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...
PETALING JAYA: A group of Malaysian politicians and activists have slammed US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end the Gaza conflict as an insult to international law, calling on the global community to reject the proposal. “Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza is nothing short of an insult to international law, to the memory of...
PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has condemned the Israeli airstrikes on Global Sumud Flotilla in Tunisia and called it "cowardly". "This attack is unacceptable and is an attempt to derail the negotiations to end the genocide in Palestine. Malaysia also condemns the attack on the humanitarian mission on Global Sumud Flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip in the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has issued a global call to conscience, urging world leaders to take immediate and united action to stop the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. "Malaysia calls on all world leaders to act with urgency. Every government that believes in international law, every nation that claims to value human...
BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): As the conflict between Israel and Iran stretches beyond a week, China has found itself sidelined in developments that could yet have far-reaching consequences for its interests in the Middle East. While Beijing has offered itself as a peacemaker, it is unlikely to wade into the conflict directly, or to supply arms...
TEHRAN: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday (June 18) said the Iranian armed forces now have control over Israel’s airspace following a new wave of missile attacks, Mehr News Agency reported. In a statement issued after the strikes, the IRGC said the operation was in response to what it described as the Tel Aviv...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government is closely monitoring the escalating conflict in Iran following Israel's recent military strikes, but has yet to make any decision regarding the evacuation of Malaysians currently in the region, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said that, so far, no decision has been made to bring home Malaysians from...
Gold prices climbed on Friday to their highest levels in nearly two months, and were on track for a weekly gain, after Israeli military strikes on Iran drove investors toward safe-haven assets. Spot gold was up 1.2% at $3,423.30 an ounce, as of 0544 GMT, after hitting its highest since April 22 earlier in the session....
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has called on Israel's partners, especially those with influence and leverage, to apply maximum pressure to halt further aggression in the wake of Israeli military strikes on Iran. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in a Facebook post on Friday (June 13), strongly condemned the attack, including targeted strikes that have killed senior Iranian leaders, describing it as...
