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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  / 11 h ago

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

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  / 2 h ago

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

An undated file photograph shows the logo of the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim). — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia  / 4 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  / 5 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  / 10 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  / 11 h ago

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

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  / 10 h ago

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

A container ship transits the expanded Panama Canal through the Cocoli Locks. — Reuters pic
Money  / 7 h ago

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

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  / 9 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  / 10 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  / 11 h ago

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

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  / 6 h ago

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

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  / 9 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  / 11 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  / 8 h ago

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

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Pictures of US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkum who won this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine are displayed on a screen at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on October 7, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

And the 2024 Nobel prize for medicine goes to… Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for microRNA discovery; that started with a 1mm roundworm

Danish police work with forensic technicians after an explosion at Rymarksvej, October 7, 2024. — Ritzau Scanpix/Steven Knap handout pic via Reuters
World / 07 Oct 2024

Blast near Israeli embassy in Denmark sparks fresh security concerns on Hamas’ Oct 7 attack anniversary

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said Thailand will work with Malaysia, next year’s Asean chair, to use diplomatic means to resolve the conflict, underscoring what may be a renewed effort by the bloc to push for a resolution as their leaders gather for an annual summit on Wednesday. — Reuters pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

Thai PM: Asean must play key role in resolving Myanmar crisis

The report represents the latest allegations to be levied against the controversial encrypted app since France, using a tough new law with no international equivalent, charged its boss Pavel Durov for allowing criminal activity on the platform. — Reuters
World / 07 Oct 2024

UN: Criminal networks in Southeast Asia flourish in Telegram’s ‘underground markets’

In a landmark decision last term in a case filed by Trump, who is charged with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election, the conservative-dominated court ruled 6-3 that a former president has broad immunity from criminal prosecution. — Reuters pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

Guns, transgender rights on docket for US Supreme Court fall term

A member of the Mexican security forces stands as they respond at the scene where Alejandro Arcos, mayor of Chilpancingo, was killed, in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico October 6, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

Mexico mayor murdered days after taking office

Concerns have grown in recent months that cash-strapped Maldives could become the first country to default on Islamic sovereign debt but sentiment has improved since China and India, which vie for influence in the strategically located archipelago, extended fresh support lines. — Reuters pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

Maldives president Muizzu to meet India’s Modi amid economic woes

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. discussed various issues including the South China Sea and situation on the Korean peninsula, as well as signing memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreements on coast guard cooperation and nuclear energy. — Reuters pool pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

Philippines, South Korea upgrade ties to strategic partnership

A member of the Airport Security Force ASF stands guard near the wreckage of vehicles after an explosion near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan October 6, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

Chinese embassy says citizens killed in ‘terrorist attack’ in Pakistan

Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris said the Arkansas governor’s views on family were outdated and discussed her own “modern family,” which includes her husband, Doug Emhoff, and his two children from his first marriage, Cole and Ella. — Reuters pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

Kamala Harris, on popular podcast, rejects Republican digs at childless women

Russian President Vladimi Putin portrays the war in Ukraine as part of a centuries-old battle with a declining West which he says humiliated Russia after the Cold War by encroaching on Moscow’s sphere of influence. — Sputnik/Pool via Reuters pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

‘God save the Tsar!’: Putin receives first wishes for 72nd birthday

Demonstrators carry a mock coffin with the pictures of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest to express support for Palestinians in Gaza, a day ahead of the anniversary of the October 7th attack, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 6, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

Ahead of attack anniversary, Netanyahu says: ‘We will win’

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said all parties to the conflict and those with influence on them should 'stop this carnage that is happening both in Gaza and in Lebanon today'. — Reuters pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

UN refugee chief says airstrikes in Lebanon have violated humanitarian law

An Israeli armoured vehicle operates at a location given as Southern Lebanon in this image released on October 6, 2024. — Israel Defence Forces handout via Reuters
World / 07 Oct 2024

Israel bombs Lebanon, Gaza ahead of one-year anniversary of Oct 7 attacks

A Palestinian man rests with his son under the rubble of their destroyed house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 26, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

Gaza’s war debris crisis: One year of war leaves 42 million tonnes of rubble in Gaza, clearance could take billions, up to 14 years

A Congolese health official prepares to administer mpox vaccinations, a key step in efforts to contain an outbreak that has spread from its epicentre, at a hospital in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo October 5, 2024. — Reuters/Stringer pic
World / 07 Oct 2024

A timeline of mpox epidemic: From first human case in 1970 to recent resurgence and global vaccination efforts