By Yasmin Ramlan  KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Human Resources Minister Steven Sim Chee Keong described recent allegations of illegal salary deductions involving bus drivers serving the Johor Bahru-Singapore route as unacceptable, and warned employers not to go against labour laws.  Citing Section...

NEW YORK, Dec 20 — Thousands of Amazon workers in the United States walked off the job early yesterday to pressure the company into union contract negotiations, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, as reported by German news agency dpa.

CAIRO, Nov 23 — Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 120 Palestinians over the last 48 hours and hit a hospital on the northern edge of the enclave, wounding medical staff and damaging equipment, Palestinian medics said on Saturday.

SAN JOSE, Nov 5 — A strike by tens of thousands of Boeing employees is ending after seven weeks as workers accepted an improved offer by the US aircraft manufacturer, including a 38 per cent pay rise over four years, the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) trade union said yesterday, dpa reported.

BEIRUT, Oct 29 — Israel’s military campaign in southern Lebanon has caused vast destruction in more than a dozen border towns and villages, reducing many of them to clusters of grey craters, according to satellite imagery provided to Reuters by Planet Labs Inc.

PARIS/LONDON, April 25 — Delays and flight cancellations were set to impact swathes of Europe on Thursday, after authorities failed to reach a deal with some French air traffic control workers to avert a strike.