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students, who were at the forefront of last year's protests that ousted then prime minister Sheikh Hasina, are set to launch a political party this week, two sources with direct knowledge of the development said.
ANKARA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's economic outlook faces mounting uncertainty as recent political tensions threaten to derail efforts to curb high inflation, economists warned.
KUALA LUMPUR: The country's cyber defence system must be strengthened in pace with rapidly evolving technology amid growing threats from radical extremist groups that use cyber attacks to generate income.
US President Donald Trump had been hammering Panama for weeks over its most valuable asset, the Panama Canal, saying, without evidence, that China operated the waterway. There seemed to be no way Panama could get Washington off its back.
PETALING JAYA: Political analysts and anti-corruption watch groups gave the National Audit Department (NAD) the thumbs up for its initiative to conduct direct audits on 2,000 government-linked companies (GLC) for greater efficacy and transparency.
MANILA (Reuters) - Campaigning for the Philippines' midterm elections kicked off on Tuesday against a fractured political backdrop, heightened by a high-profile row among warring elites that culminated in last week's impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.
JAKARTA: Five months after stepping down as Indonesia's president, Joko Widodo has been kept busy by the queue of people keen to meet him at his house in Solo in Central Java, seeking his advice, bringing in petitions, or just to thank him for his contributions to the country.
(Reuters) - For years, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo demanded direct negotiations with Congolese authorities. Battlefield gains mean they can now afford to snub them to try to wring out more concessions.
LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal will hold an early parliamentary election - its third in just over three years - on May 18, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Thursday, two days after the centre-right minority government lost a parliamentary confidence vote.
Oil prices rebounded by 1% on Friday night to end the week nearly unchanged as investors weighed the diminishing prospects of a quick end to the Ukraine war that could bring back more Russian energy supplies to Western markets.
Oil prices rebounded by 1% on Friday to end the week nearly unchanged as investors weighed the diminishing prospects of a quick end to the Ukraine war that could bring back more Russian energy supplies to Western markets.
KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Harapan's win in the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election with a larger majority has proven political analysts wrong, says Anthony Loke.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian investors are keeping an eye on South Korea’s political developments given their importance in regional economic growth although they have minimal impact on Malaysia.
China's leadership gathered at their largest political event of the year in Beijing on Tuesday (March 4), seeking a response to US President Donald Trump's latest salvo of tariffs targeting an already sluggish economy.
PARIS (Reuters) - The reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral, five years after being devastated by a fire, was supposed to be Emmanuel Macron's triumph.
PETALING JAYA: Analysts expect the reign of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, to strengthen political stability in the country after unprecedented upheavals in the past few years that saw three prime ministers in one parliamentary term.
SINGAPORE: China is a huge market for the world’s most popular sport but the saga involving Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi shows that tapping the Chinese market comes with political risks, say analysts.
As the world awaits the announcement of the new policies of the United States to be introduced by the Cabinet that is being formed by President-elect Donald Trump, various predictions have started to emerge from international observers.
KOTA KINABALU: As the storm over the mining and prospecting licence issuance bribery scandal lingers, the big question here is if Sabah will head for early polls.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Tayyip Erdogan's long-held goal of ending Turkey's conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their jailed chief's peace call, giving the president a potential political boost at home and a chance to resolve key regional security concerns.
