PETALING JAYA: The Cybercrime Bill will not be misused as a political tool, says Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa (pic). The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) assured that it would not impose restrictions on freedom of speech nor would it lead to excessive monitoring of the rakyat. "Its main objective is to handle cyber crimes...
MANILA: The Philippines' seismology agency (Phivolcs) has cancelled its tsunami warning following a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck offshore near its southern coast. "Any effects due to the tsunami warning have largely passed," Phivolcs said in an advisory. - Reuters
BEIJING: An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck Ganzi prefecture in the Western highlands of China's Sichuan province on Thursday (Oct 9), according to China Earthquake Networks Centre. The quake was at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles), the centre said. Ganzi, a sparsely populated region, borders Yunnan to the south and Tibet to the west. Known for...
ANKARA: The Global Sumud Flotilla issued an urgent appeal to governments and international institutions after Israeli naval forces attacked and boarded its vessel Meteque in international waters on Thursday (Oct 2). Anadolu Ajansi reported that the organisers said in a statement that "live-streams and communications have been cut," stressing that "the status of participants and crew...
KUALA LUMPUR: Chants of "Free Palestine" and "Down with America" echoed as a form of protest against the blockade of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) mission as a crowd gathered near the United States embassy on Jalan Tun Razak here, on Friday (Oct 3), Sinar Harian reports. The Malay language daily reported that the crowd, comprising...
PETALING JAYA: Israel has claimed that the intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) volunteers will be deported to Europe. “Hamas-Sumud passengers on their yachts are making their way safely and peacefully to Israel, where their deportation procedures to Europe will begin,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday...
WARSAW (Reuters) -Ukraine would like to build a joint aerial defence shield to protect against threats from Russia together with its European partners, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. NATO leaders have said that Russia has been testing the alliance's readiness and resolve with airspace incursions in Poland and the Baltic states, and Kyiv says...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's influential former Prime Minster Thaksin Shinawatra has submitted a petition for a royal pardon for his one year jail sentence, his lawyer said on Monday. The former premier was jailed earlier this month after the country's Supreme Court ruled that he did not serve his initial prison sentence after spending six months in...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) will hold a dialogue with about 200 primary and secondary school students on Oct 6 to gather their views on the Anti-Bullying Tribunal Bill currently being drafted by the government. Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic) said the session is crucial to obtain a clearer picture of...
IPOH: Animal welfare groups have expressed outrage after a dog was beaten to death in Taman Arkid here, saying the case highlights Malaysia’s weak enforcement of animal protection laws. Execute AWA founder Sue Ann Kong questioned the point of reforming laws and proposing new policies if enforcement of existing laws were absent to begin with. “Cruelty cases...
