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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South East Asia Journalists Union (SEAJU) strongly criticise the increasing suppression of freedom of expression in Malaysia through the use of the Sedition Act, mostly recently in the arrest … Sedition arrests meant to create a climate of fe …

Iraq and Iran joined Saudi Arabia in cutting their March crude prices for Asia to the lowest level in more than a decade, signaling the battle for a share of Opec’s largest market is intensifying. Iraq’s Basrah Light crude will sell at US4.10 a barrel below Middle East benchmarks, the lowest since a …

FREE: What does Maxis Communications Bhd, IOI Properties, Astro All Asia Networks plc and Seven Convenience have in common? All the companies have been listed, delisted and then relisted (some more than once) by their majority shareholders in the span of five years. How the investing public loses fr …

Row over halal food: M’sia Not Truly Asia FREE YOURSAY ‘Are we trying to promote Malaysia or Islam to tourists?’ Row over halal food: M’sia Not Truly Asia

The investment will be used to fund DNA’s regional expansion in South-East Asia, further build its team, and to develop new products and channels. DNA raises RM1mil in seed funding from IdeaRiverRunwww.kinibiz.comDIGITAL News Asia (DNA), an independent technology news portal, announced today that it …

KiniBiz | Frontier and deepwater exploration in Asia will be among high-cost energy projects most at risk from an oil price slump that has knocked 25% off the top of global crude prices. Asian companies embarked on a raft of new projects, including marginal fields, as oil prices held above US$ 100 ( …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 (Bernama) — Boeing, China’s leading provider of passenger airplanes, projects a demand in the country for 6,020 new airplanes over the next 20 years, valued at $ 870 billion. The company released its annual China Current Market Outlook (CMO) today in Beijing which sh …

Publicly-available flight information appear to back website Asia Sentinel’s claims that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had gone on a European holiday, after attending a working visit in the Netherlands to deal with the Flight MH17 issue a fortnight ago. Information from the popular flight trackin …

Josie Fernandez | Stop the carnage in Gaza and West Asia The Palestine-Israel conflict in Gaza is a huge humanitarian crisis. The killing of Palestinian civilians is everybody’s tragedy and burden. Asian Public Intellectual (API) Fellows of Malaysia condemn the collective punishment of Palestinians, …

MAS-Air Asia X merger talk 'unfounded' Khazanah reminds all not to speculate on MAS' next course of action. MAS-Air Asia X merger talk 'unfounded'

PETALING JAYA: A final year law student from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) talked her way to emerge the top debater at the recent United Asian Debating Championship (UADC) held in Singapore. Maizura Mokhsein, 23, also created history by being the first Malaysian to receive the honour in the prest …

PETALING JAYA: The China Daily Asia Weekly is the latest newspaper to be part of the CIMB-Asean ePaper collaboration just as Malaysia and China celebrate 40 years of bilateral relations. The weekly newspaper will now be made free in digital for all The Star’s 80,000 ePaper subscribers, providing mor …

From Ahmad Fuad Yahya ASTANA (KAZAKHSTAN), May 23 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak said Asia must come to terms with greater economic integration to help increase the power of middle nations and raise the living standards for all in the era of globalisation. Simultan …

ASTANA: Asia must come to terms with greater economic integration to help raise the living standards for all in the era of globalisation, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Simultaneously, he said, Asian citizens must also be given greater equity and equality in order for the region to …

JEDDAH, May 8 (Bernama) — Malaysia will host the Asia Media Summit (AMS) in 2015, after the last time it hosted the summit in 2008. Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said Malaysia was the original host of the prestigious event in 2004. After the summit was h …