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Anwar Ibrahim has been named Malaysia’s new prime minister, marking an incredible comeback after he was suddenly sacked and jailed in the 1990s. Anwar’s coalition won the most seats in the weekend’s election, but no one party or coalition emerged with the 112 seat parliamentary majority necessary to form a government. PH and the rival conservative Malay-Muslim Perikatan Nasional coalition under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, which had the second-highest […]

Isreali officials say at least one person was killed and 12 others injured in two separate explosions that rocked Jerusalem city, According to Israeli police, the explosions came hours after a 16-year-old Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, adding that the incidents are suspected of being Palestinian attacks. According to medics, seven people were injured in the first explosion, with at least […]

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck an area of western Turkey near the town of Duzce, about 210km east of Turkey's largest city Istanbul. Turkey's disaster agency said 32 had been injured in Duzce, one in Istanbul, one in Zonguldak on the Black Sea coast and one in Bolu, to the southeast. There are reports of power being disrupted in the region, as well as some residents jumping from balconies. […]

Germany will withdraw its troops from the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali by May 2024. According to a government spokesman, Steffen Hebestreit, the government will propose to parliament that Germany’s commitment to the MINUSMA operation be extended in May 2023 for the last time, in order to bring the mission to a structured end after 10 years. Hebestreit noted that the decision had particularly taken into account Mali’s planned elections […]

Many of those killed and injured in a major earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java were children, as the death toll soars to 268. According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency on Tuesday, more than 1,000 people were wounded, adding that 151 people were still missing. It also said that 22,000 houses had been damaged, and that more than 58,000 people had taken shelter in several locations in the […]

Reports say large earthquake hit Solomon Islands, shaking buildings and knocking out power in the capital, Honiara. A tsunami warning was issued on Tuesday, and the prime minister’s office urged people to move to higher ground after the first quake. The United States Geological Survey revealed that the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Malango region, about 55km west of the capital, at a depth of 15km. It revised the size […]

An earthquake on the main Indonesian island of Java has killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds. Regional governor Ridwan Kamil said some 326 people had been injured in the quake, noting that most of them sustained fractures from being crushed in ruins. Kamil warned that some residents remained trapped in isolated places and said officials were under the assumption that the number of injured and deaths will rise with time. […]

Schools across Beijing have been closed and classes moved online as authorities’ battle numerous COVID-19 flare-ups across the country. China’s Guangzhou announced a five-day lockdown for the most populous district of Baiyun, and suspended dining-in services and shut nightclubs and theatres in the main business district. Health authorities in the capital also reported two COVID-19-related deaths after announcing the first death in over six months the previous day. COVID cases […]

Hong Kong leader John Lee has tested positive for COVID-19 after travelling to a regional economic summit. The city’s government said Lee tested positive after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and other world leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC forum in Bangkok. He is undergoing quarantine in accordance with the guidelines provided by the Centre for Health Protection. The APEC summit was the Leader’s first overseas trip since […]