All Blacks’ Williams apologises for Instagram photo

By Reuters,

All Black Sonny Bill Williams has apologised to a Malaysia-based photographer for posting an image on Instagram which was later taken down by the soci...

All Blacks , Sonny Bill Williams

Nearly 300 people, some in Kenya, Nigeria arrested over international online scams

By Duncan Mutwiri,

A global operation targeting online scams has led to nearly 300 arrests in 12 countries including Kenya. Also Read: Have you been a victim of onlin...

Online scams , operation rewired

Kenya forgoes Ksh.247 million in first-oil sale discount

By Kepha Muiruri,

ChemChina UK Limited evacuated 240,000 barrels of crude oil from Kenya. The new figure emerging even though government officials initially indicate...

crude oil , Turkana Oil

Kenya’s first Ksh.1.2B crude oil destined for Malaysia

By PSCU,

Kenya's dream to join the league of petroleum exporting countries became a reality as the first consignment of Kenyan crude oil left the Port of Momba...

Kenya Petroleum Refinery , Kenya’s Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) , Petroleum

Police find body of teenage girl missing from jungle resort for 10 days

By Reuters,

Police on Tuesday found the unclothed body of an Irish teenager who went missing from a jungle resort in Malaysia 10 days ago, though it was not yet c...

jungle resort , Malaysia , Nora Anne Quoirin , Police

Ship carrying waste arrives back in Canada from the Philippines

By Reuters,

A ship carrying 69 containers of waste mislabeled as plastic recyclables returned to Canada on Saturday from the Philippines, closing a chapter on a d...

President Rodrigo Duterte , Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal , waste disposal

Airlines avoid parts of Iran-controlled airspace after U.S. regulator’s order

By Reuters,

Some global airlines are re-routing flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, they said on Friday, after t...

Airlines avoid parts of Iran-controlled airspace , Emirates , Etihad Airways , Iran , U.S. regulator's order , United States

U.S. regulator bars airlines from flying over some Iran-controlled airspace

By Reuters,

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an emergency order prohibiting U.S. operators from flying in an overwater area of Tehran-c...

controlled airlines , drone , FAA , Gulf of Oman , U.S. regulator

Russians, Ukrainian to face murder charges over downing of Flight MH17

By Reuters,

Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the deaths of 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that was shot down over east...

Flight MH17 , Kuala Lumpur , russia , Ukraine , Vladimir Putin

North Korean leader’s slain half-brother was a CIA informant: Wall Street Journal

By Reuters,

Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the U.S. Central Intel...

CIA , Kim Jong-un , North Korea

Watchdog finds global press freedom at lowest point in decade

By VOA,

The U.S.-based democracy watchdog Freedom House says press freedom is declining around the world, right alongside political rights and civil liberties...

Freedom House , Press Freedom

U.S. warship sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensions

By Reuters,

The U.S. military said one of its warships sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea on Sunday, a move likely...

trade tension , US warships

Google says Singapore’s fake news law could hamper innovation

By Reuters,

Google said on Thursday an anti-fake news law passed by Singapore’s parliament could stunt innovation, a quality that the city-state wants to nurtur...

Luxury mansion linked to Malaysia’s Ksh.400B scandal to be sold

By Reuters,

U.S. prosecutors are seeking to sell a $39-million Los Angeles mansion allegedly bought by fugitive Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho with money stolen...

Malaysia , U.S. prosecutors

Malaysia frees Vietnamese woman accused of killing North Korean leader’s half-brother

By Reuters,

A Vietnamese woman who spent more than two years in a Malaysian prison on suspicion of killing the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was...

China’s Xi says Belt and Road must be green, sustainable

By Reuters,

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) must be green and sustainable, President Xi Jinping said in opening a summit on his grand strategy, adding th...

china , China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

London to host 2019 world para swimming championships

By Reuters,

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Monday awarded London the right to host the rearranged 2019 world para swimming championships in Septe...

2019 world para swimming championships , International Paralympic Committee (IPC) , world para swimming championships

Second group of Rohingya Muslims found on Malaysian beach: police

By Reuters,

Thirty-seven people believed to be Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar were found on a beach in northern Malaysia on Monday, police said, the latest arrival...

Malaysia , ROHINGYA

Malaysia’s former leader Najib in the dock as graft trial begins

By Reuters,

Ten years to the day after he was first sworn in as Malaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak stood trial on Wednesday for corruption charges linked to...

graft , Malaysia , Najib Razak , Rosmah Mansor

Malaysia to sell 1MDB-linked superyacht for $126 million

By Reuters,

The superyacht Equanimity is among assets allegedly bought by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho and his associates with money taken from the fund, U.S. ...

1MDB , Malaysia