Razak extends powers amid fury over 1MDB scandal
Bangkok: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is set to gain sweeping dictatorial powers that critics say are part of a desperate move to hold on to power while he is embroiled in the country's largest corruption scandal.The National Security Bill, which comes into force on Monday, gives powers to a council Mr Najib heads that are similar to those that were wielded by the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and president Suharto of Indonesia. Both those reigns ended in massive corruption ..>> view originalSuicide bomb kills 13 in Somali
Bill Clinton makes the case for Hillary in intensely personal speech
Hillary Clinton’s historic moment finally arrived on Tuesday night, accompanied by an intensely personal speech from her husband Bill, that sought to recast her image as a symbol of the political establishment. “She’s the best darn change-maker I ever met in my life,” insisted the former president, recalling decades of Hillary Clinton’s work as socially radical. “This woman has never been satisfied with the status quo in anything.” On a night when she became the first woman to be nominated by a..>> view originalAnger grows over China's handling of deadly floods
Five days after rains lashed parts of China's north, authorities are facing accusations of trying to cover up the disaster.The heavy downpours left more than 200 people dead or missing and more than half a million people displaced in the hardest hit provinces of Henan and Hebei.So far, four officials have been suspended for dereliction of duty.But public anger is still mounting with tens of thousands left without homes as the cost of the disaster hits the two billion US dollar mark and counting..>> view originalJulie Bishop speaks out against death penalty as Indonesian executions loom
Cilacap: Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has stressed Australia's opposition to the death penalty to Indonesia as the nation counts down the hours until it executes about 14 convicted drug felons.Ms Bishop said that while there were no Australians in the current round of executions, she had reiterated Australia's stance to Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at the ASEAN meeting in Laos on Monday. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Pope calls for wor..>> view originalBritish Council takes disciplinary action against Angela Gibbins for rant against Prince George
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The United Nations warned South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Tuesday that any political appointments must be consistent with a peace deal that ended nearly two years of civil war after Kiir replaced his vice president and rival Riek Machar. Machar left the South Sudanese capital Juba earlier this month after an eruption of violence in the city when forces loyal to Kiir and Machar battled each other for several days with tanks, helicopters and other heavy weapons. An August peace agreement st..>> view originalJulia Gillard writes for the New York Times on Hillary Clinton and sexism in the US presidential race
Bill Clinton: 'Hillary Will Make Us Stronger Together'4:15Former President Bill Clinton refuted what he called the ?cartoon? image of Hillary Clinton created by Republicans, by offering up the "real" Hillary Clinton and her record of "positive change-making." Photo: AP Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton made history at the Deocratic National Convention. Picture: APShoba Rao and wiresNews Corp Australia NetworkFORMER prime minister Julia Gillard wrote a piece in The New York Times a..>> view originalNormandy church attacker was 'bewitched' by Islamic State, mother tells media
Before the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris in January 2015, Adel Kermiche was a cheerful, music-loving and devout French teenager. But that terrorist atrocity, and the suspicion-filled aftermath, "acted like a detonator", his mother said.Soon his greatest wish was to travel to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State, which his mother said had "bewitched" him on social media. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Normandy attack: Father Jacques Hamel remembered ..>> view originalSyrian troops tighten Aleppo siege, urge gunmen to give up
Syrian government forces on Tuesday called on opposition fighters in Aleppo to drop their weapons and surrender to authorities as they captured new ground on the northwestern edge of the city, tightening the siege on rebel-held parts of the metropolis where some 300,000 people live, activists said. The push in which troops captured large parts of the city’s Layramoun area came as state TV reported that the General Army Command informed residents of rebel-held parts of Aleppo via telephone text ..>> view original
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