The new party’s secretary-general Saifuddin Abdullah tells CNA it wants to offer a more moderate and inclusive brand of politics, but analysts argue it must first prove its relevance, starting with the upcoming Negeri Sembilan state polls.
A bitter royal dispute has thrust Negeri Sembilan's traditions into the spotlight ahead of the polls.
LAHORE/MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, July 29 - Protests during regional elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have turned deadly, with leaders of a banned Kashmiri group saying on Wednesday more than 30 people had been killed around one town in clashes with security forces ahead
The Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Congress scheduled for autumn 2027 could be one of the most delicate and significant in its history. President Xi Jinping will extend his power for a fourth five-year term and bring up an entire generation of younger cadres. They will be people
Experts warn of the risk of blood clots forming due to long hours in the same position.
Malaysia hosts more than 126,000 members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority.
Francis Xavier Duan Yongkun, 45, was ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Bameng, in Inner Mongolia.
The legislation would double the maximum jail term for those involved in leaking exam papers to 10 years.
Online service providers that violate the rules could face fines.
BEIJING, July 29 - Chinese and Russian naval warships have completed a joint patrol lasting more than two weeks and arrived in Vladivostok in Russia's Far East on Wednesday, China's state news agency Xinhua reported.
People are being urged to stay alert, with earthquake aftershocks potentially reaching magnitude 7, officials say
FIFA's announcement also produced a furious backlash from European football's governing body UEFA, which said the World Cup was not an "asset to trade".
The population of Japanese residents has fallen for 17 consecutive years since peaking in 2009.
A July 25-29 operation saw five men arrested and 425.3kg of methamphetamine seized.
The recipient had earlier undergone a partial penectomy.
WASHINGTON, July 29 - A small California-based drone maker says one of its sea vessels sailed close enough to a Chinese warship operating in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone to capture what it believes is the first footage of its kind recorded by a private U.S. firm.
Hangzhou is increasingly being dubbed China's new Silicon Valley. For entrepreneurs and tech talent alike, the city offers something many technology hubs struggle to balance: the infrastructure to build at speed, and the space to think creatively.
The global economy is entering a new era in which artificial intelligence is no longer merely a technological innovation but an increasingly influential economic force. Much as the internet transformed commerce and globalization reshaped production networks, AI is beginning to
The saga shows foreign investors need to understand Malaysia’s multi-layered regulatory system and navigate domestic political and geopolitical sensitivities, analysts say.
Beijing's foreign ministry said it "firmly opposed" Tuesday's move by the US Federal Communications Commission to add "advanced robotic devices" to the list of banned items on national security grounds.
In 1870, the Italian physician Cesare Lombroso examined the skull of a dead thief named Giuseppe Villella and decided he had found the source of criminality. Villella’s skull carried a small depression that Lombroso compared to the skulls of apes and early humans, and from that
DUBAI/CAIRO, July 29 - The United States launched on Wednesday its first airstrikes in the Middle East since suspending its bombing campaign last week, hitting Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq jointly with Saudi Arabia, while Tehran spurned an Omani plan to manage the Strait of
He had previously accumulated RM45,000 in debts to loan sharks, which his father settled in May.
OYSTER BAY, PALAWAN – When American forces withdrew from Iraq in 2011, I watched it happen from Kuwait, where I worked as a contracted security guard. The last convoy crossed the berm that December — roughly 100 vehicles — and with it went the war in which I had served. Two
Police had detained the people on July 27 after they gathered outside the UNHCR office in Kuala Lumpur to seek assistance.
All seven members of the band post a statement online, saying they will boycott the 2027 ceremony.
Misir Besra was arrested in the evening of July 28 in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
Modi still dominates national politics and his government has sought to get ahead of the crisis.
The operation resulted in the arrest of more than 300 foreign and local suspects.
TOKYO, July 29 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is fighting a losing battle in the polls, making a retreat from promised tax cuts more difficult and denying her officials the political backup they need to talk down yen and bond market bears.
Mall operator Aeon is investigating the possibility of a gas leak.
KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 29 - Workers in a mall in southern Japan described being thrown to the floor or enveloped in a cloud of dust by a massive 7.1-magnitude quake that rattled the building on Tuesday. They were the lucky ones. An hour later, the real disaster struck.
Unrelated adults in China are sharing the same room and even their bed to save money.
Malaysia should try packaging race tickets with cultural and dining experiences to showcase the country as a choice destination for tourists, observers say.
There are currently no transmissions in Australia's poultry population.
The 7.1-magnitude quake in Kumamoto damaged roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes.
Rescue operations are ongoing following the 6.8-magnitude quake, as survivors wrestle with the shock.
One of the bookshops will close after 50 years in business, while another shut down ahead of schedule.
It was a rare sight of an Emirates Airbus A380 - the world’s largest passenger airliner - at Hangzhou. But the situation soon became chaotic as 373 passengers were left stranded on board amid a logistical nightmare.
The court ruled that the manager's comment constituted workplace sexual harassment.
In the early hours of August 5 (UTC), an abandoned SpaceX rocket stage is expected to slam into the Moon at around 8,700 kilometers per hour. Launched in January 2025, the rocket sent two commercial lunar landers toward Earth’s nearest neighbor. With its work done, the rocket
The Kospi index slid as much as 8.2 per cent, taking its two-day decline to more than 18 per cent.
He entered the house with an accomplice before a struggle with the house's caretaker.
The US military’s fighter fleet is projected to become stealthier but less available, widening the gap between technological sophistication and the combat mass needed for a prolonged war. This month, the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report showing that a
The new DUV machines are planned for delivery in 2026 to major Chinese chipmakers.
Vietnamese banks started deleting more than 86 million bank accounts last September. Of the roughly 200 million accounts on the country’s books, only 113 million personal accounts and some 711,000 organizational ones survived the biometric verification requirements introduced