Najib questioned over corruption
Embattled former Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives at the headquarters of Malaysia’s anti-corruption commission.
Category: International
Anti-graft chief threatened probing 1MDB
The head of Malaysia’s anti-graft commission gives an emotional account.
Protesters to march as police barriers go up
Thai protesters prepare to march to demand a general election by November.
Foreign media to witness nuclear site shutdown
Journalists depart for North Korea to witness the closure of its nuclear test site.
Opposition claims moral win
Venezuela’’ opposition claim a moral victory after massive abstention marred President Nicolas Maduro’s re-election.
Heatwave kills 65 people in Karachi
A heatwave has killed 65 people in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi over the past three days, a social welfare organisation said.
Australia searching for 50 athletes, officials
Australian authorities are searching for 50 athletes while another 190 seek asylum.
Volcanos bad for tourism
Authorities say summer bookings for hotels on Hawaii’s Big Island have fallen almost 50 percent since the volcano eruption.
Plane crash survivor dies
The death toll from a plane crash in Cuba last week rose to 111 as one of the three survivors, Grettel Landrove, 23, died in a Havana hospital.
Girls skip school during periods
More than a third of girls in South Asia miss school during their periods, often because they lack access to toilets or pads, and receive no education about menstruation before reaching puberty.
Zuckerberg on the back foot
British lawmakers want their European counterparts to quiz Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about a scandal over improper use of millions of Facebook users’ data, as he will not give evidence in London.
Suspense ahead of Najib’s visit to anti-graft agency today
Najib Razak is expected to give a statement to an anti-graft agency today.
Multiple bomb attacks hit deep south, three injured
Multiple bomb attacks by suspected separatists injure at least three people in Thailand.
Police declare no-go zones for anti-junta march
Thai police declare Bangkok’s Government House and surrounding streets a no-go zone.
US wants Myanmar take ’steps’ on Rohingya rights
The US aid chief urges Myanma to take “concrete steps” for the rights of Rohingya.
Venezuela re-elects Maduro
Venezuela’s socialist leader Maduro faces fresh international censure after a re-election denounced as a farce cementing autocracy.
President Abbas hospitalised
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is hospitalised in the West Bank, with conflicting accounts of the leader’s condition.
Court removes ’enemy’ judge
The Philippine Supreme Court votes to remove its top judge, whom President Rodrigo Duterte called an “enemy”.
Congo begins Ebola vaccinations
Congo has begun Ebola vaccinations of medical staff in the northwest city of Mbandaka, a Reuters witness said.
Spurned advances provoked school shooting, victim’s mother says
A teenage boy charged with fatally shooting eight students and two teachers during a gun rampage at a Houston-area high school had been spurned by one of his victims after making aggressive advances, her mother told a newspaper.
