THE road leading to Thaksin Shinawatra’s opulent residence on the outskirts of Bangkok is a myriad of narrow alleys.

KUALA LUMPUR:  The road leading to Thaksin Shinawatra’s opulent residence on the outskirts of Bangkok is a myriad of narrow alleys.

YANGON: Myanmar’s ruling junta criticised an Argentine court on Saturday for issuing an arrest warrant for its top leader over alleged “genocide and crimes against humanity” towards the Rohingya minority.

KUALA LUMPUR: Lembah Jaya assemblyman Syed Ahmad Syed Abdul Rahman has called on the public to support Malaysia’s initiative to lead the reconstruction of Gaza, set to begin after Ramadan.

KUALA LUMPUR: A video capturing a young boy’s spontaneous performance of a popular song by legendary Malaysian rock singer Awie at a local shopping mall has taken social media by storm.

MULTI-talented Diana Danielle has a promise for her two children. From now onwards, she will only star in two films a year, so that she can spend quality time with Muhammad Farid, 10, and Aurora Farid, 8.

KUALA LUMPUR: Businessman Datuk Seri Megat D. Shahriman Zaharudin has announced his interest in contesting for the top post at the FA of Malaysia (FAM) elections on Feb 15.

MANMOHAN Singh's father may have believed his bookworm son would one day lead India, but the understated technocrat with the trademark blue turban, who died Thursday at the age of 92, never dreamed it would actually happen.

NEW DELHI: Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 92, current leader Narendra Modi said Thursday.

Donald Trump’s surprise threat to retake control of the Panama Canal and his expansionist declaration that the United States should own Greenland signals that the incoming US president will pursue a foreign policy unbounded by diplomatic niceties.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Paralympic Council (MPC) president Datuk Seri Megat D Shahriman Zaharudin - re-elected for a second term yesterday (Dec 14) - has made it clear that securing the umbrella body's finances is his main focus for now.

THE world — from national leaders to ordinary people on the street everywhere — was agog mid-week as it awaited the results of the United States presidential election.

EIGHT years ago, in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, JD Vance was a bitter critic of Donald Trump.

IPOH: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said his acceptance of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s apology regarding the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) financial scandal was done in good faith.

NEW YORK: Starbucks’ new CEO Brian Niccol has his work cut out for him.

ALEX Salmond, who died on Saturday aged 69, was for years the figurehead of Scottish independence, a wily political operator who divided opinion as he took the nationalist movement from the political fringes to the mainstream.

THE military flyover is ready, the songs have been rehearsed: Plains, Georgia is waiting to celebrate Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday on Tuesday, when its hometown hero becomes the only ever US president to reach the centennial mark.

KUALA LUMPUR: Muslims in the country have been encouraged to spread the true message of Islam, ensuring that it is not being seen in a bad light due to detractors or extremists within the faith.

LIMA: Peruvians began three days of national mourning on Thursday for polarising former president Alberto Fujimori, who ruled his country with an iron fist and then spent 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity.

MALAYSIA’S “heaviest” vampire is haunting the big screen, and she is played by a first-timer with an interesting journey to share.