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KUALA LUMPUR: It has been months since Naeem Nassir was terminated from Oman Air in July, and the 30-year-old pilot still longs for the adrenaline rush and glamour of his previous work. His job of two years was quite different from the…

DUBAI: At least eight people were killed in the shelling of an industrial compound in Yemen’s strategic port of Hodeida, the government said Friday, pointing the finger at the Iran-backed Huthi rebels. There has been an uptick in fighting…

DHAKA: More than 1,600 Rohingya refugees sailed on Friday (Dec 4) from Bangladesh's southern port of Chittagong for the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal, a naval official said. The south Asian nation says it is only moving…

LONDON: For the first time in 270 days, fans were back inside a Premier League ground as Arsenal welcomed 2,000 supporters into the Emirates for Thursday’s routine 4-1 Europa League win over Rapid Vienna. The sparse crowd in a 60,000…

LONDON: The UK has become the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for widespread use. The government has ordered 40 million doses and the first batch of 800,000 doses is expected to be shipped from Belgium – where the…

JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor state government has launched an initiative to send 1,000 food baskets to needy Malaysians who are based in Singapore, Chief Minister Hasni Mohammad said on Thursday (Dec 3). In a statement, Mr Hasni said the…

KUALA LUMPUR: About 91.1 per cent or 1.4 million foreign workers in Malaysia are not provided with accommodation that comply with provisions in the Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 or Act 446, said Malaysian…

SINGAPORE: Grab Holdings Inc and Gojek have made substantial progress in working out a deal to combine their businesses in what would be the biggest internet merger in Southeast Asia, according to people with knowledge of the talks. The…

SINGAPORE: A man was charged on Wednesday (Dec 2) with keeping seven tarantulas and two protected iguanas in his Yishun flat, and is also accused of importing a few of the spiders illegally from Malaysia. Andy Wong, also known as Wong See…

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin spoke on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, in view of the Dec 31, 2020 deadline for the second and final extension of the…