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Iranian nuclear program received with mixed reactions
On Wednesday, 3rd of February, Iran launched a rocket into space, violating international law. Iran now faces the threat of new sanctions from the US and others. The incident has also increased diplomatic tensions between countries that disagree how to engage Iran, especially the US and China. The domestically-produced Kavoshgar-3 rocket was equipped with a satellite [...] -
UPDATE 2: Four killed in Thai south ahead of Thai, Malay PMs’ visit
UPDATE2 (Dec. 9): Unknown gunmen killed two soldiers in an ambush in Narathiwat on Dec. 8, in addition to the two killed in the market the day before. Malaysia and Thailand’s Prime Ministers are still set to meet this afternoon. —– UPDATE (Dec. 8): Just days before Malaysian and Thai leaders are set to tour Thailand’s unstable [...] -
Malaysia urges focus on South China Sea piracy
KUALA LUMPUR: Pirates attacks in the South China Sea are increasing and Malaysia has urged the bordering nations to work together to fight the threat, reports said Monday. “Piracy there is not conventional any more. Pirates feel that the countries don’t patrol the sea enough,” Defence Minister Zahid Hamidi was quoted as saying by the New [...] -
Malaysia: state probes huge graft claims
KUALA LUMPUR : A Malaysian state government is probing investigators’ claims that up to 60 per cent of infrastructure funds possibly amounting to billions of dollars have been siphoned off, a report said on Sunday. The deputy chief minister of Sarawak state on the resource-rich island of Borneo, George Chan, said his government would look into [...]
