ASEAN Cooperation Vital For Regional Peace, Security: Malaysian Official

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Cross-border cooperation among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is vital in preserving regional peace and security, Malaysian Home Minister, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, said yesterday. It is particularly important for ASEAN to overcome existing and emerging security challenges, including transnational crime threats,…

12 Killed As Al-Sadr Supporters Stormed Iraqi Gov’t Offices In Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Aug 30 (NNN-NINA) – Thousands of powerful Shiite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr’s supporters, stormed major Iraqi government buildings in Baghdad, sparking clashes that left at least 12 people killed and dozens wounded late yesterday. Iraqi security forces fired tear gas canisters and bullets in the air, to disperse the protesters…

Feature: Israeli Closure Of The Only Commercial Crossing, Inflicts Huge Losses On Gazan Fish Farms

by Sanaa Kamal GAZA, Jun 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Israeli closure of the only commercial crossing with the Gaza Strip, has inflicted huge losses upon the fish farms in the coastal Palestinian enclave, since dozens of tonnes of their fish have been prevented from being exported to the West Bank…

Life After This (Current) Virus..

By Andrew Sebastian Andrew Sebastian Spoiler alert! This may well be another all-too-familiar-rant about mankind and Covid-19. But hopefully, not so much about how this all started, who to blame, how it’s ‘payback’ for all past century’s worth of environmental genocide that we have unleashed to the natural world and…

Virus and wildlife

Andrew Sebastian By Andrew Sebastian So, all eyes and conversation pieces be it at work, social gatherings and whats app groups, are set upon deadly viruses these days – the flavor of the month being the coronavirus! If you have not read or dialed in.. this epidemic has been traced…

We ARE losing our identity !

By Andrew Sebastian On 18th March 2019, the news read – “The Malayan tiger is likely to be extinct in the next five to 10 years if no drastic measures are taken to protect the animal, says Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar!” He continued to state…

The Green War – Oil Palm vs Forests

By Andrew Sebastian Here’s the landscape of the debate – the humble oil palm is actually an amazingly versatile plant! According to the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), palm oil is present in approximately 71% of food products, in 24% of consumer goods and in 5% of energy usage.Malaysia is…

The Future is Rural, Too

By Dr Hezri Adnan It is convenient to think we now live in the age of urban triumph. In 2018, about 55 percent of the people on Earth resided in urban areas. As economic powerhouses and a nucleus of innovations, the top 600 cities in the world generate almost 60…

Ecotourism: Malaysia’s best asset to sustain its natural heritage & economy

By Andrew Sebastian Ecotourism is a growing mammoth of a niche industry worldwide – offering jobs and economic prosperity while celebrating the world’s natural heritage from underwater to mountain tops. According to the United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the International Ecotourism Society (TIES), ecotourism is the most robust…

Non-Alignment for Sustainable Development

By Dr Hezri Adnan The year 1979 was a tumultuous one in international affairs. In February, Ayatollah Khomeini seized power in Iran, replacing the 2,500 old Persian monarchy with an Islamic theocracy. The same year saw 66 Americans seized as hostage at the US Embassy in Tehran by a group…