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Thailand wearies of junta rule, election promise still vague
Associated Press, Published on 21/05/2018
» Four years after seizing power, Thailand's junta has a singular success it never hoped for: uniting a politically divided nation in growing dissatisfaction with the thin-skinned rule of the generals.
Texas school shooting kills 10, deadliest since Parkland
Associated Press, Published on 19/05/2018
» SANTA FE, Texas: A 17-year-old armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. It was the nation's deadliest such attack since the massacre in Florida that gave rise to a campaign by teens for gun control.
Luxury bags, cash, jewellery seized from Najib's houses
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police on Friday confiscated 284 designer handbags and 72 suitcases containing cash, jewellery and other valuables as part of a corruption and money-laundering investigation into former Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Anwar wants Malaysia to scrap race policies
Associated Press, Published on 17/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Pardoned Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim said Thursday that decades-old affirmative action policies for the country's Malay majority must be discarded in favour of a new programme to help the poor regardless of race.
Cambodia makes first arrest using new royal insult law
Associated Press, Published on 13/05/2018
» PHNOM PENH: A 50-year-old teacher has been arrested in Cambodia for allegedly insulting the monarchy in a comment posted on Facebook, police said on Sunday, the first such arrest since the country adopted a royal insult law earlier this year.
Najib barred from leaving Malaysia
Associated Press, Published on 12/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Scandal-ridden former prime minister Najib Razak and his wife have been blacklisted from leaving Malaysia, shortly after he announced plans for a short holiday, immigration authorities said on Saturday.
Malaysians vote in election defined by scandal, tax
Associated Press, Published on 09/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Voting was underway on Wednesday in a fiercely contested Malaysian election that pits an opposition led by former authoritarian leader Mahathir Mohamad against the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Najib Razak, whose image has been battered by corruption allegations and an unpopular goods and services tax.
Iran-Contra villain North to head NRA
Associated Press, Published on 08/05/2018
» ATLANTA, USA: Retired Lt Col Oliver North, the US Marine at the centre of the Iran-Contra affair three decades ago, was named president Monday of the National Rifle Association, giving it star power as it faces a backlash over the massacres in Florida and Las Vegas.
Putin sworn in for fourth term
Associated Press, Published on 07/05/2018
» MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin took the oath of office Monday for his fourth term as Russian president, promising to pursue an economic agenda that would boost living standards across the country.
Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir under investigation for fake news
Associated Press, Published on 03/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian former strongman Mahathir Mohamad, who heads an opposition alliance in next week's national elections, has brushed off concerns that he is under investigation for spreading false news.