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KUALA LUMPUR: Seventy years ago, in Bandung, Indonesia, leaders of Asia and Africa gathered at the 1955 Asian-African Conference to declare that newly independent nations and those still struggling for freedom should not remain passive…

NEW YORK:  The head of Save the Children has delivered a harrowing warning to the United Nations Security Council, describing how Gaza’s famine is leaving children so malnourished they are unable to cry out in pain. Inger Ashing, president…

MAKKAH: Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah has concluded a three-day conference focused on the role of universities in fostering human values and advancing intellectual awareness, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The forum brought together…

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is making immediate arrangements to evacuate its citizens stranded in flood- and landslide-hit northern India, the Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) confirmed on Wednesday. In a statement, Wisma Putra said the Malaysian…

RIYADH:  Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday strongly condemned an Israeli airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, that killed medical staff and journalists. According to Gaza’s health…

NEOM:  Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday strongly denounced recent remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlining his vision for a so-called “Greater Israel.” The Cabinet rejected what it described as expansionist settlement…

JEDDAH: The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened its 21st Extraordinary Session in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to address the continuing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and the…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is on course to implement the Advanced Passenger Screening System (APSS), a high-tech security framework aimed at bolstering aviation safety and border control, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail…

KUALA LUMPUR: Bangladeshi nationals form the largest group of foreign workers in Malaysia, accounting for 37% of the documented migrant workforce, according to the Home Ministry. In a written parliamentary reply, the ministry disclosed…

JAKARTA, Aug 25 – Violent clashes broke out near the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta today as protesters rallied against what they claim are excessive salaries and allowances granted to Members of Parliament. The…