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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  / 6 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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Members of civil defence remove bodies of people killed during hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, including fighters, from a temporary cemetery to be taken for burial in their home town and villages, after a ceasefire between the two, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, December 2, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 03 Dec 2024

Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes as ceasefire violations mount

US President-elect Trump has vowed staunch support for Israel and to dispense with Biden’s occasional criticism, but has also spoken of his desire to secure deals on the world stage. — Pool via Reuters pic
World / 03 Dec 2024

Trump warns ‘hell to pay’ if Gaza hostages not freed before his inauguration

The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 4, 2018. — Reuters pic/Nasa/Roscosmos
World / 03 Dec 2024

Space traffic on the brink: Global call for cooperation as Earth’s orbit crowds

A drone view of the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. — Reuters pic
World / 03 Dec 2024

No Christmas in Bethlehem as war, exodus, and empty streets grip the Holy City

The standoff in the government could come to a head as early as today if Barnier has to use aggressive constitutional powers to force a social security financing bill through, which would inevitably trigger a no-confidence motion from the left. — AFP pic
World / 02 Dec 2024

French far right party likely to back no-confidence motion against government

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the daughter of firebrand former President Rodrigo Duterte, has been embroiled in a bitter row with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and is the subject of a house enquiry into her spending. She denies wrongdoing. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Dec 2024

Philippine groups to seek impeachment of Vice President Duterte

Experts say the court’s eventual opinion on climate change will likely be cited in climate change-driven lawsuits in courts from Europe to Latin America and beyond. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Dec 2024

World Court to open climate change hearings 

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te discussed 'China’s military threats' toward the island in a call with former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Dec 2024

Taiwan’s Lai talks ‘China threats’ with ex-US House speaker Pelosi

Palestinians walk amid the rubble in front of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on December 1, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas fighters. — AFP pic
World / 02 Dec 2024

UNRWA stops aid delivery via key Gaza-Israel crossing

Protesters shoot fireforks towards the Parliament building as thousands took part in a fourth day of stormy nationwide protests against a government decision to shelve EU membership talks, as the prime minister rebuffed calls for new elections, in Tbilisi on December 1, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 02 Dec 2024

Tens of thousands rally in Georgia, PM rebuffs calls for new vote

Videos circulating on social media, which AFP was unable to immediately verify, showed scenes of chaos in the street outside the match and numerous bodies lying on the ground. — Picture via social media
World / 02 Dec 2024

Dozens killed in clashes at Guinea football match: doctors

US President Joe Biden is seen with his son Hunter Biden in this August 19,2024 picture. — AFP pic
World / 02 Dec 2024

In statement, Biden justifies pardoning son Hunter ahead of sentencing

In this photograph taken on November 26, 2024, a farmer burns straw stubble after harvesting a paddy field on the outskirts of Jind in India’s Haryana state. Burning strips the fertility of the fields, has a ruinous impact on India’s economy and sends plumes of acrid smoke packed with dangerous cancer-causing particles drifting over a densely-populated belt of northern India, including the 30 million people in the capital New Delhi. — AFP pic
World / 02 Dec 2024

‘We have no choice’: Why India’s farmers still turn to crop fires despite warnings, feeding toxic Delhi smog

People observe waves amid heavy winds and rainfall at Marina Beach in Chennai on November 30, 2024, ahead of the landfall of cyclone Fengal in Tamil Nadu, India. — AFP pic
World / 01 Dec 2024

Cyclone Fengal lands in India at 70-80kph, kills at least three

People carry banners during a demonstration to protest the regional government’s response and call for the resignation of Valencia regional president Carlos Mazon, a month after devastating floods in Valencia, eastern Spain, on November 30, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 01 Dec 2024

Spanish demonstrators chant ‘murderers’ after deadly floods as Valencian leader rules out resigning

Kash Patel is Trump’s pick to head the FBI. — AFP pic
World / 01 Dec 2024

Trump names loyalist lawyer to head FBI, replacing past pick who investigated him for illegal secret papers