Anwar Ibrahim
Albanese and Anwar find common ground in defending the Pope against Trump
The comments from both leaders underscore the delicate tightrope countries are walking as they grapple with the downstream consequence of US president’s Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour.
- Lisa Visentin
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The leaders who were outraged and those who were delighted by Trump’s strike on Venezuela
Some leaders, like Anthony Albanese, have taken a muted response to the Trump administration’s activities in Venezuela. Others have been far more forthright.
- Matthew Knott
Thailand and Cambodia sign truce to halt brutal border war
The deal will halt the worst fighting in years between the South-East Asian countries, which has included fighter jets sorties, rockets fired and artillery barrages.
- Panu Wongcha-um
Trump’s peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand is falling apart
Cambodia has accused Thailand of killing a civilian and injuring three others in fresh fighting. Thailand says Cambodia shot first.
- Zach Hope
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- China relations
World leader hosting ASEAN saves his final, careful words for Albanese
Of all the statements and speeches from Anwar Ibrahim over the past three days, it may have been his very last that meant the most to the Australian prime minister.
- Zach Hope
Cambodia and Thailand agree to ceasefire after days of deadly clashes
But within hours of the truce coming into effect at midnight on Monday, the neighbours were disputing whether it was holding.
- Zach Hope
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- Trump diplomacy
Trump’s Aussie ‘alpha male’ is falling flat in Malaysia
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is staring at a Nick Adams-shaped pickle.
- Zach Hope
Keating called him ‘recalcitrant’. Others say he was an autocrat. But he’s received at least seven birthday cakes since Monday
His trips to hospital prompted predictions it might be curtains for the man who “put Malaysia on the map”. But comebacks are part of the Mahathir brand.
- Zach Hope
‘You have shown determination’: Malaysian PM praises Putin, pledges closer ties
Anwar Ibrahim, in Moscow, said it would be to Malaysia’s benefit if Russia agreed to ‘collaborate in all fields of endeavour’.
- Philip J. Heijmans and Anisah Shukry
‘Murderous rampage’: Malaysian PM attacks Western leaders over hypocrisy on Israel, Ukraine
Anwar Ibrahim revealed he personally lobbied Anthony Albanese to restart funding for the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees.
- Matthew Knott