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Malaysia PM faces electoral setback as allies fall in Sabah state polls
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's allies were trounced in a regional election, results showed on Sunday, a grim first electoral test for the leader after three years in office.
Thousands evacuated as heavy rains hit Malaysian states
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/01/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR — At least five people were killed, and thousands were forced to evacuate across two Malaysian states on Borneo after days of heavy rain triggered floods and landslides.
Malaysia announces adopt-an-orangutan plan for palm oil importers
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» SANDAKAN, Malaysia - Companies that import palm oil from Malaysia will be able to adopt orangutans but they will not be able to leave the country, the commodities minister said on Sunday, in a revised version of a conservation scheme announced earlier this year.
Fire in workers’ dorm kills 49 in Kuwait
Reuters, Published on 12/06/2024
» DUBAI - At least 49 people were killed in Kuwait on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a building housing foreign workers, with Kuwait’s deputy prime minister accusing property owners of committing violations that contribute to such incidents.
Malaysia defends eviction of sea nomads
Reuters, Published on 08/06/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian authorities defended their decision to evict hundreds of sea nomads from their homes off the coast of Sabah state this week, saying it was aimed at boosting security and combating cross-border crime.
Malaysia evicts 500 ‘sea nomads’
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - More than 500 people from seafaring communities along the coast of Sabah state have been evicted from their homes this week as part of a Malaysian government crackdown on undocumented migrants, local activists said.
Indonesia buying two French submarines
Reuters and Online Reporters, Published on 02/04/2024
» PARIS - The Indonesian Navy has signed a contract to buy two Scorpene submarines made by the French state-owned shipyard Naval Group, the company said on Tuesday on its website.
Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Nawaf dies at 86
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» KUWAIT CITY - The emir of oil-rich Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, died on Saturday, the royal court said, after three years in power. He was 86.
After 17 days trapped in tunnel, India workers say hope kept them alive
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» SILKYARA TUNNEL (INDIA) - After 17 days trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel they were building, Indian workers described the horror of their ordeal, and the hopes and prayers that kept them strong.
India rescuers make painstaking progress towards 41 trapped in tunnel
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» SILKYARA TUNNEL (INDIA) - Indian rescue teams crept forward Tuesday in a painstaking dig by hand through rock and rubble towards 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 17 days.