AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders triggered a government crisis in the Netherlands on Tuesday by pulling his nationalist PVV party out of the right-wing government coalition. Here's a look at what scenarios could follow: NEW ELECTIONS Prime Minister Dick Schoof is likely to resign following Wilders' unexpected move, which has left the coalition with only 51...
(Reuters) -Satellite imagery of a Russian air base taken shortly after Ukraine carried out a drone attack deep inside Russia over the weekend shows several strategic bombers were destroyed and badly damaged, according to three open source analysts. Ukraine targeted at least four air bases across Russia using 117 unmanned aerial vehicles launched from containers close...
KARACHI: More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison and at least one was killed in a shootout in the southern city of Karachi overnight after they were temporarily moved out of their cells following mild earthquake tremors, officials said Tuesday (June 3). Kashif Abbasi, a senior police official, said 216 inmates who were involved in...
KUALA LUMPUR: The government rejects all attempts to normalise lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ+) culture, whether implicitly or openly, says Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar (pic). The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) said that as a country which upheld Islam as the religion of the federation and adheres to noble eastern cultural values, any...
(Reuters) -Ukraine's defence minister recently had a call with the head of the Russian delegation in the Istanbul talks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, in order to discuss the memorandum Moscow is currently working on laying out its conditions for any peace accord. Defence Minister Rustem Umerov led the Ukrainian delegation to the May 16...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has approved “the leave application” from his Cabinet ministers Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who had submitted their resignations. In a brief statement, the Prime Minister confirmed that he had received letters to resign and to go on leave from the Economy Minister (Rafizi), and Natural...
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's government approved measures to restrict family reunification for migrants and delay citizenship access on Wednesday, forging ahead with a major shift in migration policy under conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The cabinet agreed to a two-year suspension of the right for migrants who do not qualify for full refugee status, so called "subsidiary protection"...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in comments about U.S. President Donald Trump's remark that Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire" by refusing to engage in ceasefire talks with Kyiv, said the national interest was paramount for the Russian leader. He also said in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday that a possible meeting of...
KOTA KINABALU: The Sarawak Premier getting pulled into the water crisis at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) is an embarrassing reflection of the Sabah government’s failure to address basic infrastructure issues, says Sabah Umno. Its strategic communications director Datu Rosman Datu Ahir Zaman said it was a “tamparan besar” (major blow) to the credibility of the Gabungan...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli has never shied away from speaking the truth or standing up to those in power, says Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Deputy President Nurul Izzah Anwar. She said the Economy Minister, who has announced his resignation from the Cabinet effective June 14, has introduced transformative ideas and policies that have shaped...
