ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) – Armenia is ready to sign a peace agreement with Azerbaijan if Baku shows the same political will, and is keen to make progress on normalising relations with Turkey, a senior Armenian official said on Saturday. Yerevan and Baku said in December they wanted to reach a …

SAKHIR, Bahrain (Reuters) – Christian Horner and his wife Geri Halliwell walked into the Bahrain Grand Prix paddock hand-in-hand on Saturday in a public show of unity after the Red Bull Formula One team boss was cleared of allegations of misconduct towards a female employee. The 50-year-old Horner and former …

N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby said on Saturday he plans to run in this year’s long-awaited presidential race. Deby’s confirmation came at the end of a chaotic week in which opposition politician Yaya Dillo was shot and killed in the capital N’Djamena. Dillo’s death on Wednesday …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russians queued on Saturday to place flowers on the grave of late opposition politician Alexei Navalny, with mourners hailing him as a symbol of hope and perseverance the day after he was laid to rest in Moscow. Navalny’s mother Lyudmila was among the mourners, visiting her son’s …

CAIRO: Gaza ceasefire negotiations are due to resume in Cairo on Sunday, two Egyptian security sources said on Saturday (March 2), signalling continued efforts to secure a truce which US President Joe Biden hopes will be in place by March 10. Biden said on Friday (March 1) he hoped there …

PETALING JAYA: Fahmi Fadzil says neither he nor his office instructed the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to block former minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz’s Facebook post criticising the discharge of retirees and civil servants from the National Heart Institute (IJN). “I have communicated this to Rafidah – it …

BATU GAJAH: Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) assures that the prices of Rumah Mesra Rakyat (RMR) will not be hiked following the rise in the Sales and Service Tax (SST) to 8% effective on Friday (March 1). Acting chief executive officer Zahanuddin Kamarudin explained that this is due to RMR …

PUTRAJAYA: The main contributing factor for the low representation of bumiputra companies in the halal industry is their inability to meet halal certification requirements, says Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd managing director Datuk Dr Ameer Ali Mydin. Ameer, who is the Bumiputra Retailers Association president, said out of the 9,162 halal-certified …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s parliament opened a seminar on Saturday on the political situation in Myanmar, including opponents of the neighbouring country’s military government, despite the junta’s objection. “What we are doing today is the first step in bringing a variety of stakeholders to talk to each other,” said lawmaker …

PUTRAJAYA: A permanent secretariat under the Bumiputra Economic Council will be established to monitor the immediate execution of resolutions proposed during the Bumiputra Economic Congress 2024 (KEB 2024), says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Rural and Regional Development Minister, said …