By Joseph Sipalan Malaysia’s next general election may well be decided by the country’s millions of young voters and its biggest conservative Islamist party is determined to win them over. For the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), winning young people’s support means dominating the online spaces they inhabit. “Whoever controls [online] media will gain their votes,” […]
Read MoreBy Seong Hyeon Choi In the US State Department’s catalogue of priorities for the next five years, Taiwan rates exactly zero mentions. The department’s Agency Strategic Plan does list peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific as a goal but its top focus after national security is the western hemisphere. The plan sets out the direction […]
Read MoreThe Indian military is set to recreate its tri-services campaign against Pakistan from last May during the 77th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on 26 January. The display, an annual exhibition of the country’s military and diplomatic reach, will feature the specific aircraft formations and hardware used during the 88-hour conflict. Air Commodore Manish […]
Read MoreThe International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that Bangladesh will not take part in the 2026 T20 World Cup. The global governing body said Scotland will replace Bangladesh after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) refused to play under the published schedule. The ICC made the announcement in a press release issued on Saturday evening, Bangladesh […]
Read MoreKazakhstan has set up a special commission to investigate an incident that forced the temporary shutdown of the Tengiz oilfield. The commission includes representatives of Tengizchevroil, the operator of the supergiant field, as well as officials from regional and national government agencies. Tengizchevroil is run by a consortium led by U.S. oil major Chevron, which […]
Read MoreBy Maria Siow Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has used his Davos debut to drive home a message to global investors that his country intends to stamp out corruption and “greedanomics”, while positioning itself as a rare pocket of stability in an unsettled world economy. Speaking during a special address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) […]
Read MoreBy Fan Chen At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week, world leaders warned of an increasingly fractured global order and took veiled swipes at the United States. But they held back on directly criticising China, which experts said signalled a recalibration in their approach to Beijing as US […]
Read MoreBy Shi Jiangtao The Chinese navy and coastguard said on Friday that they rescued 17 Filipino crew members from a Singaporean-flagged cargo ship that had capsized near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. According to the China Coast Guard (CCG), the Maritime Search and Rescue Centre in Sansha, Hainan province, received a distress report […]
Read MoreOSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu is planning an official visit to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Such a statement was made during a meeting between Meder Abakirov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan, and Volker Frobarth, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in the Kyrgyz Republic, The Caspian Post reports via Kyrgyz media. The talks focused on cooperation between […]
Read MoreSEOUL: Dozens of South Koreans allegedly involved in online scams in Cambodia were returned to South Korea on Friday to face investigations in what was the largest group repatriation of Korean criminal suspects from abroad. The 73 South Korean suspects allegedly scammed fellow Koreans out of 48.6 billion won ($33 million), according to a South […]
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