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The prime minister's political secretary Datuk Azman Abidin (centre) attends press conference at the Bandar Tun Razak Member of Parliament's office in Kuala Lumpur, Dec 21, 2024. — Benama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Dr Wan Azizah demands swift response to mutilated cats at Universiti Malaya

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  / 5 h ago

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

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  / 5 h ago

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

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  / 4 h ago

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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to the media during a visit to the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg. — Reuters pic
World  / 19 h ago

Holiday horror: Death toll climbs to five in German Christmas market car-ramming, over 200 injured

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  / 4 h ago

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

The concept of negative time has drawn both fascination and scepticism, particularly from prominent voices in the scientific community. — Pixabay pic/Gerd Altmann
Life  / 17 h ago

Scientists observe ‘negative time’: A quantum breakthrough or just a new way of thinking?

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  / 3 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  / 4 h ago

Thai ceremony for the dead brings good karma and emotional closure

The Royal Malaysia Police logo is seen on a door at the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur on Nov 18, 2024. — Picture by Choo Choy May .
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Teen girl missing in Cheras since attending lion dance class in Batu 11 Thursday

‘Sate ayam’ and ‘sate daging’ at Sate Famili’s newest outlet in Mutiara Damansara. — Picture by Ethan Lau
Eat-drink  / 5 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  / 4 h ago

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

An illustrative photo shows the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) logo. — Picture by Devan Manuel
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Man missing in Kuantan found in parked car nine days later, then dies on site

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir delivers a speech during the launch of the Index Nexus Polycc: Synergy between Polycc and Industries at the Ungku Omar Polytechnic in Ipoh September 4, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Minister Zambry tells UM to start inquiries into sex pest claims

Salt cod has long been a national staple in Portugal, where it is said there are as many recipes for this humble fish as there are days in the year. — AFP pic
Life  / 17 h ago

Salt cod: Portugal’s Christmas staple served with tradition and a twist, but for how long?

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A Turkish drone flies over the Turkish Aerospace Industries building, after a deadly explosion at its headquarters in Kahramankazan, some 40km north of Ankara on October 23, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 24 Oct 2024

Turkiye strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq, Syria after fatal attack on aerospace HQ near Ankara

Ambulances wait along a road in Kahramankazan, a small town some 40km north of Ankara on October 23, 2024, in the vicinity of the gate of the Turkish Aerospace Industries after a huge explosion outside the headquarters left a number of people “dead and injured”. — AFP pic
World / 24 Oct 2024

Five dead, 22 hurt in Turkish aerospace HQ near Ankara; govt calls it terror attack, two assailants ‘neutralised’  

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (left) speaks as CNN moderator Anderson Cooper looks on during a Presidential Town Hall event at Sun Center Studios on October 23, 2024 in Aston, Pennsylvania. — AFP pic
World / 24 Oct 2024

Kamala Harris says she believes Trump is a fascist after his Hitler remark

Stacey Williams said she met Trump at a party in 1992 after being introduced by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, whom she had dated. — AFP pic
World / 24 Oct 2024

Former model introduced by Epstein claims groped by Trump, piling up sexual assault allegations as US presidential race intensifies 

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump dances on stage after speaking at a campaign rally at the Greensboro Coliseum on October 22, 2024 in Greensboro, North Carolina. — AFP pic
World / 24 Oct 2024

#HandsOffMyPorn: Adult film actors urge men voters to push back against Trump amid plan to ban industry

The deeply religious Hashem Safieddine, a cleric with family ties to Hassan Nasrallah and good relations with its backer Iran, had been the ‘most likely’ candidate for the party’s top job, officials had told AFP after Nasrallah’s death September 27. — Screengrab from Facebook
World / 24 Oct 2024

Hashem Safieddine, Hezbollah’s heir apparent who was killed by Israel

A man eats a meal in one of few cafes which are open in Pokrovsk, the eastern Donetsk region, on October 15, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic
World / 23 Oct 2024

Amid war’s grip, frontline Ukraine cafe offers a refuge of normalcy and comfort for residents

The one ballot drop box for the US presidential election in Fork, Washington is seen in front of the city’s administrative building on October 15, 2024 in Clallam County. If you want to know who’s going to win the White House in November, ask the people of Clallam County. — AFP pic
World / 23 Oct 2024

Clallam county: The last bellwether of US elections, keeping its prediction record alive for nearly half a century

A Morehouse student fills out a voter registration form at a voter registration booth at Morehouse College on August 19, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years after a US presidential race awash with misinformation, Americans face more of the same in the closing weeks of this year’s campaign, with claims about ballot irregularities and fraud likely to dominate. — AFP pic
World / 23 Oct 2024

‘Same playbook’: Four years on, US election again mired in misinformation as fake endorsements, edited videos, and satire fuel confusion

File picture of permanent representative of China to the UN, Fu Cong looking on after US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood voted against members of the Security Council allowing Palestinian UN membership during a Security Council at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, April 18, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 23 Oct 2024

West slams China on rights abuses at UN, Beijing fires back with Gaza ‘living hell’ accusation

Displaced Palestinians fleeing Israeli military operations in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza strip walk along the Salah al-Din main road in eastern Gaza City making their way to the city centre, on October 22, 2024, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. — AFP pic
World / 23 Oct 2024

With Sinwar and Safieddine dead, US’ Blinken pleads to Israel that ‘now is the time’ to end Gaza war

Member of parliament Vincent Trebuchet, of the Union des Droites (UDR) parliamentary group, looks at his laptop as he attends the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, October 22, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 23 Oct 2024

In slap to France’s right-wing govt, left-wingers and centrists unite to make tax on the rich permanent

People take a boat ride in the polluted waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi on October 21, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 23 Oct 2024

Ahead of Deepavali, constant stink as New Delhi chokes from world’s worst air pollution

Residents look at a car buried by volcanic ash which cascaded into a village triggered by heavy rains brought about by Tropical Storm Trami at a village in Guinobatan town, Albay province South of Manila on October 23, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 23 Oct 2024

Seven dead, thousands evacuated as Tropical Storm Trami batters Philippines

With deaths due to non-compliance with seatbelt rules on the rise, Taiwan is taking extra measures. — Pexels pic
World / 23 Oct 2024

Taiwan nabbing non-seatbelt wearers with AI

People attend a campaign event with Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and former U.S. President Barack Obama gathering support for Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. October 22, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 23 Oct 2024

Harris: America exhausted with Trump, ‘absolutely’ ready for a female president