

Singapore PM falls ill during National Day rally
SINGAPORE - The National Day Rally on Sunday has been suspended after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took ill. The medical team attending...


Shuttler still a hero in eyes of Penangites
GEORGE TOWN: Thousands applauded and shoutedMalaysia boleh during the tense match between Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Chen Long of China in...
Suicide car bomber attacks local government office in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - More than 20 people were killed on Sunday when suicide bombers from the militant al Shabaab group detonated two car...


Heartbreak for Chong Wei again, Chen Long takes gold
RIO DE JANEIRO: Lee Chong Wei, the king of Malaysian badminton, will leave the Rio de Janeiro Olympics without the crown – and so will...


The billionaire who ignores investors to get them rich
TOKYO: South of the famous temples of Kyoto, where factories and subsidised homes dot the landscape, a single skyscraper stands out....


India appoints insider Urjit Patel as new central bank governor
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India’s government promoted Urjit Patel, a deputy governor in charge of monetary policy at the Reserve Bank of India,...


Double whammy for oil palm planters in Indonesia
SPOOKED by heavy penalties imposed on plantation companies linked to forest fires in Indonesia, oil palm planters are bracing for another...


'Un-Islamic' to cross the line, Najib tells Dr M
TUMPAT:Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pic) has told former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad not to cross the line as it...


DPM: Disunity to blame for BN's decline last GE
KLUANG: Disunity among Barisan Nasional component parties was the reason why support declined in the last general election despite a...


Dr M hits back at Musa
PETALING JAYA: Speaking frankly does not mean speaking truthfully, said ex-premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who has slammed a book by his...