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Malay language interpreters steal spotlight at Guantanamo terror trial
PETALING JAYA: The quality of the Bahasa Malaysia-English interpreter was called into question at the two-day trial of Malaysian terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay military court two days ago, prompting the judge to perform “a trial…
Israeli websites see hacker message from ‘DragonForceMalaysia’ — report
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 2): Several Israeli websites were subjected to a cyberattack by a pro-Palestinian Malaysian hacker group known as DragonForce over the past weekend.
Israeli publication The Jerusalem Post (JPost) reported the matter on…
Former Afghan president says supports Taliban-Karzai talks
ABU DHABI: Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday he hopes to return home, after fleeing to the United Arab Emirates in the face of the Taliban's rapid advance, and said he supported talks between the Taliban and top former…
Facebook moves to block Taliban’s WhatsApp accounts
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Tuesday it was blocking WhatsApp accounts linked to the Taliban after the radical Islamic group seized control of Afghanistan and sought to use the messaging service to help it govern.
"The Taliban is…
Singapore considers allowing entry to vaccinated travellers
SINGAPORE: Singapore is considering pilot programmes to allow groups of vaccinated travelers to enter the country on carefully controlled itineraries as it moves toward reopening its border, according to the trade minister.
“We continue to…
IMF nations approve record US$650bil to aid virus fight
Member nations approved the biggest resource injection in the International Monetary Fund's history, with US$650 billion meant to help countries deal with mounting debt and the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The creation of the…
Scarlett Johansson sues Disney for streaming ‘Black Widow’
(July 30): Two-time Academy Award nominee Scarlett Johansson sued Walt Disney Co., claiming the biggest entertainment company in the world broke its promise to release her latest film “Black Widow” only in movie theaters when it made it…
Southeast Asia Covid-19 cases hit new highs, Malaysian doctors protest
KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Thailand reported a record number of coronavirus cases on Monday, while Malaysia has notched up more than 1 million infections, as the virulent Delta variant carves a deadly path through Southeast Asia — now a global…
Philippines to bar travel from Malaysia, Thailand to curb Delta’s spread
MANILA (July 23): The Philippines will ban travellers coming from Malaysia and Thailand, as well as tighten restrictions in the Manila area, in a bid to prevent the spread of the contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the presidential…
Websites of airlines, banks, tech companies back online after brief global outage
(July 22): Several airlines, banks and technology websites were coming back online on Thursday afternoon after a brief outage, the third such widespread incident noted in just a span of two months, raising alarms across social media.…