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TOKYO (AP) — Outraged Japanese opposition lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion on Friday, accusing the governing party of trying to push through a budget bill without adequate debate because of disruptions caused by a scandal over its fund-raising practices.
In an extraordinary public revelation, Australia’s director general of security Mark Burgess said a spy team from an unnamed country had cultivated and recruited a former Australian politician.
Supporters of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and current leader Ferdinand Marcos Jnr have turned on each other on social media, amid a dramatic fallout between the two, with the online clash turning ugly after supporters from both sides played a significant role in both leaders’ rise to power.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The eldest daughter and close aide of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday became the country’s first-ever female chief minister in eastern Punjab province. Her rivals accused authorities of nepotism and boycotted the session of the provincial assembly.
Maryam Nawaz Sharif was elected chief minister in her family’s long-time power base of Punjab province, after Pakistan held national and provincial polls on February 8.
An environmental activism group named after a Swiss who vanished in Sarawak in 2005 during a mission to defend an indigenous tribe from loggers has urged Malaysian authorities to freeze the assets of the late former Sarawak governor Taib Mahmud.
Most Japanese citizens do not support any particular political party, according to a new opinion poll, with analysts suggesting the results underline not only public “disgust” at the corruption scandals that continue to rock the nation but also a sense that they are powerless to bring about change.
Thailand’s ousted former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, a leader once seen as a threat to the country’s wealthy elite, was released on parole on Sunday, after spending only a fraction of his original eight-year prison term in detention — in a hospital.