MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine's statehood could suffer an "irreparable blow" if the pattern of the war continued, and Russia would never be forced to abandon the gains it had made. Putin made his televised comments a day after Switzerland agreed to host a global summit at the request...
PARIS (Reuters) - France's highest court on Tuesday rejected a request by French cement maker Lafarge to dismiss charges of complicity in crimes against humanity as part of an investigation over how it kept its factory running in Syria after war broke out in 2011. The ruling, which upheld an earlier decision by a lower court,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (pic), who is facing two sedition charges, has applied to transfer his case from the Selayang Sessions Court to the Shah Alam High Court. Lawyer Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud, representing Muhammad Sanusi, said the application was filed yesterday (Jan 15) and was submitted to the...
IPOH: The man who was arrested on suspicion of committing arson at Beruas MP Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham's house in Ayer Tawar will be released on police bail. Manjung OCPD Asst Comm Mohamed Nordin Abdullah said they had received the instruction to release the man from the state Public Prosecutor. ACP Mohamed Nordin said the instruction was...
KUALA SELANGOR: Sixty prisons nationwide are currently housing approximately 75,000 inmates, surpassing the capacity limit of 71,000 prisoners. Prisons Department director-general Datuk Nordin Muhamad said that this indicated overcrowding in prisons, with the number of inmates exceeding 5.6% of the designated capacity. He said that this did not include nearly 4,000 more prisoners undergoing rehabilitation in the...
GEORGE TOWN: The woman who fell into the sea in an incident at KM 2.8 of the Penang Bridge on Monday (Jan 15) claimed her male friend pushed her while they were arguing at the rest area on the bridge. Penang police chief Datuk Khaw Kok Chin said that based on her initial statement, the 40-year-old...
KUALA LUMPUR: Continuous rainfall is expected to occur in several areas in Pahang and Johor from Wednesday (Jan 17) until Jan 20. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), in a statement Tuesday (Jan 16), said the alert-level continuous rain warning was issued for Kuantan, Pekan and Rompin in Pahang, as well as Kluang, Mersing, Kulai, Kota Tinggi...
PETALING JAYA: After spending nearly one-and-a-half years in prison, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak continues to draw public attention from behind bars. A major question now is whether he will be granted a royal pardon. Various polls on social media show that netizens were polarised over the issue of whether the man at the centre...
KUALA LUMPUR: An elderly man who is a former airline technician was fined RM2,500 by an Ampang Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (Jan 16) after pleading guilty to defrauding a man by claiming that the latter’s luggage was held up at the KL International Airport (KLIA) last year. Raja Shahyan Raja Abdullah, 82, allegedly tricked Abdul Khadar...
KOTA KINABALU: The Fire and Rescue Department was called in to assist in carrying the body of a 59-year-old man who was found dead during a trip to an orchard in Tamparuli on Tuesday (Jan 16). Lotimin Maun was earlier reported to have left his house at Kampung Ruhiang there to do gardening work at 2.30am,...
