The highlights this week: An election in east Malaysia shakes the government, Myanmar grants clemency to thousands of ...

Malaysia’s embattled football association has been plunged deeper into crisis after the government suspended fresh funding over a document-forgery scandal that has embarrassed the football-mad nation.

The convocation then followed, first by the Speaker of the Senate and subsequently by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Speaker Moses Wetang’ula. Speaker Wetang’ula then acknowledged various ...

Asfia Awang Nassar of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu was sworn in for another term as the speaker of the Sarawak assembly. (Bernama pic) Asfia Awang Nassar, who is already the longest-serving speaker ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has assured that Sabah and Sarawak will have more parliamentary seats before the next general election. However, there was no guarantee it would amount to one-third of the ...

Previously, deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof of GPS said Sabah and Sarawak can only be allocated one-third of parliamentary seats after GE16. (Bernama pic) The federal government has decided to ...

The National Assembly of Bénin (National Assembly Benin) has approved a revision of the country’s Constitution, extending the presidential term from five to seven years and creating a bicameral ...

Bangladesh's interim leader has announced that a national referendum will be held on the same day as the parliamentary vote in February. The referendum includes political reform proposals. It comes in ...

Students use color sprays as they gather to commemorate “July Uprising Day” in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Aug. 5, 2025. (Credit: Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP.) Listen DHAKA – Most political parties in Bangladeshi ...

The government on Thursday published the gazette of the “July National Charter (Constitution Amendment) Implementation Order, 2025”. The order mandates the government to hold a referendum on the ...

The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, criticised the manner in which bills were being passed into law in the Senate, accusing the upper legislative chamber under Senate ...

Religious parties are more visible in Bangladesh’s pre-election landscape than at any time in recent memory, with campaign strategies now tethered to a single question: will the July Charter’s vision ...