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NEW YORK: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the current international system is such that there is nothing that the world could do to compel Indonesia to deal with widespread forest fires contributing to the haze situation in parts of Southeast Asia.

NEW YORK: The United Nations and Myanmar government came under fire on Tuesday for their inaction in resolving the Rohingya crisis which has displaced more than a million people in the country.

JAKARTA: While smoke from forest fires in Indonesia often simply obscures visibility with a choking haze, parts of Sumatra island recently witnessed blood red skies due to the interaction of sunlight on particles from smoke in the air.

NEW YORK: Massachusetts on Tuesday officially became the first US state to ban – if temporarily – the sale of all electronic cigarettes, going further than states that only prohibited flavored products.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has been called to protect job seekers from discrimination under the proposed amendments to the Employment Act 1955, which is expected to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat next month.

KUCHING: Forest and peatland fires, covering 53 hectares of land in Kampung STC, Sri Aman, were successfully extinguished at 10.30pm on Monday.

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who arrives here today (Sept 24) to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), is expected to use the platform to further Malaysia’s aspirations on the international stage.

KUALA LUMPUR: A witness told the High Court that 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) linked fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low shared a very close relationship with Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR: Hollywood producer, Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz today failed in his bid to transfer his US$248 million (RM1.25 billion) money laundering case from the Sessions Court to the High Court.

TANAH MERAH: A 16-year-old believed to be a ketum leaves peddler was killed while the driver suffered injuries when the car they were travelling in crashed into a lorry at Simpang 4 Yap Boon Yam, here, early today.