India tired of rape culture excuses
In India, 106 women are raped per day and the numbers aren’t going down. The brutal rape and cold-blooded murder of an eight-year-old Muslim shepherd girl, allegedly to…
Grab-Uber deal: Merger or market-sharing agreement?
The Grab-Uber merger has implications for competition law and long-term commuting behaviour, and deserve careful scrutiny. Now that the Grab-Uber deal is being carefully…
The cult of Prayut Chan-o-cha
Support is growing for the general’s continued role as premier, but there’s a catch that’s being overlooked. They have turned to Prayut Chan-o-cha as though he was a movie…
Mother of all elections begins in Malaysia
[THIS is not the first general election that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is leading yet he looked so tense and coiled up when announcing the dissolution of Parliament. Some thought…
Saudi-Israel thaw?
Today’s Arab governments are willing to put Palestine issue on the back burner to establish ties with Israel. IN terms of Middle East politics, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed…
Will US-China trade war hurt efforts to solve N. Korea nuclear crisis?
The growing trade discord between the US and China is fueling concerns that it may hurt efforts to rein in North Korea’s nuclear crisis. On Tuesday, the Trump administration…
Reimpose sanctions against Myanmar
Bangladeshi senior adviser Gowher Rizvi is calling for the reimposition of sanctions against Myanmar for its role in the Rohingya crisis. Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs…
Malala validates activists in Pakistan
Being an activist in Pakistan is hard but when I met Malala my work seemed validated, says Sarah Belal in an editorial. We didn’t know who we were meeting until just a few hours…
Easter as a time of remembrance
Andrew Sheng reflects on the state of the world in time for the holidays. Easter weekend is a time for remembrance of life and death. Millions of Christians around the world…
The far-fetching implications of redelineation
Redrawing the electoral map could have unforeseen consequences in Malaysia. The highly controversial redelineation report was tabled and passed in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday.…