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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  / 7 h ago

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

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  / 15 h ago

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

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  / 16 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  / 9 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  / 10 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  / 15 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  / 16 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  / 12 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  / 11 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  / 14 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  / 14 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  / 15 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  / 14 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  / 11 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  / 13 h ago

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

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Salmond, who led Scotland between 2007 and 2014, took ill after giving a speech in North Macedonia. — AFP pic
World / 13 Oct 2024

Scotland’s Alex Salmond, former SNP leader and independence champion, dies at 69

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said today that Russia was not bluffing when it spoke of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine and warned Moscow’s conflict with the West could escalate into all-out war. — Reuters pic
World / 13 Oct 2024

The world’s three biggest nuclear hotspots in 2024

Iran has stated the only electronic devices allowed in flight cabins or in non-accompanied cargo are mobile phones. — AFP pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Iran bans pagers, walkie-talkies on flights after Lebanon attacks

Pilgrims carry a sedan chair holding a statue of the sea goddess Mazu out of a temple during a pilgrimage on Meizhou island, Fujian province, China October 11, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Taiwanese flock to China religious festival despite tensions

The US vice president’s team aims to put the spotlight on the physical health and mental acuity of 78-year-old former president Trump, who has so far refused to release any detailed medical information. — AFP pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Kamala Harris to release medical report confirming her ‘physical and mental resiliency’

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men perform the Tashlich ritual of symbolically casting away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement in Ashdod, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, Israel, October 10, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

With Israel cities quiet from praying and fasting, Hezbollah fires missiles as wars rage on Yom Kippur 

With the White House race neck-and-neck in the final stretch, Donald Trump has been dividing his closing pitch between a protectionist economic message and riling his largely white, working class supporters by demonising immigrants. — AFP pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Trump demonises migrants in dark, misleading speech

Alexei Navalny's death on February 16 at age 47 drew widespread condemnation, with many blaming Putin. — Reuters pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Putin top opponent Alexei Navalny wrote he knew he would die in prison in new memoir

Taiwan’s government said this week that four Foxconn employees had been detained in China under 'quite strange' circumstances in Zhengzhou, home to a major Foxconn plant assembling Apple’s iPhones, on suspicion of the equivalent of 'breach of trust'. — Reuters pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

China says Foxconn employees probed for bribery, embezzlement

Climate change is thinning snow and ice around the Himalayas, increasingly exposing the bodies of mountaineers who died chasing their dream of scaling the world’s highest mountain. — AFP pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Everest climber’s remains believed found after 100 years

Travellers queue up for shuttle bus to quarantine hotels at the Hong Kong International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Hong Kong in this file photo taken on August 1, 2022. The number of thefts on flights to Hong Kong surged by 164 per cent in the first eight months of the year. — Reuters pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Thefts on inbound flights to Hong Kong spike 164pc from Jan to Aug this year, HK$4.2m watch among stolen items

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the BRICS Parliamentary Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on July 11, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Absent with apologies: Top BRICS economic heads snub ‘G20-lite’ meet in Moscow

A file photograph shows Harrods department store owner Mohamed Al Fayed arrivinv at the London High Court, on July 27, 2007. — AFP pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Torrent of new reports to UK police over ex-Harrods boss Al Fayed’s alleged rapes, sexual abuse

Lebanese army members patrol at the site of an Israeli air strike, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 11, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Israel says will investigate ‘inadvertent’ attack on UN peackeepers in Lebanon

File picture of a great white shark. The remains of Carol Colleen Monfore, a 68-year-old United States citizen, were discovered inside a shark’s stomach in Timor-Leste, 10 days after she went missing while diving near South-west Maluku, according to a report by Jakarta Post. ― AFP file pic
World / 12 Oct 2024

Remains of US citizen found in shark’s stomach 10 days after diving incident in Timor-Leste

The Truth Social network logo is seen on a smartphone in front of a display of former US President Donald Trump in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2022. — Reuters pic
World / 11 Oct 2024

Trump targets Harris with personal insults, conspiracies in pre-election Truth Social storm, preemptively claims fraud