across the world, more than i billion people celebrate the hindu festival of lights. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to the programme. in gaza, it has been five weeks of constant bombardment by israel, after an attack by hamas on october the 7th. now there is a growing concern about the state of hospital there. the world health organization has warned the biggest hospital in gaza is out of power and premature babies had to be moved out of incubators because of that. israel s president isaac herzog says hamas has its base underneath the building, which hamas has denied. the second biggest hospital, al-quds is also reported by a charity to have run out of fuel. at al shifa, out here we cannot see, everything is in total darkness, really. without electricity, without fuel, without water, even without food. and still, we are having more than 600 injured people. and we are suffering now with our babies, who
BAGAN DATUK, Feb 11 The decision by the Federal Court to strike down 16 provisions in the Kelantan Shariah Criminal Code Enactment (1) 2019 on Friday should not be.
Francis E Hutchinson is a Senior Fellow and Co-ordinator of the Regional Economic Studies and Malaysia Studies Programmes at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. He holds a PhD in Public Policy and Administration from the Australian National University and degrees from the Universities of Cambridge and Sussex. Francis’ research interests include governance, state-business relations, federalism, decentralization, and industrialization in Southeast Asia. He has written or edited five books including Asia and the Middle Income Trap (Routledge 2016); is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian Economies; and has published on Southeast Asian economic and political issues in Asian Affairs, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Asian Journal of Political Science, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, and Southeast Asian Affairs. Prior to joining the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Francis carried out applied research for agencies such as the World Bank, UNDP
SHAH ALAM - In this episode of Sinar Specials, we mark the one-year anniversary of Malaysia's Madani Government, a unique coalition emerging from the post-GE15 political.
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 15 Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar today called for mosques and surau not to be used as political.