(The Atlantic) - For half a century, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been the linchpin of U.S. Mideast policy. A guaranteed supply of oil has bought a guaranteed supply of security. Ignoring…

COMMENTS by Theantdaily readers Saul: Where did we go wrong? Interesting question! Here's my answer. Everybody pretends everything is all right, MCA is one big eunuch and MIC one big slave.…

Lee Yew Meng, Malay Mail Online The first director of the Singapore Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) in a chapter of his book Glenn Knight: The Prosecutor in 2012, apologised to Tan Koon…

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Jasminder Singh, TODAY Of the more than 1,000 South-east Asian combatants for the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria, together with 2,000 to 3,000 camp followers, some are poised to return home…

Sin Chew Daily Mukhriz Mahathir became the 11th mentri besar of Kedah after the 2013 general elections. Unfortunately he now has to bow out under pressure from his betraying colleagues. His…

Shahnon Teoh, The Straits Times The ouster of Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir as Kedah chief minister is the latest blow to the floundering efforts, spearheaded by his father Mahathir Mohamad, to…

The truth is the only people who can get rid of Najib are the Umno “warlords”, the Umno divisional chiefs, members of Umno Supreme Council and elected representatives. There are fewer than 200…

The Malaysian Insider Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir is no longer Kedah menteri besar and all it took was two weeks for the political putsch to succeed, far quicker than it took PKR to remove Tan…

If it had taken so long and yet there’s admittedly insufficient evidence to charge, could it plausibly be the other party is not in the wrong, however circumstantially it may appear the party is?…

Ida Lim, Malay Mail Online PKR’s Fahmi Fadzil knows the price of petai in Setiawangsa’s markets and he is hoping this might just help the party win the federal seat in the next general…

"Najib has the party and all major institutions locked up, he still has a great war chest and he has an excellent defensive blocker team now playing a very strong game out in the field, headed by…

Extremism is on the rise in South East Asia. Of course the Saudis want to stop that "Mr Najib has been praised for his courageous stand against Islamist extremists, and it is for this reason…

Idris Jala, The Star GROWING up within idyllic yet rugged surroundings nestled within mountainous jungles, I knew my adult years would pose different challenges. I knew I had to go out to a…

(Malay Mail Online) - Seen as a Chinese party, DAP’s attempt at projecting a more multicultural image is failing to gain traction among the Malays as the country’s largest voter demographic group is…

(Reuters) - When Malaysian oil giant Petronas announced sharp spending cuts and described a dismal outlook this week, it was confirmation for millions that they will struggle to make ends meet this…

Zulhilmi Zainal, Free Malaysia Today Despite all the accusations and criticisms being levelled at Prime Minister Najib Razak, his power over Umno and the government seems to grow stronger by the…

K. Suthakar, The Star SOME Penangites are an enterprising lot and are quick to cash in on any frenzy. When Lithuanian street artist Ernest Zacharevic started painting murals in the inner…

(NST) - As Kuantan continues to be ravaged by bauxite miners, both legal and illegal, the state government, among the main benefactors from the export of the resource, finds itself being severely…

Zubaidah Abu Bakar, The Rakyat Post OPPOSITION supporters wondering what Pakatan Harapan is and how different this new political pact is from the defunct Pakatan Rakyat, worry no more. There…

(Malay Mail Online) - The year 2015 will be remembered for the biggest re-alignment of Malaysian politics since 2008’s watershed election. Seven years on, the opposition coalition Pakatan…

For many Malay-Muslim voters, an Umno-PAS cooperation would be a dream come true and any leader who could actually pull it off would stand to gain much goodwill, said Ibrahim Suffian of the…

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Malaysian Digest The closure of the UMNO General Assembly 2015 less than a week ago witnessed an unexpected triumph for UMNO President and Malaysia’s prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.…

Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, Malay Mail Online Unlike previous years, the 2015 Umno general assembly took place amid uncertainty and anxiety among the Malay nationalist party's grassroots and…

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Suzzy Khalid, The Heat A war is brewing between Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali, although the two gentlemen have maintained cordial relations in public.…

(NST) - The embattled trio sat quietly in the Merdeka Hall during Datuk Seri Najib Razak's policy speech yesterday, as a standing ovation greeted the Umno president's affirmation of grassroots…

(Agenda Daily) - Even as the eyes of the nation are fixed on the ongoing annual Umno general assembly, the cohesiveness of the DAP-led Pakatan Harapan in Penang is beginning to unravel. Umno…

Joceline Tan, The Star Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s Umno presidential address on Thursday could be one of the most important speeches in his political career. But there is a possibility that…