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Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat (right) and President of the Court of Appeal Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim are pictured at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Legislative Year at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) January 8, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Who are you to question the faith of others, outgoing Chief Justice asks naysayers and critics over anti-Islam label

A file photograph shows the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) logo at the Government Complex Building at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Employers face Jan 15 deadline for PCB submissions as LHDN shifting to new platform

Screencap from a Facebook Reel shows the aftermath of a fatal shooting at a restaurant on Jalan Setia 3/2, Taman Setia Indah in Johor Baru on January 8, 2025.
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Ride-by shooting in JB: Diner killed while lunching at restaurant in Taman Setia Indah

In the season opener held in Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil, here, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei did not have much problems to dismantle Wu Hsuan-Yi-Yang Chu Yun of Taiwan, 21-8, 21-9 in just 27-minutes and became the first Malaysians to triumph in the first round of Super 1000 tourney. — AFP file pic
Sports  / 19 h ago

Malaysia Open 2025: Three pairs shine amid early exits on day one

At Char Siew Boy, you get tender meat and alluring fat topped with a sweet, charred crust, similar to that at Uncle Meng Char Siew — Picture by Lee Khang Yi
Eat-drink  / 19 h ago

Miss the melt-in-the-mouth ‘char siu’ from Shamelin Perkasa’s Restoran Uncle Meng? Try Pandan Perdana’s Char Siew Boy

Yesterday, a similar incident delayed action on both Court 2 and Court 3, with the organisers resorting to covering the wet areas with cloth. This resulted in several matches being carried forward to today.
Sports  / 10 h ago

Double blow at Malaysia Open: Jin Wei crashes out, rushed for treatment as roof leak halts Court 2 play

Malaysians are required to apply for an ETA before travelling to the UK starting from today. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Flying to the UK? Remember, Malaysian travellers need a £10 ETA for entry starting today

Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he still needed to consult the Cabinet for any government decisions. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Najib admits he was final decision-maker as PM, but denies running ‘one-man show’

The fourth-seeded pair had no trouble securing the win, taking the match in straight sets, 21-15, 21-19, in just 36 minutes. — Picture from X/BAM
Sports  / 15 h ago

Malaysia Open 2025: Not happy with unforced errors made, unsatisfied Soon Huat-Shevon check into second round

The bodies of a woman and a newborn were found by the roadside along Jalan Impiana 5, Taman Impiana, Kulai, earlier yesterday. — File picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Newborn and mother found dead by roadside in Kulai, suspected childbirth complications

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong (left) shake hands during a joint news conference in Putrajaya January 7, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Fitch unit: Johor likely winner in Malaysia’s digital infrastructure race, but financing key

Wang Xing, 22, was reported missing in northern Thailand’s Tak province bordering Myanmar, an area known for large-scale criminal enterprises and human trafficking by organised gangs.
World  / 17 h ago

Missing Chinese actor found in Myanmar may have been trafficking victim, say Thai officials

Tous les Jours currently operates over 1,300 stores in Korea and 550 global outlets. — Picture by Lydia Koh
Money  / 8 h ago

Korean bakery Tous les Jours set for return in Malaysia with five outlets this year after abrupt closure in 2017

Layang-Layang Island Resort Sdn Bhd, which manage tourism activities on the island off the coast of Sabah, made headlines previously for allegedly failing to refund over 100 tourists who booked scuba diving packages with the company since 2020. — Picture from Facebook/Layang-Layang Island Resort
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Layang-Layang island resort operator loses tourism licence over failure to refund deposits

X has claimed that it has fewer than 8 million users in Malaysia. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

After social media licence snub, Putrajaya says needs time to verify X’s claim that it has fewer than 8 million users here

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File photo of investigations at the site where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport. — AFP
World / 02 Jan 2025

South Korea police raid Muan airport over Jeju Air crash that killed 179

A participant holds a placard reading ‘Stop the Steal’ during a rally to support impeached South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence in Seoul. — AFP
World / 02 Jan 2025

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol resists arrest over martial law bid

The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport lies near a concrete structure it crashed into, in Muan, South Korea. — Reuters
World / 02 Jan 2025

South Korea’s Choi orders immediate action on aircraft inspection as crash probe ramps up

The French Quarter, near Bourbon Street is blocked off late morning with a heavy police and FBI presence. — AFP
World / 02 Jan 2025

Witnesses describe ‘war zone’ left in wake of New Orleans attack

The Tesla Cybertruck after it caught fire and exploded outside the lobby of President-elect Donald Trump's hotel. — AFP
World / 02 Jan 2025

Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one

The operations of Al Jazeera have been halted by the Palestinian Authority in the territory including its broadcasts. — Reuters
World / 02 Jan 2025

Palestinian Authority suspends broadcast of Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV temporarily

Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies on the scene at Bourbon Street where a person allegedly drove into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, injuring dozens before the suspect got out of the car, opened fire on police officers, and was subsequently killed by law enforcement. — AFP
World / 02 Jan 2025

Terrorism suspected in New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15

Hossam Abu Safiyeh, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, is treated by colleagues for his injuries following an Israeli strike that according to the civil defence in Gaza hit the medical compound in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, late on November 23, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jan 2025

Hero in a white robe: How a hospital chief detained in Israeli raid becomes face of Gaza’s crumbling healthcare

A Ukrainian infantry soldier of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade sits as he waits to deploy toward the frontline in the Avdiivka direction, in the Donetsk region, on April 3, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jan 2025

‘Not many are made for war’: Ukrainian soldiers face guilt, fear as desertion cases mount from fatigue

This picture taken on September 2, 2014 shows equipment from the border release and compressor station of the gas pipeline from Ukraine in Velke Kapusany, eastern Slovakia. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2025

‘Energy blackmail’: How Ukraine halting Russian gas transit due to invasion is now sowing crises in Moldova and Slovakia

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter gestures during an interview with Reuters in Cairo January 12, 2012. — Reuters pic
World / 01 Jan 2025

Jimmy Carter’s Nobel legacy: Peace treaty forged between Egypt, Israel endures despite Gaza war... but mostly in name

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in Christiansted, St. Croix, on the US Virgin Islands, December 31, 2024, after a week's vacation in the US Virgin Islands. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2025

Counting down final days in White House, lame-duck Biden tries to Trump-proof agenda and bolster legacy

Palestinian Moazaz Obaiyat, who was released from Israeli jail, shows marks on his body, in a hospital in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 11, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 01 Jan 2025

Not interrogation, but destruction: Former Palestinian prisoners recount physical, mental torture in Israeli detention camps

Screengrabs from X
World / 01 Jan 2025

At least 10 killed, 30 injured after truck ploughed into New Orleans crowd before firing weapon

Supporters of impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol holds a placard showing a picture of the president as supporters gather near the presidential residence in Seoul on January 1, 2025.
World / 01 Jan 2025

Embattled South Korea president’s last stand found new sympathisers — conspiracy-fuelled right-wing YouTubers

People burn a US flag during a demonstration against US President-elect Donald Trump held outside the Panama Canal Administration building in Panama City on December 31, 2024, as the country marks the 25th anniversary of the United States' handover of the interoceanic Panama Canal to Panama. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2025

Two days after Carter’s death, Panama marks 25 years of canal handover as Trump threatens US return