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The Dewan Negara today passed the Private Higher Educational Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2017 to help the government curb the use of unrecognised and fake academic titles.

MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai says the party did not oppose the PAS' private bill seeking to empower the Syariah courts.

The third meeting of the fourth session of the 13th Parliament will kick off on Monday (Oct 17) and end on Nov 24.

Parliamentarians from India's right-wing government on Friday blocked a private member's bill to decriminalise gay sex, in a setback for sexual freedom in the world's biggest democracy.

Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia is currently examining the proposal to amend the Shariah Court Act (criminal jurisdiction) 1965 brought by PAS.

The special sitting is to table and pass amendments to the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code II, or the Hudud Law, before a private bill on its implementation can be brought to Parliament.

Sarawak will comply with any decision or stand made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on the motion of the private bill for hudud.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.