BANGKOK — Anti-government demonstrators took to the streets in Thailand’s capital Saturday following a court ruling allowing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to stay in office. Around 500 demonstrators gathered at Bangkok’s Victory Monument to protest the decision. Background ruling Prayut, 68, is a former Royal Thai Army officer who led a military […]
Continue ReadingAssalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh, Greetings Prosperity and Greetings to the Malaysian Family. All praise and gratitude to Allah SWT, because with His blessing and grace, we can gather to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the founding of Malaysia, at the Declaration of Independence Memorial Square, Historic City Melaka tonight. Happy Malaysia Day! First of […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Constitutional Court has set the date when it will rule on the status of suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. The nation’s highest court announced Wednesday that it will deliver its ruling on September 30 on whether or not Prayuth can remain in office. The former military chief seized power in a 2014 coup that […]
Continue ReadingJAKARTA, INDONESIA — Hundreds of conservative Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital Monday demanding that the government revoke its decision to raise fuel prices, saying it hurts people already reeling from the economic impact of the pandemic. Authorities blocked streets leading to the Presidential Palace as the demonstrators, many wearing white Islamic robes, filled a major […]
Continue ReadingA Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a Taliban training exercise in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, killing three, the group’s defense ministry said Saturday.”An American Black Hawk helicopter, which was flown … for training, crashed due to a technica…
Continue ReadingCAIRO, At least five people were killed and 50 others injured yesterday, when a double-decker bus overturned in the north-eastern governorate of Suez, according to Egyptian police.The accident happened on Egypt’s Cairo-Ain Sokhna road, and all the inju…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who returned home after seven weeks in exile following protests over economic hardships, could face legal action over forced disappearances of activists now that he has been stripped of constitutional im…
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