Al Jaber’s Majlis Strategy

‘Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science.’ – Freeman Dyson, 1923-2020, Princeton University mathematician. When the Sultan who presided over the fairly successful climate talks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), looked back on Wednesday at the two-week parley, he pinpointed one day and one […]

Afghan diplomat says girls to return to schools once internal issues solved

MOSCOW: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting foreign minister of Afghanistan, during a meeting of Afghan religious scholars with a delegation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has said that females will return to schools as soon as internal issues in Afghanistan are resolved, the TOLO News broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing a source with the […]

Malaysia extends condolences to Musharraf’s family

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia today extended its condolences to the family of Pakistan’s former president and Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf, who died today. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in a post on his Twitter account, said he and his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail were saddened to hear about […]

Seven Sarawakians relate job scam ordeal

KUCHING: Imagine being locked up in a house and guarded by German Shepard dogs, with movement closely monitored by individuals, and only having an egg and bread daily for a period of three months. This was the experience faced by seven Sarawakians who were victims of a criminal syndicate of job offer scam in Dubai, […]

Harimau Malaya can take Viets down

KUALA LUMPUR: It will be a tough, but not an impossible, mission. That was the gist of the reply from Harimau Malaya left-back La’Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong when asked about the national team’s prospects against Vietnam when the two teams meet in the second round of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers/2023 Asia Cup 2023 in Dubai, […]

On a mission to redeem pride

Preview BY AHMAD NAZRIN SYAHMI MOHAMAD ARIF KUALA LUMPUR: September 3, 2015 will forever be remembered as the day Malaysian football plunged to its lowest ebb when they lost 10-0 to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the 2018 World Cup qualifying second round Asian Zone Group A match at the Mohamed Zayed Stadium in […]

Forget 2015 thrashing, believe in yourself, Harimau squad told

KUALA LUMPUR: Forget the humiliating 10-0 defeat of 2015, believe in yourself and your teammates and don’t pay the United Arab Emirates (UAE) team too much respect. That’s the advice Harimau Malaya head coach Tan Cheng Hoe has given his men as they prepare for their Group G second-round 2022 World Cup/2023 Asian Cup qualifying […]