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Indian actress Twisha Sharma's husband and retired judge mother-in-law charged over her death five months after wedding

MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- India's federal investigators have charged the husband and mother-in-law of model and actor Twisha Sharma with abetment to suicide and cruelty, months after her death triggered inte... Read More


Quizzed on China-Taiwan relations, Anwar says he would use force if needed to prevent Malaysia from breaking up (VIDEO)

KUCHING, Aug. 19 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim believes he would use force to prevent any province from breaking away from the Federation of Malaysia. In a special interview titled 'Mala... Read More


China's best-known comic Guo Degang investigated after jokingly rewriting revolutionary song

BEIJING, Aug. 19 -- One improvised lyric has landed one of China's biggest comedians in decidedly unfunny territory. Guo Degang, the household-name performer credited with reviving traditional Chines... Read More


How much of Malaysia must we destroy before we call it heritage? - Khoo Ying Hooi

Kuala Lampur, Aug. 18 -- I teach politics, and I have never believed that politics can be understood without history. Institutions, identities and the way we see ourselves as a country all come from s... Read More


Former Chief Justice Richard Malanjum returns to practice as advocate and solicitor

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 18 -- Former Chief Justice Tun Richard Malanjum has been officially admitted and enrolled as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. Malanjum, 73, holds a historic p... Read More


Too good to be human? NYC mayor Mamdani posts blooper reel after multilingual videos spark AI claims (VIDEO)

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has come up with a decidedly low-tech response to claims that artificial intelligence helped him speak several languages on camera: a blooper re... Read More


RTS Link aims to fast track immigration clearance in a matter of seconds

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug. 18 -- The Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link service is expected to take only several seconds to complete a passenger's immigration procedure once it isfully opera... Read More


Law passed by a legislature - Federal or State - is invalid and void if it has no power to make the law - Hafiz Hassan

Kuala Lampur, Aug. 18 -- In Kedah State's decision not to renew business licences for pool betting operators was 'ultra vires' the Federal Constitution I wrote that the majority decision of the Court ... Read More


BTS fans divided after RM and J-hope pose with Chris Brown - as Jungkook and V also play his songs

SEOUL, Aug. 18 -- BTS stars RM and J-hope have sparked backlash among fans after posing for a photograph with Chris Brown and sharing clips from his concert in Canada. The pair attended Brown's show ... Read More


The rant against Oman is strategically uncalled for altogether - Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lampur, Aug. 18 -- The latest American tirade against Oman is strategically uncalled for. More seriously, it risks attacking one of the few diplomatic bridges still standing between Washington ... Read More