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Day: 18 March 2023

Ku Li retains Gua Musang Umno chief post

UMNO veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has been returned as Gua Musang division chief, a post he has held since 1962. Tengku Razaleigh, who is popularly known as Ku Li, garnered 453 votes while challengers Che Mohd Izani Che Musa and Datuk Saari Lembut obtained 46 and five votes respectively.

Pakistan ex-PM fears arrest as he heads to court

PAKISTAN’S former prime minister Imran Khan said today he expected to be arrested as he headed to court on graft charges, after days of legal wrangling and pitched battles between his supporters and police. The 70-year-old former cricket star has been tangled in a slew of court cases, a frequent hazard for opposition figures in […]

Balik Pulau cops nab three mule account holders

BALIK PULAU: Police have arrested three women suspected of being mule account holders for fraud syndicates involved in product delivery, non-existent foreign currency investment and posing as friends. Read full story

Iranians face dilemma as New Year and Ramadan coincide

TEHRAN is emptying ahead of the Persian New Year, as is the case annually, but this time around Iranians are being forced to adapt as the festival coincides with Ramadan. Over 300 million people in a dozen countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkey, will wish each other “Nowruz mobarak” or Happy New Year on Tuesday, […]

Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupts, spews hot lava

INDONESIA’S Mount Merapi, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted late yesterday and continued to spew hot ash and other volcanic material today. Footage of flaming lava pouring out of the crater and a tall column of hot cloud rising 1,300m into the air was taken by the government-run Merapi Volcano Observatory last night.