(MMO) - A group of seven non-governmental organisations have joined a growing number of court challengers against the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government’s recourse to a nationwide state of…

(Bernama) - The government’s financial standing remains strong and has been used to good effect to cushion the Covid-19 shock, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.…

(Bernama) - The accumulated net foreign inflows of RM18.3 billion recorded by Malaysia’s bond market in 2020 reflects yield-hunting activities and, to some extent, represents the confidence of the…

(FMT) - Two political analysts speculate that Pakatan Harapan (PH) will work with Dr Mahathir Mohamad again if it has to despite recent revelations that paint an unflattering picture of the former…

(The Star) - Myanmar's ruling junta on Monday (Feb 1) announced a purge of Aung San Suu Kyi's government, removing 24 ministers and deputies and naming 11 replacements in its new administration…

(Nikkei) - The U.K. will apply to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday, in a major push to expand and deepen the country's trade links with the Asia-Pacific…

THE appointment of “hyper-busy” Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) supreme council member Datuk Iskandar Dzulkarnain Abdul Khalid as the new chairman and director for the Malaysian…

Former attorney-general Tommy Thomas has been asked to explain why 12 people were charged in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) case in 2019 if he had felt the case against them to be…

An Amanah leader says investor confidence in Malaysia went downhill after the 1MDB scandal erupted in 2015. (FMT) - Central committee member Faiz Fadzil said the insinuation by Umno Youth chief…

(Xinhua) - China's renowned respiratory-disease expert Zhong Nanshan said Sunday that the mass inoculation of homegrown COVID-19 vaccines underway in China shows the vaccines are safe and…

(NST) - The Australian city of Perth will begin a snap five-day lockdown after a security guard at a quarantine hotel tested positive for Covid-19, authorities announced Sunday. Roughly two…

(MYKMU) - Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar had related to Tan Sri Tommy Thomas in a 2016 meeting that her family no longer trusted Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, according to a reported excerpt from…

(Bernama) - Former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad will know his fate on nine corruption charges involving RM3 million over the agency’s purchase of Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites…

(MMO) - One in two respondents in a survey conducted by Emir Research indicated they are unsure about the direction of the country, the standing of the economy, and the viability of the Perikatan…

A new mode of power transfer has taken root, whereby leaders have competed stealthily for the loyalties of parliamentary defectors and mastery over back channels to state patronage. (East Asia…

Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's governing National League for Democracy (NLD) party, has been arrested, a party spokesman said. (BBC.com) - It comes amid tensions between the civilian…

(NST) - US President Joe Biden's US$1.9 trillion plan to revive the US economy has been met with howls from the Republican opposition in Washington, with conservative lawmakers saying it is full…

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 during a mission that has been tightly controlled by its Chinese hosts visited a hospital on Saturday in…

(FMT) - Tommy Thomas has claimed that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong wanted to appoint Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as interim prime minister after Dr Mahathir Mohamad resigned following PPBM’s exit from…

(Harakah Daily) - Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin kekal berada dalam sokongan majoriti rakyat Malaysia sebagaimana kajian terbaharu yang dikeluarkan oleh badan penyelidikan QGenAnalysts…

(FMT) - Selangor Task Force Covid-19 (STFC) chairman Dzulkefly Ahmad has sounded the alarm, saying that any further delay by the authorities to hire more frontliners will see the number of…

(BBC) - China has warned Taiwan that any attempt to seek independence "means war". The warning comes days after China stepped up its military activities and flew warplanes near the island. It…

(NST) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine appeared not to be effective for people over 65 years of age. Speaking to reporters only hours…

(SCMP) - Coronavirus vaccines developed by Chinese firms Sinovac and Sinopharm are being reviewed for emergency use by the World Health Organization, potentially opening the door to their…

(CNA) - The World Health Organization's Europe director Hans Kluge said on Thursday (Jan 28) vaccine manufacturers were working non-stop to plug shortfalls in supplies to countries struggling to…

For some Reddit users, GameStop's dizzying rocket ride on Wall Street is a case of the masses rebelling against one-percenters hoarding the world's wealth. (MMO) - The social media-fueled…

Uncertainty over Dr Mahathir Mohamad might hold back talks within the opposition on setting up a grand coalition of parties to take power after the next general election, according to an analyst.…

Leaders from Umno, DAP and PKR appeared to be in agreement with each other during a discussion programme last night, as they questioned the legitimacy of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and his…

A senior Umno leader has blamed Perikatan Nasional for the 68% decline in foreign direct investment in Malaysia last year. (FMT) - Johor Umno deputy head Nur Jazlan Mohamed said the problem lay…

Concerns are raised about a lack of clear narrative on the way forward in fighting the pandemic. (MalaysiaNow) - A recent meeting of ministers, senior health officials and state government…