Malaysia’s police suspect that Low Taek Jho is hiding in Macau, amid efforts to bring the fugitive financier home to face justice for his role in the troubled state fund 1MDB. ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s Najib gets 12 years in jail for 1MDB-linked graft case
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to 12 years in jail after a court in Kuala Lumpur found him guilty of corruption in the first of several cases linked to the alleged ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Scaled back Hajj pilgrimage due to start in Saudi Arabia
Hajj pilgrimage usually performed by Muslims around the world begins on Wednesday, dramatically scaled back because of coronavirus. Saudi Arabia has banned international visitors from making the ... ( read original story ...)
Somalia will lose $500 million this year as its livestock misses out on Hajj to Saudi Arabia
The Covid-19 pandemic forced Saudi Arabia to cancel the Hajj pilgrimage which usually welcomes 2 million visitors, but this has hit Somalia's livestock export trade ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia records lowest daily COVID-19 case increase since June
LONDON: Saudi Arabia recorded on Tuesday its lowest daily increase in cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since June, the health ministry announced. The ministry announced 1,897 new cases of the ... ( read original story ...)
Kylie Moore-Gilbert: academic ‘terrified’ and suffering inside Iran’s Qarchak women’s prison
Gilbert was tearful, terrified and unwell inside Qarchak women’s prison before she was forcibly moved from quarantine into the general prison population, sources inside the jail have said. Details of ... ( read original story ...)
A 75-year-old Vietnam Veteran was pepper-sprayed in the face during protests in Portland
A 75-year-old Vietnam veteran was seen on video getting pepper-sprayed in the face as he stood in front of a line of federal agents during protests in Portland, Oregon. ( read original story ...)
Asia Album: People take shelter at stadium in Manila, the Philippines
People take shelter at a stadium as they wait for free trips back to their hometowns in Manila, the Philippines on July 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) MANILA, July 29 (Xinhua) -- People take shelter ... ( read original story ...)
The mythical protectors of the Philippines
A belief system born of indigenous communities in the Philippines could help protect the country’s endangered species, from leopard cats to cloud rats. In a jeepney travelling through Iloilo city in ... ( read original story ...)
Men who flew in from Afghanistan, Philippines NZ’s newest cases of COVID-19
Two new cases of coronavirus have been detected at New Zealand's border in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health has revealed.The first COVID-19 case is a man in his 50s who arrived in New Zealand ... ( read original story ...)