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Anak Krakatau ash cloud temporarily shuts Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta airport, disrupting 33 flights
JAKARTA, Sept 6 — Indonesia temporarily halted operations at its main international airport early today after volcanic ash from an eruption of Anak Krakatau spread into nearby airspace, disrupting dozens […]
Trump envoys head to Kyiv after ‘frank’ Putin talks yield no breakthrough
MOSCOW, Sept 6 — US envoys proposed a “number of ideas” on how to end the Ukraine war in “frank” talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin late yesterday, […]
Miri’s landslide-prone roads on Canada Hill set for RM30 million rebuild in 2027
MIRI, Sept 6 — A RM30 million special allocation has been approved under the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) to reconstruct Jalan Canada Hill to the Grand Old Lady here, and […]
Argentina threatens to sanction oil projects around Falklands
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 6 — Argentina has announced that it will investigate and sanction oil companies working near the Falkland Islands without authorisation, after President Javier Milei said the “winds […]
Fake cop, real loss: Ipoh man conned of RM1.9m in phone scam
IPOH, Sept 6 — An elderly man lost RM1.9 million to a phone scam after he was contacted by a suspect impersonating a police officer. Perak police chief Datuk Mohd […]
US blows up three Iranian oil tankers after Tehran targets American warships
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 — The United States said it destroyed three Iranian oil tankers yesterday in response to attempted missile attacks on naval vessels, with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards saying they […]
Indonesia conducts water bombing to contain wildfires near future capital Nusantara
JAKARTA, Sept 6 — Indonesian authorities carried out a water bombing operation yesterday to prevent wildfires from spreading in the future capital city Nusantara, a city official told AFP. The […]
Bintulu schools go online till Sept 11 as haze pushes API past 200
KUCHING, Sept 6 — A total of 54 primary schools and nine secondary schools in Bintulu Division, comprising the Bintulu and Tatau/Sebauh districts, will be closed from Sept 7 to […]
How the east became Germany’s far-right stronghold
BERLIN, Sept 6 — More than three decades after Germany’s 1990 reunification, lasting east-west divisions may be thrown into stark relief at today’s election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The anti-immigration […]
From fugitive healer to cyanide in court: What became of Balkan warlords
PARIS, Sept 6 — AFP looks at what became of the main players in the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, ahead of Monday’s funeral of former Bosnian Serb military leader […]