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Baey Yam Keng (left) with Gabriella, who found his wallet, and Maxence of the French national police, who helped return it during the Singapore minister’s trip to France, an act of kindness he shared in a Christmas Facebook post. — Picture via Facebook/Baey Yam Keng

Singapore / 18 h ago

‘My lucky day’: Singapore minister thanks strangers who returned his lost wallet in France

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s statement read out by his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 18 h ago

After 1MDB conviction, Najib urges Malaysians to stay calm, vows to continue legal fight

Puchong Umno secretary Yusof Yassin said the decision came after the division gave Yeo Bee Yin a 24-hour deadline during a year-end celebration hosted by Selangor Umno Youth at her service centre. —Picture by Miera Zulyana

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Puchong Umno cuts cooperation with Pakatan division following Yeo Bee Yin’s comments on Najib

The Defence Ministry today instructed Army chief General Tan Sri Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan to go on leave with immediate effect to allow investigations into certain allegations. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 3 h ago

Malaysia Army chief on leave pending MACC probe, Navy chief named acting Armed Forces chief after Nizam retires

Kota Bharu district police chief ACP Mohd Rosdi Daud said they received a report from a woman, 19, who claimed to have been roughed up by another woman, in her 20s, in an incident at 2.30 pm, which also involved the families of the complainant and the suspect.— iStock pic

Malaysia / 7 h ago

Kota Bharu market riot sees 12 arrested, including five men and seven women

In 2018, Datuk Seri Najib Razak was first charged at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court with four counts of abuse of power, amounting to RM2.3 billion in 1MDB funds, and 21 counts of money laundering related to the same amount. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Najib’s 1MDB trial, from first charge to final High Court sentence

The author argues that Malaysia’s public universities risk hollowing themselves out through KPI pressure, ranking obsession and a culture of silence — and that meaningful reform depends on rebuilding psychological safety and treating universities as learning organisations, not metric-driven factories. — Picture by Miera Zulyana

What You Think / 5 h ago

The Ivory Tower’s silent crisis: Why Malaysian universities must learn to learn — Shamyl Shalyzad Shamsuddin

General view of the Proton EV plant in Tanjung Malim, Perak, September 4, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 10 h ago

Malaysia 2025: A year of firsts — from AI and EVs to targeted subsidies and ageing blueprint reforms

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said that four of the individuals, namely her three children and a close friend, had their statements taken in Singapore and the rest here. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Bukit Aman warns public after victim allegedly scammed by fake NSRC call

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak leaves the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex on December 22, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Isa

What You Think / 8 h ago

The use of the device of distinguishing by High Court judge in Najib’s judicial review application — Hafiz Hassan

The author argues that despite streaming’s dominance, 2025 reaffirmed the power of the big screen — from arthouse discoveries to punchy genre hits like ‘Eye for an Eye 2: Blind Vengeance’.

Opinion / 8 h ago

My favourite films of 2025

Comforting spread at Ang Noodle House in Taman Taynton View, Cheras. — Picture by CK Lim.

Eat-drink / 8 h ago

The signature ‘lum mee’ at Ang Noodle House in Cheras has layers of flavours, thanks to a broth simmered slowly for 24 hours

Pasir Gudang Fire and Rescue Station operations commander PBK I Nazaruddin Yusof said a distress call was received at 5.37 am, prompting the dispatch of one emergency vehicle with eight personnel to the scene. — Picture via Facebook

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Two killed and five others hurt, including teenage girl in serious condition, in Johor three-vehicle collision

Wang Li dances with a partner at the Hai Shang Jiu Meng Dance Hall in the Changning district of Shanghai December 10, 2025. — AFP pic

Life / 10 h ago

‘Just old, not dead’: How Shanghai retirees are waltzing their way to joy

Picture for illustration purposes only. A man’s attempt to steal a gold chain worth approximately RM30,000 was foiled when he was apprehended by a customer at a gold shop in Paka on Thursday. — AFP pic

Malaysia / 2 h ago

Customer foils man’s attempt to steal RM30,000 gold chain at jewellery shop in Terengganu

World

15 m ago

‘Release all their names and embarrass them’: Trump tells DOJ to target Democrats as Epstein files are unsealed

Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump in a DOJ‑released image from the Epstein investigation, Washington, December 23, 2025. — Reuters pic/US Justice Department

WASHINGTON, Dec 27 — US President Donald Trump urged the Justice Department (DOJ) Friday to “embarrass” any Democrats who worked with Jeffrey Epstein after it began poring over millions of documents linked to the late sex offender.The DOJ began releasing records last week from the investigation into Epstein, a wealthy...

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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is moving out of the J. Edgar Hoover building in central Washington, DC, FBI Director Kash Patel has announced. — Reuters pic

World / 48 m ago

FBI announces shutdown of Hoover HQ, Reagan Building picked for new headquarters

Search and rescue teams prepare to look for the missing tourists after a boat sank near Padar Island, Labuan Bajo, December 27, 2025. — AFP pic/BASARNAS Labuan Bajo

World / 2 h ago

Spanish family missing after tourist boat sinks off Indonesia’s Labuan Bajo

Campaigning ahead of Myanmar’s general election that begins on Sunday has been shorn of the energy of previous polls as voting is scheduled amid a civil war and a humanitarian crisis. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

Fear and silence mark Myanmar’s general election under military rule

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Campaigning ahead of Myanmar’s general election that begins on Sunday has been shorn of the energy of previous polls as voting is scheduled amid a civil war and a humanitarian crisis. — AFP pic

2 h ago

Fear and silence mark Myanmar’s general election under military rule

Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has pushed for international recognition for decades, with president Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi making it a top priority since taking office last year. — AFP pic

4 h ago

Somalia, African Union slam Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as independent state

A bridge lies damaged after Thai air strikes in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap border area, December 20, 2025. — AFP pic

5 h ago

Thailand and Cambodia agree ‘immediate’ ceasefire after weeks of deadly border clashes

Emergency personnel help an elderly woman from a Kyiv apartment damaged in a Russian drone strike, December 23, 2025. — Reuters pic

5 h ago

Kyiv rocked by powerful blasts as air defences intercept drones and missiles

Christmas under Donald Trump brought air strikes abroad and political threats at home. — Reuters pic

7 h ago

Christmas spirit, Trump‑style: Bombs not baubles, barbs not blessings

More than 40 million Americans were under winter storm warnings or weather advisories, plus another 30 million under flood or storm advisories in California. — AFP pic

7 h ago

Holiday travel nightmare: Thousands stranded as New York faces heaviest snow in four years

French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital’s end-of-year festivities were in full swing. — AFP pic

8 h ago

Festive Paris shaken by metro stabbing spree — three women wounded, suspect caught within hours

Rohingya refugees carry relief materials after collecting them from a distribution point at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Ukhia December 17, 2025. — AFP pic

10 h ago

‘How can you call this an election?’ Rohingya refugees shut out as Myanmar goes to the polls

Ryu Kum-ji who lost both parents in the Jeju Air plane crash, stages a solo protest near the Presidential Office in Seoul December 25, 2025. — Reuters pic

20 h ago

A year after Jeju Air disaster, victims’ families say truth remains out of reach

A worker points to the damage of the containment vessel following a drone attack on February 14, 2025, on the New Safe Confinement (NSC) which contains radiation from the remains of reactor 4 of the former Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, on December 22, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic

20 h ago

Chernobyl’s safety shield was meant to last a century — war has changed that

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet shake hands and hold up a document, during the signing of a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand on the sidelines of the 47th Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Kuala Lumpur October 26, 2025. — Reuters pic

20 h ago

‘Let this be the final signing’: Thailand pushes for truce as border fighting flares

This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on December 26, 2025, shows the aftermath of the explosion inside Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab neighbourhood of Homs. — AFP pic

21 h ago

Explosion rips through mosque in Alawite area of Syria’s Homs, at least six killed

The Ukrainian president said talks with Trump could come ‘in the near future’ as a 20-point peace plan is sent to Moscow. — AFP pic

21 h ago

‘A lot can be decided’: Zelensky says Trump meeting is imminent as war talks intensify

Members of Israeli forces take part in an Israeli raid in Qalandya, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 23, 2025. — Reuters pic

22 h ago

Israeli reservist rams vehicle into Palestinian man praying in West Bank

A missile is launched from a military vessel at an unidentified location, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released by the Department of War on December 25, 2025. — US Department of War Via X/Handout via Reuters

22 h ago

Nigeria signals more strikes likely in ‘joint’ US operations

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