Soon six states in Malaysia will hold elections for their respective State Assembly Members. As usual, we are now witnessing the war of words between competing political parties. Plethora of issues have been raised with the aim of destroying the credibility of the opponents. Among the issues played is concerning the status of Malaysia - is it secular or otherwise. In response to the opposition's accusation that the ‘Madani’ government's…

 Indian police say they have arrested 74 Rohingya refugees for living “illegally” in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Those arrested included 55 men, 14 women, and five children and at least one of the arrested women is pregnant.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the burning of the Holy Quran in the Swedish capital Stockholm and called for "collective measures" to prevent such provocative acts from happening again.

 On 24th May 2023,Reuters reported, “The International Monetary Fund's managing director Kristalina Georgieva said about de-dollarization of the world: "We don't expect a rapid shift in reserves because the reason the dollar is a reserve currency is because of the strength of the US economy and the depth of its capital markets."”