PETALING JAYA, April 11 — The contest for the PKR vice-presidency for the 2022/2025 term has attracted 17 candidates as at 7 pm today.

KLANG, Jan 15 — Selangor Raja Muda Tengku Amir Shah Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has been retained as Football Association of Selangor (FAS) president following the election of the association’s executive committee members for the 2022-2026 session here today.

By Siti Rohaizah Zainal SHAH ALAM July 30 — Mohd Yazid Sairi was sworn in as Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) eighth president on July 27. His appointment, which took effect on July 19, replaced former president Shamsul Shahril Badliza Mohd Noor, who moved to the Energy and Natural Resources...

COLOMBO/MUMBAI, April 6 — Sri Lanka on Monday banned imports of palm oil and new palm plantations and told producers to uproot existing plantations in a phased manner, in a surprise move that baffled the edible oil industry.

MANILA, April 3 — Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has extended a strict lockdown in the capital region and adjacent provinces by at least one week to try to contain a renewed surge in Covid-19 infections, his spokesman said on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin is reported to have returned unopposed as the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president, thus remaining at the helm of the country’s football governing body for the second term.

JAKARTA, Feb 4 — Malaysia’s Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin arrived here today for a two-day official visit to Indonesia at the invitation of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

REUTERS, Nov 22 — Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc will transfer control of the @POTUS account to the Joe Biden administration on January 20, the social media companies said on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — Malaysia looks forward to strengthening further partnership with the United States under President-elect Joe Biden’s leadership as the international community seeks to address the many global challenges including the disastrous impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

PARIS/ANKARA, Oct 27 — Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Muhammad, which some Muslims consider blasphemous.

MANILA, Oct 27 —  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he would favour a government-to-government deal for the purchase of coronavirus vaccines to prevent the risk of corruption, adding that Manila would not beg other nations for access to vaccines.

JAKARTA, Oct 20 — Indonesia rejected this year a proposal by the United States to allow its P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there, according to four senior Indonesian officials familiar with the matter.

JAKARTA, Oct 20 — President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday authorities would ensure Indonesia is prepared to host the Fifa Under-20 World Cup next year, including by establishing "strict health protocols" to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) president Datuk Dr Mohd Daud Bakar denied being involved in a fraud case involving the transfer of a sum of money into two bank accounts in Malaysia and abroad.

TOKYO, Oct 8 — World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said here on Thursday that Tokyo will host a fantastic Olympic Games despite the uncertainties amid the Covid-19 pandemic, reported Xinhua news agency.

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 — US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that remaining US troops in Afghanistan should return home by Christmas, reported Xinhua news agency.

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