Sunday, September 24, 2023
Show me the smoking gun: Malaysia MP dares anyone to prove he smokes
Malaysia l The Straits Times
Anwar on Malaysia’s stand on LGBTQ+ issue: We have to respect the consensus of the people
Malaysia l New Straits Times
Digital innovation, global cooperation key to pandemic preparedness
Malaysia l New Straits Times
Vegetable prices in Malaysia set to soar during monsoon season
Malaysia l The Straits Times
Prosecution gaffes in Umno graft trials cast pall on Anwar’s anti-corruption drive
Malaysia l The Straits Times
Backsliding reformists: Malaysia’s government revives crackdown on media freedoms
Malaysia l The Diplomat
Severe haze episode unlikely to occur in near future
Malaysia l Malay Mail
The rise of the non-clerics in Malaysia’s Islamist PAS party
Malaysia l The Straits Times
Political commitment key for Malaysia to switch to high value-added manufacturing
Malaysia l Malay Mail
Be responsible, do not give speeches arbitrarily, says religious affairs minister
Malaysia l Malay Mail
Ministry of Education firm in handling issue of teachers using students as social media content
Malaysia l The Sun Daily
Hundreds protest against Malaysian government after DPM Ahmad Zahid’s graft charges were dropped
Malaysia l Channel News Asia
Mohd Na’im: Don’t turn mosques, surau into political arena
Malaysia l The Sun Daily
Anwar lauded for efforts to split Attorney-General’s dual roles, but urgency needed to show he means business
Malaysia l Channel News Asia
Light plane crash on Malaysia highway ‘not survivable’; no evidence flight crew was incapacitated: Early report
Malaysia l Channel News Asia
More than a tale of two bishops
The religious in one of Asia’s predominantly Christian countries, the Philippines, may be among the most persecuted in the world.
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Can the Taliban’s war on women be stopped?
Rights advocates argue that including ‘gender apartheid’ in international legal frameworks may help make the Taliban accountable for their oppressive...
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Death by debt: Cambodians’ open secret
A new report reveals the predatory side of microfinance institutions, whose less than ethical ways of lending have led to...
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Upcoming polls may intensify politics of hate
As some countries in South Asia prepare for elections, their respective religious minorities brace themselves for trouble ahead.
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