Govt looks to boost role in regional and international training, post-conflict stability efforts

Its spokesman says Hun Sen’s post that Cambodians have been asked to leave their province is false and causes panic.

BANGKOK, June 24 — Thailand's military has closed border crossings into Cambodia to almost all travellers, including tourists and traders, citing security concerns as tensions between the two Southeast Asian neighbours remain escalated over a simmering border dispute.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Bursa Malaysia opened lower today, extending last week’s downtrend, weighed down by the broadly lower Wall Street performance amid the intensified conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran, said an analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 — The global community should make a collective voice to stop the Gaza war, which has destroyed educational institutions in Palestine, said Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

CAIRO, July 17 — Israeli forces pounded areas in the central Gaza Strip today, killing at least nine Palestinians, said health officials, while Israeli tanks carried out a limited advance further into Rafah in the south.

KHAN YOUNIS, July 6 — In an upstairs room behind the shattered walls of a Gaza building, sewing machines whir as men work at crowded tables; a Palestinian businessman’s effort to aid the enclave’s economy after nine months of Israeli bombardment.

UNITED NATIONS, July 4 — An Israeli military evacuation order covering a third of the Gaza Strip has “wiped out” the United Nations’ attempts to improve humanitarian aid delivery via the Kerem Shalom crossing, a senior UN aid official said yesterday.

CAIRO, June 20 — Israeli tanks backed by warplanes and drones advanced deeper into the western part of the Gazan city of Rafah yesterday, killing eight, said residents and Palestinian medics.

SEOUL, June 10 — South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea yesterday, its military said, following through on a warning demanding Pyongyang stop sending balloons carrying trash into the South.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, June 6 — The leader of Hamas said yesterday the group would demand a permanent end to the war in Gaza and Israeli withdrawal as part of a ceasefire plan, dealing an apparent blow to a truce proposal touted last week by United States President Joe Biden.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — Malaysia is firm in its stand that Israel stop the atrocities against Palestinians, release all Palestinian prisoners and agree to a peace plan, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

DOHA, May 14 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s discussion with two prominent Qatar government leaders today was rooted primarily on the Palestine-Israel conflict and touched on the current development in Gaza.

BERLIN, March 12 — Malaysia and Germany on Monday called for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as well as the release of hostages and immediate humanitarian assistance to the Palestine people.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — The Federal Court, the country's highest court, has jurisdiction to overturn civil laws and Syariah laws if they conflict with the Federal Constitution.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — The Palestine Solidarity Secretariat (SSP) and Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations (MAPIM) handed over a memorandum containing four demands, including an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict to the United States Embassy here today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — Malaysia’s economic growth will be affected should the Palestine-Israel conflict escalate further into one that involves Arab countries in the region, the Economy Ministry said.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14 — The humanitarian crisis in Palestine is poised to affect not just Palestine or the broader Middle East but also leave an imprint on global relations for many years to come, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The Malaysian Parliament today launched the collection of donations for the Palestinian Humanitarian Fund to help alleviate the burden and suffering of Palestinians affected by the war in Gaza.

KUALA KANGSAR, 5 Nov — The Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah today expressed his sorrow over the suffering of the Palestinian people who were victims of the brutality of the Israeli regime.