KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (Al Jazeera): Malaysia has unveiled an ambitious five-year plan to clamp down on corruption in government, months after a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal brought down the previous administration.The plan, launched by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday, would involve sweeping changes to the appointment process for key...
Read moreNEW YORK, Jan 29 (IANS): Just 161 days after its launch, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed its first orbit of the Sun and has now begun the second of 24 planned orbits, which will mark its closest approach to the Sun in April, the US space agency has said.Launched...
Read moreKABUL, Jan 29 (Xinhua): Newspapers in Afghanistan on Tuesday expressed hope for lasting peace and stability in the war-battered country amid ongoing talks between the United States and the Taliban.A U.S. delegation headed by veteran diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad has met Taliban representatives four times since November 2018 and the fifth...
Read moreULAANBAATAR, Jan 29 (AFP): Mongolia's parliament voted to oust the speaker on Tuesday following protests demanding his resignation over a corruption scandal.Enkhbold Miyegombo, a former presidential candidate and prime minister, has been under pressure to resign since a failed no-confidence vote against the current prime minister in November.Five MPs had...
Read moreISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (IANS): Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a review petition challenging its decision to acquit Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in a blasphemy case.A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa tossed out the plea against Bibi's October...
Read moreDUBAI, Jan 29 (AFP): A bomb attack in a market killed seven Yemeni civilians including a photographer for a UAE television channel in the government-controlled town of Mokha, medics and military sources said on Tuesday.At least 20 people were wounded in the overnight blast in the Red Sea town, where...
Read moreWEST BANK, Jan 29 (AP): The Palestinians are asking the United Nations to deploy a permanent international force in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.Tuesday's request comes a day after Israel said it was suspending operations of an observer force in the city of Hebron, after 20 years.Palestinian official Saeb...
Read moreDengue claims two lives in Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Jan 29: Two people have died and over 3,700 affected by the dengue virus across Sri Lanka within the first three weeks of January, the Epidemiology Unit said here on Tuesday. Till Friday, 3,743 dengue cases were reported from across the country with...
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