The chief editor of an independent Malaysian news outlet was questioned by police yesterday on suspicion of sedition after he criticised the conviction of his website for contempt.

Former President Donald Trump hinted on Sunday at a possible presidential run in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden and repeated his fraudulent claims he won the 2020 election in his first major appearance since leaving the White House nearly six weeks ago.

Willingness to get a Covid-19 vaccine is on the rise compared to last year, a survey of six industrialised countries published yesterday showed.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption yesterday and handed a three-year prison sentence after a court in Paris convicted him for trying to illegally influence a judge during his time in office.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday accused Iran of a recent attack on an Israeli-owned ship, noting his country was regularly “striking” its arch-foe in comments that followed an overnight raid on Syria.

A haven for humans craving furry feline company, a cat cafe in Dubai also doubles as an adoption centre for some of the United Arab Emirates’ many strays.

China denied accusations by Taiwan that a ban on pineapples from the island was about politics, saying it was purely a matter of biosecurity, in an escalating war of words that has added to existing tensions.

For Russia, acceptance in Latin America lends legitimacy to its vaccine, which faced initial skepticism. It also provides Moscow an opportunity to make in-roads in the resource rich region at a time when Covid-19 vaccines are becoming a tool for soft power.

The Covid-battered United States authorised Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine for emergency use Saturday, offering a glimmer of hope, as schools, colleges in India’s Pune city have been ordered to remain shut till March 14 due to surge in virus cases.

Donald Trump returns to the political spotlight yesterday, determined to regain control of a Republican Party that is out of power and pondering whether the flawed former president can win again in 2024.

Almost 100 migrants were rescued off Libya’s west coast yesterday as they made failed attempts to reach Europe, while around 20 were missing, AFP reporters and the coastguard said.

Dozens of Hong Kong dissidents were charged with subversion yesterday in the largest use yet of Beijing’s sweeping new national security law, as authorities seek to cripple the finance hub’s democracy movement.

Police in Kazakhstan yesterday detained dozens of opposition supporters who took to the streets of major cities denouncing what they called political repression in the Central Asian nation.

Sri Lankan police yesterday arrested a self-proclaimed exorcist after a nine-year-old girl she had beaten as part of a ritual died.

Cuba has adopted long-called for animal rights regulations, a groundbreaking victory for activists in the communist nation.

Myanmar’s United Nations envoy in New York vowed to fight on Saturday after the junta fired him for urging countries to use “any means necessary” to reverse a Feb. 1 coup that ousted the nation’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Thai police used tear gas and water cannon against protesters marching on a military base in Bangkok to call for King Maha Vajiralongkorn to give up direct command of the army unit housed there.

The day before he was killed, internet network engineer Nyi Nyi Aung Htet Naing had posted on Facebook about the increasingly violent military crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Myanmar.

Ahmadiya Juaidi’s eyes are wide as she drinks a nutrition shake from a large orange mug, her thin fingers grasping the handle.

US conservatives praised Donald Trump at an annual gathering on Friday, even unveiling a golden statue of the former president, showing he remains a Republican political force despite violent scenes in Washington last month.