Malaysia’s tightly contested general election has delivered a hung Parliament, with political alliances led by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin running neck and neck. Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan (PH or Alliance of Hope) coalition secured 82 seats in the 222-member […]
European football stars say they will press on with plans to wear rainbow-coloured armbands despite a last-minute FIFA proposal for captains of World Cup teams to wear alternative armbands. Captains, including Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, say they want to wear rainbow designs as part of […]
Bulgarian prosecutors have charged five people for supporting “terrorist acts” in connection with an explosion in central Istanbul that killed six people on November 13, chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev said on Saturday. Bulgarian special police forces arrested three men of Moldovan origin and a man […]
France forward Karim Benzema is to undergo medical tests after leaving training injured on Saturday ahead of the defending champions’ World Cup opener against Australia. The Real Madrid striker has been struggling with a thigh problem since October and has played less than half an […]
The world’s biggest football tournament begins in Qatar under intense scrutiny. The Gulf nation is ready for football’s biggest showcase: the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Over the next month, more than a million international fans are expected to attend the world’s biggest sporting event played […]
More than 300 children in rebel-held northwest Syria kicked off their own football World Cup on Saturday, with organisers hoping to shine a light on communities battered by 11 years of war. The excited children took part in the opening ceremony at the municipal stadium […]
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has lost his parliamentary seat in Saturday’s general elections, likely ending the career of one of Asia’s most enduring politicians. Mahathir came in fourth in a five-way fight in his long-held constituency in the holiday resort island of Langkawi, […]
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a new air defence package worth $60m as he met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his first trip to Kyiv since becoming prime minister. “I am here today to say that the UK will continue to stand with […]
If there is anything that has been true in the history of the world, it is that states, and especially Western states, rarely if ever act out of a sense of moral compulsion, when such acts could impose hardships back home. Look at the rhetoric […]
Early polls in Malaysia’s hotly contested general election indicate a tight race between a coalition led by former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s multiracial coalition. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s ruling Barisan Nasional coalition – which is dominated by his […]
