Asia Why are thousands of Indians dipping themselves in freezing river water? Thousands of Indians participated in the Maha Kumbh Mela, a major Hindu festival that involves taking a holy dip in the ...

PUTRAJAYA: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak’s house arrest appeal bid will have to be heard at the High Court, the Court of Appeal ruled on Monday (Jan 6). The High Court had in July ...

Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak, currently serving a corruption sentence, secured a legal victory on Monday when the Court of Appeals allowed him to pursue his bid to serve the ...

Former prime minister Najib Razak faces 25 counts of money laundering and abuse of power over alleged 1MDB funds amounting to RM2.28 billion deposited into his AmBank accounts between February ...

Malaysia’s appeals court has granted a bid by jailed ex-premier Najib Razak to see a document he said should allow him to serve his sentence at home, in a rare win for a disgraced former leader ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Najib Razak, Malaysia’s most famed incarcerated politician, is roiling the country’s political waters with his bid to serve out his six-year jail sentence under house arrest.

Datuk Seri Najib Razak, once a towering figure in Malaysian politics, has emerged as an unlikely unifying symbol amidst simmering discontent with the current administration led by Datuk Seri Anwar ...

Malaysia on Monday was seeking to prevent public discourse on jailed former prime minister Najib Razak’s bid for house arrest, a week after his court victory led to political unease. The gag ...

SINGAPORE – A bid for house arrest by jailed former Malaysian premier Najib Razak has rattled the administration of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as his opponents and the Umno faction in his ...

Malaysia's appeals court on Monday (January 6, 2025) granted a bid by jailed ex-premier Najib Razak to see a document he said should allow him to serve his sentence at home, in a rare win for a ...

Najib Razak is facing 25 charges of abuse of power and money laundering of alleged 1MDB funds of RM2.28 billion deposited in his AmBank accounts between February 2011 and December 2014.