Millions of Malaysians went to the polls on November 19 for the country’s 15th general election since independence. Voters, PH’s election campaign argued, should return the coalition to power in order restore the people’s mandate. The coalition’s Islamic component, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia, has a strong grassroots presence among conservative religious voters and is generally seen as the party with the …
Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah sworn in to receive the body of his half-brother Sheikh Sabah, who died on Tuesday. Kuwait has sworn in its new emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, to receive the body of his half-brother, the late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah who died in the United States at the age of 91. Kuwait’s new leader, 83-year-old …
