2019

(FMT) - The Pakatan Harapan (PH) secretarial council today dismissed the notion that Dr Mahathir Mohamad is the “de facto finance minister”, calling such claims an attempt to divide the coalition…

(FMT) - Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara, Mazlan Mansor berkata, siasatan ke atas satu laporan yang difailkan April lalu terhadap bekas perdana menteri, Najib Razak yang mendakwa Felda ditipu untuk…

All the cards were on the table, or so it seemed, until MCA pulled an Ace. The junior partner in Barisan Nasional (BN) threatened to pull out of the 50-year-old coalition if it was not picked to…

For many PPBM ministers, the succession issue is very much a fight for political survival; most will almost certainly be culled from the cabinet to make room for Anwar’s team. Dennis Ignatius,…

(Bernama) - Dr Mahathir Mohamad hari ini melahirkan rasa hairan dengan keengganan Singapura berkompromi dengan cadangan Malaysia bagi pembinaan jambatan baru untuk mengatasi masalah kesesakan yang…

DAP’s and Pakatan’s greatest fear is that Umno and PAS will prove them wrong -- which is, under an Umno and PAS Muafakat the non-Malays and non-Muslims are going to suffer discrimination and…

(MMO) - PAS should support Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) candidate for Tanjung Piai since he is the only Muslim contesting so far, several coalition leaders said pointedly today. Reminding the…

(FMT) - Seorang pemimpin Umno berkata, pilihan raya kecil (PRK) Tanjung Piai adalah antara pilihan raya yang paling sukar, mencabar dan menguji semangat Barisan Nasional (BN) serta Muafakat…

(FMT) - The 12 men accused of trying to revive the defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have been slapped with more terrorism charges today, and face a maximum of 30 years’ jail or life…

(FMT) - PAS has expressed support for Barisan Nasional’s decision to field MCA’s Wee Jeck Seng for the Tanjung Piai polls, the first by-election since the party signed a historic charter with Umno…

(FMT) - Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says Putrajaya is ending the concession of local drug company Pharmaniaga to distribute drugs and medical supplies to public hospitals. According to a…

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday, a move that won praise from Democrats and scorn from…

(Bloomberg) - China’s plan to allow Hong Kong autonomy had “fundamental flaws” from the start because Beijing never trusted the former British colony to uphold its rule, the head of the city’s…

(NST) - Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has fired four more officials, two palace announcements said on Tuesday, the latest shake up after the sacking of the king’s royal consort last week.…

The U.S. Justice Department has struck a deal with fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (pic) in which it will recoup almost US$1bil (RM4.18bil) of money looted from the Malaysian investment fund 1MDB,…

Deputy Rural Development Minister R Sivarasa says Pakatan Harapan (PH) never promised to get rid of political appointees in government-linked companies (GLC) as a whole, and that some have…

Media company Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd, which shut its doors early this month, will need some RM400 million to settle its debts and liabilities and pay compensation and outstanding salaries owed to…

(FMT) - Anwar Ibrahim has called for the reform of Malaysia’s institutions of zakat, the Islamic wealth tax to help the poor, while calling for it to be extended to the non-Muslims. Speaking at…

Anwar is waiting to see what move Mahathir is going to make. If Mahathir tries to get rid of him, Anwar will have to hit back with a vote of no confidence in Parliament. That would be the only way…

(Ismaweb) - Presiden PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim tidak mungkin boleh membangunkan negara dan membina kerajaan yang kuat jika menjadi perdana menteri menggantikan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad…

(FMT) - A prominent Muslim activist and a US academic who frequently speaks to Malaysian audiences on Islamic topics have questioned the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government’s commitment to democracy…

(FMT) - DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today declined to comment on his foreword in a pro-China comic book which stirred controversy after its distribution as reference material to school…

(BBC) - Boris Johnson's Brexit deal will leave the UK £70bn worse off than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found. It…

"I am standing as a candidate to be the next prime minister and in these volatile political times that is absolutely possible," said Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson. (BBC) - The UK is set to go to the…

The prime minister has consolidated indirect control of government-linked investment companies (GLIC) via appointments to key ministries, a study found. (MMO) - The Institute of Democracy and…

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has finally admitted to helping rich businessmen during the Asian Financial Crisis of the 1990s that also sent Malaysia’s economy into a tailspin. (MMO) - The prime…

Najib Razak today questioned Putrajaya’s claim that DAP has no links with a defunct separatist group, saying a video featuring a minister from the party and a South Indian politician suggests…

What we have today are not ‘pendatangs’ but full-fledged bona fide citizens of Malaysia who are guaranteed their legal status under Article 8 of the Federal Constitution P Ramakrishnan Those…

(Washington Post) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered two political drubbings on Monday: He was forced to grudgingly accept the European Union’s offer to delay Brexit until January,…

(FMT) - LA MÈDE: Greenpeace activists on Tuesday blocked the entrance to a refinery in southern France where oil giant Total uses controversial palm oil to produce biofuel. Environmentalists…