Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim addresses a session of Parliament on March 29, 2023. ... pushing major universities to remove from their walls portraits of the once immaculate icon.

As Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim prepares on Thursday to take over as prime minister, one of his recent comments serves to sum up the persistence that secured him the job he has eyed for three decades.

Item 1 of 3 Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim greets his supporters as he leaves his news conference in Sungai Long, Selangor, Malaysia November 24, 2022.

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Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he isn't worried about prosecutors' move to appeal his acquittal of sodomy and expressed confidence it won't derail his bid to unseat the current government.

In The Wall Street Journal, Al Gore and Paul Wolfowitz say that Anwar Ibrahim could be headed to prison again on trumped up charges. It's time for the world to speak up on his behalf.