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Ah Chong Curry Laksa serves a superb ‘curry laksa’ with all kinds of toppings to suit your taste — Picture by Lee Khang Yi
Eat-drink  / 12 h ago

Ah Chong Curry Laksa brings fragrant ‘curry laksa’, Kampar noodles and ‘asam laksa’ to PJ SS2

In this file photo taken on January 26, 2017, a guard tower is seen outside the fencing of Camp 5 at the US military’s prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Inset) Mohamad Farik Amin. — AFP/Bernama pics
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Malaysian detainee Farik Amin details torture at Guantanamo in harrowing sketches

A screenshot of the the viral video of ministry staff singing Christmas songs. — Picture via TikTok/Nga Kor Ming Official
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

Nga defends ministry’s Christmas celebration, urges PAS to embrace Malaysia’s diversity

Singapore will face a 6 per cent increase in fare price. — Picture from Facebook/SBS Transit
Singapore  / 13 h ago

Get ready to pay 10 cents more when you take Singapore MRT, buses starting tomorrow

Previously on November 25, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur decided that the Home Ministry’s May 2023 raids of Swatch stores in Malaysia and seizure of the 172 watches were illegal, as the searches were done without warrant. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Swatch case: Malaysian court ruling on ‘illegal’ seizures of Pride watches remain as Home Ministry did not appeal

The punishment was carried out at the Al Muktafi Billah Shah Mosque earlier today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Repeat khalwat offender in Terengganu undergoes two-minute public caning 

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur, on Dec 8, 2024. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) today issued a warning of thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds in several states, until 5pm today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Thunderstorms, heavy rain in several states until 5pm, warns MetMalaysia

The president of the Malaysian Animal Strays Association (SAFM), R Kalaivanan, said that the dog, known as Kutty, sustained severe injuries before dying as a result of the cruel act.
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Dog dies after being shot with arrow for entering wrong lane at Perak farm, says animal group

A crane truck lifts the bus that had driven off the E10 road in Hadsel, Norway December 27, 2024. The bus was carrying 58 people at the time of the accident. — NTB/Jens Andre M. Birkeland handout pic via Reuters
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Malaysians among passengers in Norway bus accident that killed three, injured four

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mingles with Malaysians at a stall in Langkawi, December 27, 2024. — Picture from X/Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

PM Anwar: No electricity tariff hikes that burden public, TNB must explain surcharges

The TNG Extendable Charm — Cat Edition is priced at RM35 and was available on TNG’s official Shopee store prior to being snapped up. — SoyaCincau pic 
Life  / 6 h ago

Not just any extension stick — Touch ‘n Go launches handy cat-themed charm for drivers, and it’s already sold out (VIDEO)

Earlier, a video circulated widely on social media showed a woman, reportedly a trader, setting a black Honda RSX motorcycle on fire near a stall in Pokok Assam, Taiping. — Screengrab from Facebook/Aiman Tak Kisah
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Taiping cops arrest woman who set motorcycle ablaze in anger over repossession (VIDEO)

This photograph shows an overturned bus near Hadsel, on December 26, 2024. Three people have died and four are seriously injured after a bus went off the road and ended up partially submerged in a Norwegian lake near the Raftsundet strait. Many of the passengers on the bus were foreign nationals. — Birkeland/NTB handout pic via AFP
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Wisma Putra sends consular team following bus accident in Norway involving passengers from Malaysia  

Nga’s remarks come in response to the Kelantan state government’s announcement yesterday that all food and beverage operators in the state would soon need halal certification to renew business licences. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Housing minister: Halal certification push by Kelantan local councils oversteps Jakim’s authority

Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Shahrulnizam Ja’afar said that at 11.32am yesterday, members of the Petaling Jaya Police District’s Mobile Patrol Unit (MPV) chased a Proton Satria driven by the two suspects, who attempted to ram the police MPV and a motorcycle ridden by a member of the public. — Picture from X/Bernama
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Cops arrest duo evading roadblock at Damansara-Puchong Expressway after 35km chase, seize drugs and weapon from car

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South Korea's National Intelligence Service confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to back Russia's war against Ukraine has been captured by Ukrainian forces. — Reuters
World / 12 h ago

South Korea spy agency says North Korean soldier captured in Russia-Ukraine war

Airport ground staff amd medics assist Azerbaijani citizens, who survived the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau. — AFP
World / 12 h ago

Russia missile suspected in Azerbaijani plane crash, Moscow warns against ‘hypotheses’

File photo of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who died at the age of 92. — AFP
World / 13 h ago

India’s former PM Manmohan Singh dies aged 92

A Palestinian man walks with children in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on December 24, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. — AFP pic
World / 15 h ago

Small steps in Gaza? Desalination plant muted reopening sparks hope for post-war recovery

Internally displaced people, members of the diaspora from Bakhmut and National Exemplary Band of the Armed Forces of Ukraine anthem of Ukraine perform during a Christmas concert organised by the exiled Bakhmut city hall in Kyiv, on December 23, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

‘We have no home anymore’: On Christmas, Ukrainian exiles dream of rebuilding war-torn Bakhmut

This aerial view shows two patrol boats washed ashore by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and preserved at the community's in Banda Aceh on December 25, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Two decades after, what to know about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands in Asia

Tokyo Electric Power Company workers loading a transportation box containing fuel debris from Unit 2 into a container, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan on November 7, 2024. — Picture by TEPCO via AFP
World / 1d ago

Fukushima nuclear plant to start daunting second round of radioactive debris removal from March 2025

Thanakarn “Bank Leicester” Kanthee, 21, sold flowers and accepted paid challenges for a living. — Picture from Facebook/แบงค์ เลสเตอร์'
World / 1d ago

Thai garland seller ‘Bank Leicester’, 21, dies after whisky challenge, sparking outrage; activist offers legal help

File photo of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops chief Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov who was killed on Dec 17 in Moscow outside his apartment building by Ukraine's SBU intelligence service using a bomb attached to an electric scooter. — Reuters
World / 1d ago

Russia claims to have thwarted Ukrainian plots to kill high-ranking officers using bombs disguised as power banks or document folders

South Korea’s opposition has filed an impeachment motion against acting president Han Duck-soo. — AFP
World / 1d ago

South Korea’s opposition moves to impeach acting president

The attack began at 7:24am, affecting internal and external systems, JAL said earlier. — Reuters pic
World / 1d ago

JAL’s systems back to normal after cyberattack delayed flights

Dozens of central and local government agencies participated in the three-hour tabletop exercise simulating a military escalation with China. — Reuters
World / 1d ago

In a first, Taiwan's Presidential Office runs war games to simulate a China emergency

Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has been charged with accepting bribes over a major property development in the capital and misuse of political donations. — File photo from AFP
World / 1d ago

Former Taipei mayor charged with bribery, misuse of political donations

South Korea’s Constitutional Court will hold its first hearing tomorrow for President Yoon Suk Yeol, after parliament impeached him over his short-lived martial law decree on Dec 3. — AFP
World / 1d ago

South Korea’s Constitutional Court to decide impeached president Yoon’s fate

Former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun under investigation on insurrection charges. — Reuters
World / 1d ago

South Korea ex-minister's lawyers defend martial law as Yoon faces impeachment trial

The body was discovered in the one of the compartments that houses the airplane’s landing gear when United Flight 202 from Chicago O’Hare International Airport landed at Kahului Airport on Tuesday afternoon, according to the airline’s website. — Reuters pic
World / 1d ago

Dead body found in wheel well after United flight lands in Hawaii