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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  / 3 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  / 12 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  / 5 h ago

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

Images circulating online showed a cat’s carcass with a large gash on its body and all four paws missing.
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

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

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  / 11 h ago

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

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  / 11 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  / 12 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  / 8 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  / 7 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  / 10 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  / 11 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  / 12 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  / 10 h ago

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

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  / 12 h ago

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

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  / 9 h ago

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

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay US$880 million (RM4.16 billion) to 1,353 people who alleged that they were sexually abused as children by Catholic priests. — Reuters pic
World / 17 Oct 2024

Los Angeles Archdiocese to pay record RM4.16b settlement in massive child abuse scandal

While Chinese weddings are known for their extravagant rituals, many of today’s young people are opting for simpler venues to avoid the pressure of elaborate customs and reduce costs.— Picture via Facebook
World / 17 Oct 2024

In China, young couples swap lavish wedding venues for McDonald’s and hotpot chains

Donald Trump previously said he would conduct mass deportations of Haitian immigrants from the Ohio city, even though the majority of them are in the US legally. — Reuters pic
World / 17 Oct 2024

Trump defends false claim that Ohio immigrants are eating pets at Latino town hall

This screen grab taken from video released by the South Korean Defence Ministry and filmed from an undisclosed location in South Korea along the inter-Korean border shows an explosion on a road connecting North and South Korea on October 15. — AFP pic
World / 17 Oct 2024

Kim Jong-Un declares South Korea hostile, severs roads and railways in dramatic move

Demonstrators burn an Indian flag and deface a placard depicting Indian prime minister Narendra Modi during a Sikh rally outside the Consulate General of India, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 25. — AFP pic
World / 17 Oct 2024

India removes intelligence officer linked to US assassination plot, easing tensions with Washington

A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with footage of an explosion on a road connecting North and South Korea on October 15, 2024, at a train station in Seoul on October 16, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 17 Oct 2024

Why is North Korea blowing up roads, railways to the South?

A member of a Sikh organisation holds a placard displaying Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Amritsar on September 22, 2023. India's notorious Bishnoi crime gang has a grim reputation for assassination and extortion on home soil, but now stands accused of involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist in Canada. — AFP pic
World / 16 Oct 2024

The Bishnoi gang: The notorious syndicate Canada says is India’s proxy

A Statue of the 19th-century Maronite Christian saint Mar Charbel is pictured as a bulldozer moves to clear rubble and debris from the site of a previous Israeli air strike on the village of Aito in northern Lebanon on October 15, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 16 Oct 2024

’Nowhere is safe’: Lebanon Christian village reels from Israel strike

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater speaks to the press during a gathering in favour of the proposal to legalise euthanasia in the UK, called by campaigners from 'Dignity in Dying', outside The Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament in central London, on October 16, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 16 Oct 2024

Assisted dying law proposal stirs debate, disabled advocates argue vulnerable groups need more safeguards

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also said that Britain was looking at sanctioning Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over comments they had made about the conflict. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Oct 2024

Britain calls UN meeting on Gaza, may sanction ministers

Commissioner-General of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini said increasingly complicated conditions had made it difficult for the agency to operate in Gaza. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Oct 2024

UNRWA ‘very near’ to possible breaking point on Gaza operations, says head

BBC HARDtalk began in 1997 and airs from Monday to Thursday, is known for its hard-hitting interviews with high-profile figures. — Picture from X/BBCHARDtalk
World / 16 Oct 2024

BBC to axe long-running hard-hitting show HARDtalk, host says ‘depressing news’ for fans of deeply-researched journalism

Iguanas, first sighted in the region a decade ago, are now spreading across southern Taiwan, posing a serious threat to both local agriculture and the ecosystem. — AFP pic
World / 16 Oct 2024

Invasive green iguanas threaten crops and environment in Southern Taiwan

Myanmar has tied China for the world’s worst record on internet freedom. — AFP pic
World / 16 Oct 2024

Myanmar ties with China for world’s worst internet freedom as global censorship rises

The destruction at the site of an Israeli overnight airstrike that targeted Beirut's southern suburb Rouweiss neighbourhood on October 10. — AFP pic
World / 16 Oct 2024

Israel strikes Beirut after Netanyahu rejects ceasefire, vows to push Hezbollah from border

Last year India responded angrily after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly accused it of involvement in the murder of separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who had been wanted by New Delhi and was shot dead in June 2023 near his home in Vancouver. — AFP pic
World / 16 Oct 2024

India-Canada diplomatic rift over Sikh activist’s murder casts shadow on trade relations