Malaysia’s Najib says will accept verdict of people, leaves decision on PM to king
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says he accepts “the verdict of the people” after his ruling coalition failed to secure a simple majority in a general election for the first…
Malaysia’s Mahathir claims election win over ruling coalition
Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad claimed that the opposition alliance he leads had won enough parliament seats in Wednesday’s general election to form the next government. Official results from the Election Commission…
Peru declares alert over suspected Guillain-Barre outbreak
Peru has declared a national epidemiological alert to contain what appears to be an outbreak of the rare Guillain-Barre syndrome, which is associated with the Zika virus, the country’s health…
Islamist prisoners kill five Indonesian counter-terrorism police
Islamist militant prisoners have killed five members of an elite Indonesian counter-terrorism force at a high-security jail and were holding one of them hostage on Wednesday, police said. One convicted…
Pompeo, in N.Korea, expected to return with detained Americans: S.Korean official
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to return from North Korea with three American detainees, as well as details of an upcoming summit between leader Kim Jong Un and US President…
Malaysians in Singapore on a dash across strait hoping to sway vote
Many of the half a million Malaysians living and working in Singapore crossed the strait into their homeland late on Tuesday to cast their votes in today’s national election, packing…
UN food agency aims to boost aid to North Korea but lacks funds
The United Nations food agency said its chief would visit North Korea on Tuesday to look into boosting food distributions, in the latest sign of an opening in the isolated…
Fight for the Malay vote in last leg of Malaysia election campaign
With two days to go for Malaysia‘s general election, politicians are battling for the crucial ethnic Malay vote that Prime Minister Najib Razak is counting on to hold off a…
Lebanese vote in first general election in nine years
Voters have queued at polling stations across Lebanon to take part in its first general election in nine years – an event seen as important for economic stability but unlikely…
UK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over American’s personal data
Britain’s data privacy watchdog has ordered Cambridge Analytica to hand over all the personal information it holds on a US academic, confirming the right of people abroad to seek data…
