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Royal Dutch Shell is facing calls from a shareholder group to use its position as the joint owner of Brunei's biggest oil and gas venture to push for gay rights in ...

A short-term rental company that caters to LGBTQ travellers is calling for a boycott of hotels around the world owned by the Sultan of Brunei following the ...

On the morning of April 24, Brunei and Jordan held the first iteration of their joint defense committee meeting. Apart from constituting a landmark development for ...

The London Evening Standard is facing calls to move an awards ceremony to be held at the Brunei-owned Dorchester after the country imposed new laws ...

Brunei has written to the European parliament defending its decision to start imposing death by stoning as a punishment for gay sex, claiming convictions will be ...

MIRI: The Road Transport Department (RTD) is proposing the introduction of vehicle entry permit (VEP) charges on all foreign vehicles at the Customs, ...

Brunei has refused to back down on its extreme anti-gay laws. The law, introduced earlier this month, made adultery and gay sex punishable by death by stoning ...

On April 3, the country of Brunei put into practice the final laws of a sharia, law-based penal code. Sex between men, anal sex, extramarital sex, and abortion ...

A harsh new criminal law in Brunei — which includes death by stoning for sex between men or for adultery, and amputation of limbs for theft — went into effect ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home this evening concluding her three-day official visit to Brunei Darussalam at the invitation of Sultan Hassanal ...

When Brunei put harsh new laws in place this week that made adultery and gay sex punishable by stoning, it focused international attention on the country's ...

Earlier this month, gay sex and adultery became punishable by death by stoning in Brunei.

A law goes into effect Wednesday in Brunei that will punish adultery and homosexual sex with death. Here are some of the reactions from around the world.

Shell owns 50 percent of Brunei Shell Petroleum. The Brunei government owns the other half.

HONG KONG — When more than 100 members of Congress raised worries in 2014 over plans to include Brunei in a sweeping Pacific trade deal, envoys from ...

The oil-rich sultanate imposes harsh Shariah law on its subjects, while members of the royal family enjoy lives of conspicuous luxury.

Its foreign minister says the country's new criminal code — which makes adultery and gay sex punishable by stoning — is intended to deter.

BANK Islam Brunei Darussalam's (BIBD) Corporate Banking Group recently organised a business networking hi-tea for 20 of its corporate customers and ...

A new law which comes into effect from next week will punish homosexual sex and adultery with death in the small southeast Asian kingdom of Brunei.

Life in Brunei's small and marginalized LGBT community has always been difficult, but the introduction of strict new Islamic law is forcing some to seek asylum ...

An honorary degree awarded by the University of Aberdeen to the Sultan of Brunei has been revoked after his country made gay sex an offence punishable by ...

For decades, he was known as a godfather of excess. The wealthiest man in the world for many years, the sultan of Brunei knew how to spend the vast riches ...

Zoella Zayce displays no photos of her family in her basement apartment in Vancouver, thousands of miles from where she left them in Brunei. The 19-year-old ...

Hassanal Bolkiah, who believes gay people should be stoned to death, is assisted by leading City auditing firms.

The sultan of Brunei has been on the throne for 52 years, making him the second-longest reigning monarch in the world, after Queen Elizabeth II. In Brunei – a ...

EXCLUSIVE: THE Sultan of Brunei inadvertently bought a fleet of stolen super cars, including his own personal Bentley, from a gang of East End criminals, it has ...

Draconian new laws have spread unease rather than outright panic in a population that is used to finding ways around legislation.

The new Islamic laws are only the latest symptom of broader issues in the tiny, oil-rich sultanate.

Responding to reports that Brunei's foreign minister, Erywan Yusof, has claimed that the punishments contained in the country's Shariah Penal Code are ...

THE MOST famous person to have been accused of theft in Brunei is Prince Jefri Bolkiah, the brother of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. The government said he ...

IT seems the only explanation on Mamasapano and DAP that the nation will ever get from Benigno Aquino 3rd is stony silence. It is as if they never happened.

'Leadership training' given to officers who may be helping to impose new anti-gay law.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The European Parliament on Thursday strongly condemned Brunei for introducing "retrograde" Islamic laws that ...

MIRI: Firefighters are tackling forest fires currently raging at the Sarawak-Brunei border, says Miri Fire and Rescue Department chief Supt Law Poh Kiong.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- China and Brunei will further promote the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation, creating a better future for ...

The Sultan of Brunei's honorary doctorate from King's College London (KCL) could be rescinded, after his country made gay sex punishable by stoning to death.

Brunei's new anti-gay laws have shocked the world. So, why haven't governments, including Australia's, taken a stronger stand against the sultan?

New criminal laws in Brunei that impose the death penalty for same-sex relationships, adultery and childbirth out of marriage, “breach international human rights ...

Influential travel industry members and celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and George Clooney are shunning Brunei-owned hotels and Royal Brunei Airlines over ...

Last week, Brunei's military chief paid a visit to Pakistan. Though it was only one of a series of ongoing interactions between the two sides, it was nonetheless ...

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At a time when Islam's place in the modern world is a matter of global contention, Brunei, a small monarchy in Southeast Asia, has offered its two cents. By April ...

Responding to the news that Brunei Darussalam has today finalised the implementation of a new Shariah Penal Code that introduces cruel punishments such ...

Dhaka and Bandar Seri Begawan yesterday signed seven instruments to step up cooperation in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, livestock, culture, sports and ...

EU officials on Wednesday accused Brunei of “rude” and “abusive” lobbying against a resolution condemning the Muslim-majority sultanate for imposing the ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Tuesday sent separate messages of condolences to the president and ...

Brunei announced the entry in force of a new criminal code on April 3, which provides for corporal punishment and the death penalty for crimes including ...

... | Wani Roslan |. THE Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) organised an international symposium on Cultural ...

A new law that takes effect this week in the small southeast Asian kingdom of Brunei will punish homosexual sex and adultery with death. CNN's Alexandra Field ...

"I still can't really fathom my country installing a punishment for people like me for simply being who we are," says Shahiran Shahrani, a Bruneian who now lives ...

Brunei is accelerating the development and implementation of policies to increase the competitiveness of its small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to diversify ...

Taking in the temples, tucking into questionable street food and lugging around an oversized backpack around South East Asia is a rite of passage for many, but ...

During the visit, Bangladesh is likely to sign seven MoUs in various sectors.

... | Fadhil Yunus |. BRUNEI Darussalam's mixed martial arts exponents Ahmed Faez Anuar and Nurhidayat Haji Abdul enjoyed impressive victories in their ...

On Friday, a Brunei vessel kicked off a pre-arranged voyage to China. The trip, which was part of a broader planned deployment tied to various bilateral and ...

The Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies' role in the race to lay the groundwork for 5G, the latest advance in mobile telephony, has ...

The laws, elements of which were first adopted in 2014 and which have been rolled out in phases since then, will be fully implemented from next week, the prime ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Bangladesh and Brunei are likely to sign seven bilateral instruments on cooperation in various sectors during Prime ...

Actor George Clooney has called for a boycott of luxury hotels owned by Brunei company.

THE DEPARTMENT OF Foreign Affairs has said that it has revised its travel advice for Brunei-Darussalam after it implemented harsh new sharia laws on ...

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei - Thai star Kiradech Aphibarnrat will be looking to cast his injury woes aside when he defends his title at the US$75000 Butra ...

The RCGP is reviewing its longstanding 'formal collaboration' with Brunei as GPs voice outrage over new anti-LGBT laws that make sex between men and ...

Ellen DeGeneres is one of the latest celebrities to speak out against Brunei and join in a boycott of Brunei-owned hotels due to an anti-gay law that goes into ...

Two Bruneians, who have left the country, describe what life there is like for LGBT people.

Firefighters from the Operation Branch 'F at the Jerudong and Pengkalan Batu fire stations have been handling 57 reports of forest and bush fires since early ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei Darussalam has officially launched an online store — the Brunei National Pavilion — under China's largest e-retailer, ...

MIRI, April 25 ? The Road Transport Department (RTD) proposes to impose the vehicle entry permit (VEP) requirement on all foreign vehicles at the Customs, ...

From time to time, celebrities recoil and, in anger, seek to march for a change to the status quo. Much of is never intended to alter much, but they can count their ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As a transgender woman growing up in Brunei, Zoe saw the country's slide toward conservatism from an ...

Brunei has defended its right to implement Islamic laws that would allow death by stoning for adultery and homosexuality against growing global criticism.}

"I got used to the idea of hiding myself," a local man told The OUTlook.

Last week, Brunei's military commander paid a visit on board a vessel for one-day tour which provided an opportunity to review the country's maritime ...

Although people worldwide have joined human rights advocates in condemning the harsh new laws, many social media comments from Muslim-majority Asian ...

Some observers report early signs of an exodus of money management firms following Brunei's new law punishing homosexuality and adultery.

Some experts say the introduction of extreme sharia laws is designed to encourage more investment and tourism from puritanical Muslim countries.

Brunei's brutal new anti-LGBTQ laws are sparking an international outcry. Melissa Duggan on calls to boycott Brunei-owned hotels as part of the backlash.

Earlier this week, Royal Brunei Airlines announced that it was taking over the job as the sultanate's marketing organization for the national tourist board.

Séamus Woulfe decides against going to Dorchester amid controvery over gay rights.

The horrific news in Brunei is a moment for outrage and for action.

On April 3, Brunei will legalize the stoning to death of LGBT people. After 24 hours of silence, the U.S. government tells The Daily Beast it is 'concerned' about ...

London's transport network Transport for London (TfL) has agreed to take down advertising by Brunei and its government-owned airline Royal Brunei Airlines, ...

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Traditional values: A photographer takes pictures of a newlywed couple at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan on April 1.

Protesters have rallied in Brisbane against Brunei's sharia laws out front of the Royal on the Park Hotel.

Vero Beach-based Piper Aircraft has come under scrutiny among gay right organizations because anti-gay policies instituted by the government of Brunei, which ...

A number of celebrities are boycotting hotels owned by Hassanal Bolkiah, the sultan of Brunei, to protest a new criminal law that punishes same-sex sexual acts ...

Princess Cruises is looking to change its calls to Brunei after the destination introduced a harsh penal code that includes laws that make gay sex and adultery ...

The prime minister visited Brunei on April 21-23 at the invitation of Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.

The Asian state of Brunei implemented new strict Islamic laws on Wednesday, which allows the death penalty for homosexual intercourse and for women who ...

In 2014, she heard about two people fined and jailed for cross-dressing and knew she had to flee. Now in Canada, she hopes for a permanent new home.

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A Canadian traveller has been refunded for a flight to Brunei after he learned new Islamic criminal laws in the small Southeast Asian nation permit stoning ...

Lance Bass speaks out on the day Brunei as a country will start stoning gay people to death.

Brunei is just one of many countries that aren't safe for LGBTQ travelers.

HRC released the following statement as Brunei implemented a new law imposing barbaric punishments on LGBTQ people, including death by stoning, torture ...

The Sultan of Brunei is in a particularly pissy mood.The oil potentate recently issued an edict demanding that people caught having gay sex will be stoned to ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Tourist arrivals into Brunei International Airport increased by 7.4 percent last year, surpassing the government's target of 278,000 ...

Brunei's harsh new laws targeting LGBT people have shocked the world and prompted global condemnation. High-profile celebrities from George Clooney to ...

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The penalties were provided for under new sections of Brunei's Shariah Penal Code. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah instituted the code in 2014 to bolster the influence ...