Zahid retains Bagan Datuk Umno chief post

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has been returned as Bagan Datuk Umno division chief after winning the post uncontested. A total of 424 delegates attended the division’s annual meeting in Bagan Datuk today. 

Tony Blair says Putin can’t use Iraq as justification for Ukraine

FORMER UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he reflects on the upcoming anniversaries of two events that arguably defined the best and worst of his decade in power. Monday marks 20 years since Blair joined US president George W. Bush in launching an invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, without […]

Trump expects to be arrested on Tuesday, calls for protests

FORMER US president Donald Trump said he expects to be “arrested” on Tuesday over hush money allegedly paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, calling on his supporters to protest. Citing a “leak” from the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform this morning: “Leading Republican candidate & former […]

Pakatan to focus on seizing Kedah, confident of retaining 3 states

PAKATAN Harapan (PH) will focus on Kedah in its bid to seize the state, which is currently governed by Perikatan Nasional (PN), in the upcoming state elections. PH secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said apart from that, PH will also defend its governments in three states, namely Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Penang, in the state elections.