Crisis
On March 20, 2025, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) submitted two names to FIFA for eligibility to play for Malaysia – Gabriel Palmero andHector Hevel. Coincidentally and amusingly, both players’ ancestors were born in Malacca. Palmero’s supporting birth certificate showed his grandmother was born in Malacca on May 17, 1956, while Hevel’s grandfather was […]
... written on Nov 08 2025Maduro has to make the right decision fast – he could find himself trapped and might soon discover that he cannot flee the country even if he decided to. The Trump administration has already offered a US$50 million bounty for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the Venezuelan leader – doubling the US$25 million reward […]
... written on Nov 02 2025Emerging from their first face-to-face meeting in six years, U.S. President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping appears to have reached a temporary truce in the trade war between the two economic superpowers. But all analysts believe that the Chinese leader walked out of the meeting with a new image – a leader of […]
... written on Oct 31 2025Sorry, Volodymyr Zelensky. There won’t be any Tomahawk missiles headed to Ukraine now that Russian President Vladimir Putin successfully hijacked the Ukrainian president’s masterplan. Putin had managed to talk and charm U.S. President Donald Trump over the phone just one day before Zelensky’s arrival at the White House. Trump said his session with Putin was “very […]
... written on Oct 18 2025How Anwar Ibrahim wished he were invited to the International Peace Summit in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. The high-level gathering, co-chaired by Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, involved leaders and officials from 27 countries. The meeting obviously provides an opportunity for world leaders to rub […]
... written on Oct 15 2025On Friday (October 10), Trump announced that the United States would slap additional 100% tariffs on all Chinese imports from November 1. Angrily, he also threatens to put export controls on critical software and to pull out of a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. However, residents of Beijing reacted with indifference and defiance the […]
... written on Oct 12 2025President Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to Egypt to help complete a hostage release deal after Hamas and Israel backed his 20-point proposal to end the Gaza War, despite Hamas’ half-baked agreement. It didn’t take Hamas till Sunday 6 p.m. – deadline set by Trump – to respond positively for obvious reasons. […]
... written on Oct 06 2025A flotilla of 46 boats carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists trying to break through a naval blockade to the Gaza Strip has been intercepted by Israeli forces. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said those involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) were being transferred to an Israeli port to be deported after detained. The first boats were […]
... written on Oct 03 2025Hamas terrorists have finally won the stupid prize for playing the stupid game. That stupid prize is to surrender as U.S. President Donald Trump revealed a 20-point plan after nearly two grueling years of war between Israel and Hamas. European and Middle Eastern leaders have welcomed the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, as Trump warned […]
... written on Sep 30 2025For years since 2012, Qatar has been the safe haven for Hamas after its political office relocated from Syria. Thanks to an arrangement tacitly endorsed by Washington to keep backchannels open with a terror group that Washington can’t speak to openly, Hamas senior leaders have enjoyed what was described as “Hamas privilege” in Doha, “living […]
... written on Sep 11 2025
