested during the youth protests over exam leaks and said authorities must ensure surveillance footage is preserved after petitioners alleged police brutality against demonstrators.
Artificial intelligence may not create a new kind of terrorism, but it makes existing tactics cheaper, faster and easier. That is the central argument of a July 2026 report from the U.S.-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies. It is a convincing
SEOUL, July 28 - South Korean authorities ordered brief neighbourhood evacuations on Tuesday after a leak of white phosphorus inside the U.S. Osan Air Base south of Seoul, the Safety Ministry said.
The quake struck Kumamoto prefecture in the south-west and briefly triggered a tsunami alert.
Chinese independent refiners remain largely absent from the market, despite deeper price discounts.
Canada’s entry into the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) highlights a broader strategic dilemma: how to modernize its air force without deepening dependence on any single supplier or undermining the interoperability on which its defense commitments rely. This month, multiple
Some buildings and roads in at least seven nearby villages have been damaged.
The education authorities warn that consensual fighting does not justify school violence.