Cricket

Cricket-Ex-India coach Rajput out to win respect for minnows UAE at T20 World Cup

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Nearly two decades after ‌guiding a youthful India to the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup title, coach Lalchand Rajput finds himself back on the ‌global stage, although the landscape and the stakes have shifted.

AseanPlus News

US defends new minerals alliance, rejecting claims it targets China

Washington says the Forge initiative is about securing supply chains against shocks and price coercion, not building an exclusive bloc

Nation

Zamri Vinoth among two remanded after anti-illegal temple rally

KUALA LUMPUR: Two men detained following a rally against the construction of allegedly illegal temples on Saturday (Feb 7) have been remanded for two days, police say.

World

Gunmen kill three people and abduct Catholic priest in northern Nigeria

BAUCHI, Nigeria, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Gunmen ‌killed three people and abducted a Catholic priest and several others ‌during an early morning attack on the clergyman's residence in northern Nigeria's ‌Kaduna state, church and police sources said on Sunday.

World

Four Indian students injured in knife attack in Russia, embassy says

MOSCOW, Feb ‌8 (Reuters) - Four Indian students were ‌injured in a knife attack ‌at a medical university in Russia's Bashkortostan region on Saturday, the Indian embassy in ‍Moscow and Russian investigators ‍said.

Singapore

Fatal Chinatown accident in Singapore: Driver arrested after 6-year-old girl died

A 38-year-old woman was arrested following the accident in Chinatown on Feb 6 that killed a six-year-old girl, said the police in an update on Feb 8.

AseanPlus News

White House plans first Board of Peace summit, on Feb 19, according to reports

The White House is planning a leaders' meeting for the Board of Peace on Feb 19, reported Xinhua quoting US media outlet Axios Saturday.

Nation

Don't be victims amid rise in bogus welfare home cases

KUCHING: Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri urges members of the public not fall victim to scams involving fake welfare homes that demand payment.

Nation

Foreigners nabbed for stealing car batteries, workshop items, say Kluang cops

KLUANG: Police have arrested three foreign men believed to have stolen vehicle batteries and workshop equipment.

World

Meloni condemns 'enemies of Italy' after clashes in Olympics host city Milan

MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Italian Prime ‌Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned anti-Olympics protesters as "enemies of Italy" after ‌violence on the fringes of a demonstration in Milan on Saturday ‌night and sabotage attacks on the national rail network.

AseanPlus News

Panama president defends judiciary after China slams canal port concession ruling

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino rejects Chinese criticism, arguing verdict was within Panama's constitutional and legal framework

Nation

Café fight leads to 10 arrests in Jinjang

KUALA LUMPUR: A fight near a café here led to the arrest of 10 suspects following an incident in Taman Beringin on Friday (Feb 6).

Living

Human Writes: Eating up the planet

We love our meat – and that love is helping to kill the Earth as well as our own health.

Nation

Child opens car door, causes accident involving six vehicles along Jalan Tun Razak

KUALA LUMPUR: A child inadvertently caused a road accident after opening a car door in open traffic, leading to two motorcycles crashing into each other.

Nation

Govt channels RM250,000 aid to 800 students in Ipoh ahead of CNY

PETALING JAYA: The Madani government has channelled RM250,000 in festive aid to 800 students in Ipoh Barat ahead of Chinese New Year, reaffirming its commitment to student welfare and social unity.

Cricket

Cricket–Seifert and Phillips fire New Zealand past Afghanistan in T20 World Cup

CHENNAI, India, Feb 8 (Reuters) - New Zealand ‌pulled off a steep chase against Afghanistan's spin-heavy attack to begin their Twenty20 World Cup ‌campaign with a five-wicket victory in a group D match in Chennai on Sunday.

China

Trump balks at nuclear limit extension, calls for new US-China-Russia deal

For first time in half a century, the world is without a legally binding agreement to control nuclear weapons, as New Start accord expires

World

Ukraine imposes sanctions on foreign suppliers of components for Russian missiles

KYIV, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian ‌President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he ‌was imposing sanctions on some foreign manufacturers of ‌components for Russian drones and missiles used against Ukraine.

World

New Zealand to hear Christchurch mosque shooter's appeal against sentence

SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A white ‌supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers and ‌injured dozens at two mosques in New Zealand will begin an appeal hearing against his sentence on ‍Monday.

Indonesia

Bali police bust Indian-run online gambling ring, arrest 39 people

Bali Police have busted an online gambling syndicate operated by Indian nationals from two villas in the province, arresting 39 Indian suspects during the operation.