PETALING JAYA: Susanna Liew, the wife of pastor Raymond Koh who mysteriously vanished in February 2017, has been named the International Woman of the Year in 2020 by the Annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards.
PETALING JAYA: Susanna Liew, the wife of pastor Raymond Koh who vanished mysteriously in February 2017, says winning a major woman’s award given by the US government means her work on justice and human rights advocacy is being recognised internationally.
THE country and United States have called for a strengthening of their alliance as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and new US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth described Japan on Sunday as indispensable for tackling Chinese aggression and said implementing of a plan to upgrade the US military command in the country would get under way.
The United States is "doubling down" on its alliance with the Philippines, defence chief Pete Hegseth said Friday (March 28) in Manila, in the face of what he called "Communist China's aggression in the region".
The Philippine and US militaries kicked off joint exercises involving a combined 5,000 troops, Manila said, days before new US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth was set to visit the South-East Asian country.
The Philippine and US militaries kicked off joint exercises involving a combined 5,000 troops on Monday, Manila said, days before new US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was set to visit the South-East Asian country.
(Reuters) - This month marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima, which saw some of the bloodiest fighting of World War Two take place on a small Japanese island 1,200 km (745 miles) south of Tokyo.
MANILA: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to Asia next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine official said on Friday (March 21).
TOKYO: Japan's Emperor Naruhito renewed his wish for world peace on his birthday, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Imperial Household Agency said on Sunday (Feb 23).
ABUJA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A total of 16 people were killed, and 17 others sustained varying degrees of injuries following a road crash involving multiple vehicles in Nigeria's southern state of Oyo on Tuesday morning, traffic police said.
KUALA LUMPUR: The historical importance of the Tugu Negara is well known, but what is less known is how two men from disparate backgrounds came together to make the monument a reality and established a long friendship thereafter.
Plucky restorers who worked together in 1975 to repair the bombed and damaged Tugu Negara reunite after 46 years
Five legendary stones and a fragment of a WWII bomb can be seen in this school in Sabah, Malaysia.
One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II.
KUALA LUMPUR: Not much may be known about a longstanding Austrian “presence” in the city, but that will soon change.Historical facts about the Tugu Negara will be brought to the fore through an exhibition at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial.
KUALA LUMPUR: The plan to hold an exhibition on Tugu Negara to mark the 60th year of relations between Austria and Malaysia has received a boost from the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry.
PETALING JAYA: The much-awaited Tugu Negara exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and Austria will take place as scheduled on Nov 30.
KUALA LUMPUR: Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi has been announced as one of the 2023 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award recipients on March 8, at the White House in Washington, United States.
TUGU Negara or the National Monument commemorates our heroes who died in the nation’s struggle for freedom, mainly during the Japanese Occupation and the Emergency.