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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

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

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

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  / 5 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

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  / 4 h ago

What you should know about MH370, the jumbo jet Malaysia is searching for again a decade after it went missing

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  / 5 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  / 18 h ago

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

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  / 6 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  / 6 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  / 6 h ago

Minister Zambry tells UM to start inquiries into sex pest claims

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  / 3 h ago

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

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Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a campaign event at the Dort Financial Centre in Flint, Michigan October 4, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Oct 2024

Harris meets with Arab American leaders in Michigan amid concerns over US support for Israel

An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in a street in Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2024. — Majid Asgaripour/Waba (West Asia News Agency) pic via Reuters
World / 05 Oct 2024

How will Israel respond to Iran’s attack amid growing tensions?

A court in the southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. — AFP pic
World / 05 Oct 2024

‘Finding meaning in suffering’: Court screens damning abuse clips after participants of French mass drug-rape claim unaware victim was unconscious

A resident stares at the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the neighbourhood of Mreijeh in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 4, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 05 Oct 2024

France’s Macron warns against ‘double standards’ in world conflicts as Lebanon and Ukraine fall under siege

A handout picture provided by the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's office shows Iranian worshippers gesturing during his sermon for the Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran on October 4, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 05 Oct 2024

Iran’s Khamenei says allies ‘won’t back down’ from martyrdom, resistance against ‘malicious Israel regime’

Vendors fight outside a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Saginaw, Michigan, U.S., October 3, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Oct 2024

With Trump in the picture, Biden says not confident whether US Nov election will be peaceful

This combination of pictures created on September 9, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dancing as he leaves the stage after speaking alongside former US Representative Tulsi Gabbard during a town hall meeting in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on August 29, 2024 and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arriving onstage to speak on the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 22, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 05 Oct 2024

Forget AI misinformation, US voters fear dishonest politicians more

A man wearing a headband of Hamas’ armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades holds a placard, as Pro-Palestinian protesters rally against Israel’s strikes on Gaza and Lebanon during demonstrations in New York City, September 26, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Oct 2024

Weakened but not crushed: A year into war, Israel’s bid to end Hamas’ hold over Gaza remains elusive

US President Bill Clinton stands between PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzahk Rabin as they shake hands for the first time, on September 13, 1993 at the White House in Washington DC, after signing the historic Israel-PLO Oslo Accords on Palestinian autonomy in the occupied territories. — AFP pic
World / 04 Oct 2024

Thirty years on: Nobel Peace Prize hopes for Mideast shattered by decades of conflict

Kamala Harris has made abortion a central theme of her campaign, repeatedly linking her opponent, former president Donald Trump, to tragic stories, such as women forced to cross state lines to terminate their life-threatening pregnancies. — AFP pic
World / 04 Oct 2024

Could abortion be Kamala Harris’ winning ticket to the White House?

A student holds a poster of Hassan Nasrallah, the assassinated chief of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, during a rally in Sanaa, Yemen October 2, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 04 Oct 2024

Source close to Lebanon’s Hezbollah says slain leader Hassan Nasrallah temporarily buried at secret location

In the final stretch of his presidency, Jokowi’s schedule has been packed with visits to various regions, traditional markets, and infrastructure sites around the archipelago. — Picture from Facebook/Presiden Joko Widodo
World / 04 Oct 2024

Jokowi’s farewell tour: Indonesian president apologises for shortcomings as he prepares to step down

The hands of a patient with skin rashes caused by the mpox virus are pictured at the treatment centre of Vijana Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo August 30, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 04 Oct 2024

Months after declaring global health emergency, WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test

A man prepares grilled chicken at a roadside food stall in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 2, 2024. According to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) report, about 9.48 million people have moved out of the middle class in the last five years, leaving 47.85 million people in the middle class, or 17.13 per cent of the population. — Reuters pic
World / 04 Oct 2024

Indonesia’s middle class dwindles, poverty persists, presidential office says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons. — Reuters
World / 04 Oct 2024

Kim Jong Un vows to use nuclear weapons ‘without hesitation’ if attacked by South Korea or US

A file photo shows former British prime minister Boris Johnson leaving his home, in London, Britain on March 21, 2023. — Reuters pic
World / 04 Oct 2024

BoJo claims bug found in his office ‘thunderbox’ after Israeli PM Netanyahu used it