Once named, the new prime minister must form a government, a process that often takes many months. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati is ... get the latest breaking news delivered to you.

BEIRUT - Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de ... premier to neighbouring Syria in 15 years. Lebanon's new president, Joseph Aoun, said on Thursday there was a ...

Najib, imprisoned for his role in a multibillion-dollar fraud at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, had his 12-year sentence halved last year by then-King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, who ...

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Najib is facing 25 charges - four counts of using his position to secure RM2.3bil of 1MDB funds in bribes and 21 counts of money laundering involving the same amount. Open Modal × ...

KUALA LUMPUR - A purported royal document allowing Malaysia's jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest was never hidden, the ...

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PUTRAJAYA – Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak was on Jan 6 granted ... Hazlin Hassan is Malaysia correspondent at The Straits Times. Lu Wei Hoong is Malaysia correspondent at ...

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's appeals court on Monday granted a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to see a document he said should allow him to serve his sentence at home, in a rare win for ...

PUTRAJAYA – Thousands gathered outside court on Jan 6 to await the Court of Appeal’s decision on former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak ... he told The Straits Times.

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A Malaysian court on Monday granted jailed ex-premier Najib Razak's bid to access a royal document that should allow him to serve his sentence at home, in a rare win for the disgraced former ...