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The minister says Yee’s case shows how foreign media and rights advocates have mistaken an offensive repeat offender for a free-speech icon.
The body of Chua Muhammad Syafidi was found floating off the Indonesian island of Karimun.
Shane Dunphy asked the embassy to reimburse him for the US$1,600 spent on petrol vouchers for his staff so that they could travel to work.
As governments roll out work-from-home policies to cut fuel use, civil servants face location tracking and other productivity measures.
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Amirul Hafiz Omar was on his way to buy his son a mathematics book when a car allegedly driven at high speed rammed his motorcycle.
Anthony Loke urges Malaysians to plan their travel and reduce resource wastage, saying energy supply would not be disrupted until May.
Zhang Xuesong is accused of raping and strangling the victim and reportedly fled to China, and later Singapore, following the break-in.
With the war affecting the outlook of Dubai’s medical hub, Malaysia could draw more patients from the Middle East.
An official from the community says no police department in Australia has implemented a set of anti-racism recommendations.
A video shows the official shooing away Filipino workers seeking financial help outside the Philippine embassy in Bahrain.
Fans of Takato Ishida continue to swoon over him, even as the Fukui governor has to deal with his predecessor’s sexual harassment scandal.
Zobaidul Amin allegedly told victims the police would never find him. He was living in Malaysia, after all. Then the FBI put him on a plane.
A 21-year-old died because an assumption was made. The same assumption later left a stroke victim in a coma with 50-50 odds of survival.
The race had been set for April 5 and would have marked the second year since Pyongyang resumed the event after the pandemic.
Ihor Komarov, a 28-year-old Ukrainian national, was reported abducted in mid-February while riding a motorcycle with a friend in Jimbaran.
While online users continue to marvel over his looks and physique, Tan has said he does not have a secret formula for eternal youth.
A 22-year-old woman accused of poisoning three men scored above the clinical threshold for psychopathy, according to investigators.
The two Austrian grooms each paid a 1 million baht dowry, then celebrated by leaping into a pond.
Protesters stormed the US consulate in Karachi as leaders, including Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim, condemned the killing and appealed for dialogue.
The video shows a masked passer-by appearing to knock the girl to the ground, prompting calls for an investigation.
The gesture accompanied Lula’s state visit to Seoul, where the two leaders agreed to strengthen bilateral ties.
South Korea and Brazil are taking action to protect fans from fraudsters cashing in with phantom merchandise and exploitative ‘oppa’ tours.
Using AI-generated images and simplified Chinese characters, a network of 3,000 fake accounts reportedly tried to sway Japan’s election.
Gemma Doyle, 26, says she stole the US$21 swimsuit ‘for fun’, but has now paid more than US$1,100 to avoid a stint in Indonesian prison.
The perceived squeeze on the wallet is a result of exchange rate volatility rather than the kingdom’s inflation, tourism officials say.
The survey covers six types of cheating: physical, emotional, cyber, object and financial infidelity, as well as micro-cheating.
Robin Padilla was criticised for downplaying depression and not being sensitive to the social and economic problems faced by young Filipinos.
‘It’s assault, physical assault. It’s a crime anywhere in the world, especially in Singapore,’ said a Philippine labour official.
While 10 were convicted of destroying evidence, not a single person has been charged in connection with the deaths of two Melbourne teens.
