Iran’s diplomat makes a Jane Austen reference. White British male newscaster does not get it. SO much of contemporary British cultural hubris and ignorance (even of themselves) encapsulated in this clip.
Malaysia is planning to adopt a new foreign worker recruitment system developed by the company founded by labor tycoon Aminul Islam, sources say https://t.co/eKasM1HJgr
Extraordinary scenes from northern #Tehran tonight, where the Aqdasiyeh oil depot has been hit & completely engulfed in flames.
Apocalyptic — and more #Iran critical infrastructure destroyed beyond repair.
Falling debris from the intercepted drones caused a “limited fire” at the Ras Tanura refinery, #SaudiArabia’s Defense Ministry Spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki tells Al Arabiya.
#1MDB Najib was also fined a total of RM11.39 billion on the four abuse of power charges, for which failure to pay would result in an additional 10 years' jail.
#1MDB Court sentences Najib to 15 years jail each on all four of the abuse of power charges, and five times of the total amount misappropriated.
He is also sentenced to five years jail on each of the 21 money laundering charges. All sentences to be run concurrently.
With Najib convicted of all four abuse of power charges - the predicate offense to the money laundering charges, Judge Sequerah went on to find Najib guilty of all 21 money laundering charges : 9 counts of receiving illicit funds, 5 counts of using & 7 counts of transferring them
BREAKING: 9 killed in shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach and police fatally shot one of 2 gunmen, Australian Broadcasting Corp says. https://t.co/3XG5wP8A4h
Ahli Parlimen Kinabatangan, Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin disahkan telah meninggal dunia pada jam 1:46 pagi Jumaat.
Pemergian Ketua UMNO Sabah berusia 66 tahun itu disahkan oleh anaknya, Naim Kurniawan menerusi hantaran di Facebooknya.
"Assalamualaikum. Dengan penuh dukacita dimaklumkan bahawa ayahanda kami, Moktar bin Radin, telah menghembuskan nafas terakhir pada 5 Disember 2025, jam 1:46 pagi (14 Jamadilakhir 1447H).
"Mohon semua mendoakan agar roh beliau dicucuri rahmat dan ditempatkan bersama mereka yang beriman. Al-Fatihah," tulisnya.
Setakat jam 3:10 pagi, difahamkan jenazah beliau akan dibawa ke kediamannya di Damai, Kota Kinabalu.
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Religious Affairs Minister has no business to threaten syariah charges against Wan Sabrina.
1. Religious affairs minister Naim Mokhtar has threatened to file syariah offence charges against Sabronzo (Wan Sabrina Wan Rosli ) over a music video - allegedly for being “too sexy”.
2. The Minister has no business whatsoever to make such threats. A government minister has no authority to investigate or prosecute citizens.
3. Prosecutions, whether civil or syariah, can only be decided on by the prosecuting authority, after a fair & impartial investigation by the relevant investigative bodies.
4. By launching this tirade against Wan Sabrina, the Minister has publicly shamed her even though she’s not been found guilty of any offence. He has also prejudiced her fundamental right to a fair investigation and trial.
5. This whole backlash against Wan Sabrina & her band is sensationalist & displays a distasteful obsession with female purity, whilst ignoring harmful misogynistic attitudes in society.
6. Anyway, how did the minister decide that this music video was too sexy? Did he watch it? What’s the criteria to decide this? Perhaps he should just “have lowered his gaze”.
7. It would be best if Naim and his Ministry, instead of scrutinising Dolla’s performances, should focus on real problems. For example, thousands of children who are denied citizenship just because their parents marriage documents are not in order. Isn’t defending innocent children our highest religious duty?
16 Nov 2025
For what it’s worth and before non-Thai speakers (and editors) get the wrong impression, this is the actual full quote by Thai PM Anutin:
“The points we’ve agreed on that would’ve allowed us to walk towards peace - they are no more. From now on, the Thai govt will do whatever it sees fit to benefit Thailand, do without (the need) to deliberate or to ask (anyone for permission).”
Marwan Barghouti is 66 years old and in his 23rd year in prison. Israel isn’t releasing him. Yet.
Nelson Mandela was 66 years old and in his 23rd year in prison when he was offered release if he renounced violence. He refused, saying the government should stop its own violence. Five years later, Mandela walked free.
UPDATE: This morning, Israeli police filed an indictment against Spanish flotilla activist Reyes Rigo Cervilla, with a request for pretrial detention. If granted, this means she will not be immediately released.
Rigo Cervilla is accused of assaulting a guard in Ketziot prison. She is currently the only one of 479 people detained with the first flotilla to have been singled out in this way.
Eyewitnesses told me that, after days of abuse, Rigo Cervilla, 56, was attacked by guards for defending another woman and advocating for everybody to be allowed mattresses to sleep on. Guards dragged her into a cell by her hair and then threw her in solitary confinement,
In videos from court, she can be heard begging for help and whispering that she is being threatened.
The six other activists (three Norwegians, two Moroccans and one Nigerian) still detained from the first flotilla are expected to be deported today or tomorrow, along with some of the 145 detained with the second flotilla. Israel has not indicated otherwise, and simply isn't drawing attention to their continued detention.
At this stage, it is just Rigo Cervilla who is facing a longer detention.