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Malaysia Airlines’ new Airbus A330neo is escorted by a Royal Malaysian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKM fighter jet as it performs a flypast. — Picture courtesy of Malaysia Aviation Group Berhad
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

New planes, old problems: Malaysia Airlines says A330neos have engine issues

Johor police chief Datuk M Kumar said the receipts, dated December 19 and 20, involved food purchases at fast-food restaurants in Kluang, Batu Pahat, and Muar, believed to have been made by the same individual. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Johor cops probe receipts from fast food eatery allegedly containing insults to Islam

An undated file photograph shows the logo of the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim). — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Jakim spells out when Muslims may wish Christians ‘Merry Christmas’

People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg that saw over 200 injured. — AFP
World  / 13 h ago

Suspect in deadly Berlin Christmas market attack railed against Islam, Germany

Images circulating online showed a cat’s carcass with a large gash on its body and all four paws missing.
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

CCTV footage reveals stray dogs behind cat deaths at UM, says KL police chief

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said that the National Registration Department (JPN) is conducting nationwide outreach programmes to combat the possession of fake MyKad among the public. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Home Ministry cracks down on fake MyKad syndicate, mulls digital transition for future

A screen shot of a video showing the brawl involving football fans at the Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT Station on the Ampang-Sri Petaling Line.
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

‘Absurd’, Minister Hannah Yeoh says of football fans’ brawl inside Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT station

A container ship transits the expanded Panama Canal through the Cocoli Locks. — Reuters pic
Money  / 10 h ago

Trump slams Panama’s ‘excessive’ canal fees, threatens to reclaim it

Barat Daya district police chief ACP Sazalee Adam said efforts were being made by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) to bring home the two fishermen, Muhammad Ikmal Hakimi Ismail (left), 22, and Nor Hasrul Abdullah, 25. — Bernama pics
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Safe return: Missing fishermen found in Aceh waters, one week after drifting off Kuala Sungai Pinang in Penang

A man passes by a mural of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Shah Alam, Selangor, on March 8, 2023. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

What you should know about MH370, the jumbo jet Malaysia is searching for again a decade after it went missing

A volunteer places a gold leaf on a human skull during a Lang Pa Cha mass cleansing ceremony for unclaimed bodies. — Reuters
Life  / 12 h ago

Thai ceremony for the dead brings good karma and emotional closure

‘Sate ayam’ and ‘sate daging’ at Sate Famili’s newest outlet in Mutiara Damansara. — Picture by Ethan Lau
Eat-drink  / 13 h ago

Meru’s Sate Famili brings exceptional ‘sate ayam’ and more to Mutiara Damansara

Batu Pahat police chief, ACP Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani, said the victim, Afiqah Syaurah Qamarul Arifin, died at the scene from severe head injuries in the incident, which occurred around 10.30am. — Screengrab from social media
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Tragic end: Four-year-old girl riding pillion with two siblings on bike with dad killed in motorcycle-lorry crash in Johor 

Overcast skies blanketed several areas in Labuan and surrounding South China Sea waters, as seen at the Anjung Ketam fishermen’s jetty, December 21, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Wet weather warning for Sabah, Labuan: MetMalaysia issues alert for continuous rain today

The three-day DWP concert at the Jakarta International Expo, organised by Ismaya Live, a part of Ismaya Group, concluded on December 15 and is one of Asia’s largest electronic music festivals. — Picture from Instagram/Djakarta Warehouse Project
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Indonesian police detain 18 cops for alleged extortion of Malaysian fans at Jakarta DWP concert

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Shoppers browse colorful garlands and decorations for Deepavali in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur October 2, 2024. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Life / 13 Oct 2024

Deepavali shopping trends: Malaysian shoppers embrace online ease, but vibrant and festive allure of bazaars beckons

Anderias (right) and Ribka. — The Borneo Post
Life / 13 Oct 2024

Elderly Sarawakian couple finally receive seized MyKad after two years, offering hope to end family's statelessness

Claude Monet’s pastel on paper, “Bord de Mer”, dated about 1865 and which was stolen from the Parlagi family in 1940 by Nazi occupiers in France, is seen after its recovery by the US FBI Art Crime Team. — Reuters pic
Life / 13 Oct 2024

Monet painting stolen by Nazis 84 years ago finally returns to Jewish owners’ heirs after FBI steps in

Japanese audiences can watch the movie ‘Oppenheimer’ in cinemas from March 29, distribution company Bitters End said today — AFP
Life / 13 Oct 2024

Destroyer of worlds: How the race for the atomic bomb that became death, and a stark reminder to nations in the nuclear era

A file photo dated September 1945 of the remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. — AFP pic
Life / 13 Oct 2024

From atomic ashes to Nobel Peace Prize winners: The ‘unspeakable horror’ of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The Galeri Rumah Lat on Jalan Bemban, Batu Gajah showcases the journey of Malaysia’s most iconic cartoonist Datuk Mohd Nor Khalid, 73, better known as Lat. — Picture by John Bunyan
Life / 13 Oct 2024

Lat’s world in Batu Gajah: Where you can soak in the art and life of Malaysia’s most beloved cartoonist 

Pictured is popular K-pop group Blackpink. Cultural exports were worth some US$13.2 billion (RM56.6 billion) to South Korea in 2022, more than home appliances or electric cars—but the bulk of that was made up of video games, such as Battlegrounds Mobile which are wildly popular in India and Pakistan. — AFP pic
Life / 12 Oct 2024

Hello Hallyu: why is South Korean culture sweeping the globe?

Penang-born designer Kenny Loh (centre) poses with the models wearing his Nyonya kebaya designs. — Picture by Opalyn Mok
Life / 12 Oct 2024

Local-born designer celebrates Penang Peranakan culture with contemporary take on nyonya kebaya

James Owen reportedly told the court he didn’t know it was illegal to have pictures of people having sex with animals. — AFP pic
Life / 12 Oct 2024

Welsh man found with sexual abuse pictures of girl, horse, dog, and tortoise must now serve 100 hours of unpaid work and seven years as sex offender

Salespeople display books by South Korean author Han Kang, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, at a bookstore in Seoul yesterday. — AFP
Life / 12 Oct 2024

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang's books sell out in South Korea after total top 10 best-sellers domination

Too cute to eat? — Picture from Facebook/Vetmon Cafe & X/KhaoKheowZoo
Life / 12 Oct 2024

Is it cake? Would you take a bite of viral baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng's cuteness? (VIDEO)

Ai-Da poses in front of one of its paintings in June last year. — AFP
Life / 16 Oct 2024

Robot artist Ai-Da powered by AI to make history as its portrait of Alan Turing goes to auction at Sotheby's

Choi Soon-hwa, an 81-year-old senior model who won the best dressed award at Miss Universe Korea as the oldest contestant, poses for a photograph in Seoul October 4, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 12 Oct 2024

‘I finally scored in the second half of life’: Age no barrier for 81-year-old South Korean model defying stereotypes

Students visit the 800 year-old Abbasid Palace in Baghdad on September 10, 2024, during a tour organised by a young architect's club aimed at exploring the historic sites of the old city of the Iraqi capital. — AFP pic
Life / 12 Oct 2024

‘Soul of old Baghdad’: Historic city centre’s architecture and history sees signs of revival

South Korean author Han Kang, who won the Man Booker International Prize, poses for a photo during her first press conference since the award, in Seoul May 24, 2016. Han won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 yesterday. — AFP pic
Life / 12 Oct 2024

After K-pop, K-novels? From BTS to book lovers, S. Korea erupts in joy over Han Kang’s historic Nobel Literature Prize win

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands (left) visits the exhibition ‘Queens’ by US artist Andy Warhol at the Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn, on October 10, 2024. In 1985 Andy Warhol created a series of silkscreens of the world’s then reigning queens, including Queen Beatrix. — Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP pic
Life / 11 Oct 2024

Warhol’s rare ‘Queen’ collection, including Beatrix, Elizabeth II and featuring diamond-dusted portraits, opens in Dutch museum