FETESTI, Romania (Reuters) – Red is a Romanian fighter pilot with hundreds of flight hours and countless air policing missions on the NATO state’s now retired fleet of MIG21 LanceR jets who will be flying Lockheed Martin F-16 planes as early as December. On Monday, he and six other Romanian …

PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar says that despite the anti-party hopping law’s perceived shortcomings, all parties, including Perikatan Nasional, acknowledged and accepted it at its passage. The former law minister told Astro Awani that when the bill was drafted, he had insisted on including a clause that …

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s president is set to seek re-election on Thursday in the face of weeks of protests by opposition groups who say he is ineligible to run and the vote should be delayed. Andry Rajoelina – a 49-year-old entrepreneur and former DJ – rose to power in a …

IPOH: The number of flood evacuees housed at temporary relief centres in Hilir Perak and Kerian reduced to 227 people from 66 families compared to 347 individuals from 101 families in four relief centres this morning. The Perak Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said in a statement that two centres are …

(Reuters) – Slovakia’s new government plans to raise multiple taxes, including on banks, to fund pension and other spending rises and slowly cut the euro zone’s highest budget deficit under a programme approved by the cabinet on Monday. Leftist Robert Fico became prime minister for the fourth time last month …

BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – After years of accelerating growth, Europe’s electric car sales appear to be entering a go-slow zone as drivers wait for better, cheaper models that are two to three years down the road. Fully-electric sales in Europe were up 47% in the first nine months of 2023, but …

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan on Monday opened three new border crossings to accelerate the repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals who have been ordered to leave the country or face expulsion, officials said. Many Afghans have opted to go home voluntarily to avoid deportation under a government push for undocumented …

PUTRAJAYA: The Human Resources Ministry always pays close attention to reports of mistreatment of foreign domestic helpers, including employers not paying their wages, says its minister V. Sivakumar. Sivakumar said he had instructed the Manpower Department (JTK) to take strict action against any employer who mistreated their workers in line …

KUALA LUMPUR: Beaches and lakes were among the focuses of the public with the replacement holiday for Deepavali on Monday (Nov 13) for recreation besides relieving stress or “healing” as the younger generation would say these days. A BK check in the nation’s capital found that many people chose the …

JAKARTA (Reuters) – TikTok has been holding talks with Indonesian e-commerce companies about possible partnerships, an Indonesian minister said on Monday, a month after Southeast Asia’s largest economy banned online shopping on social media platforms. TikTok has spoken with five companies including GoTo’s e-commerce unit Tokopedia, Bukalapak.com and Blibli, according …