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Johan Ghazali is currently training in Thailand with renowned Muay Thai trainer Ajarn Gae. — Picture from Instagram/Johan Ghazali

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Ten-second KO, US$50,000 bonus and ice cream later: ‘Jojo’ Ghazali visualises ideal fight night with Colombian fighter ‘Panda Kick’

A file photograph shows the Sungai Kelantan flooding the Tambatan D’Raja near Kota Baru on Nov 29, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 10 h ago

Kelantan police: Teenage girl raped in Kota Baru flood relief shelter

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a press conference in Subang December 21, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 5 h ago

PM Anwar: If a general election were held today, reforms and civil service support would secure win

The service offers a one-way fare of RM45 and will make stops at several major stations, including Bukit Mertajam, Sungai Petani, Alor Setar, Arau, and Padang Besar. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 7 h ago

KTMB introduces trial MySawasdee Penang Edition train service to Hat Yai from Dec 29 to Jan 5

Thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds are expected to affect Perak, Selangor and Sabah until noon today. — Picture by Miera Zulyana

Malaysia / 9 h ago

MetMalaysia issues thunderstorm and strong winds warning for Perak, Selangor, and Sabah

Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi announced that the toll-free period will commence at 12.01am on December 23 (Monday) and end at 11.59pm on December 24 (Tuesday). — Picture by Hari Anggara

Malaysia / 10 h ago

Christmas: Toll-free travel for Class 1 vehicles on Dec 23 and 24, says works minister

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a press conference in Subang December 21, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 5 h ago

‘Just leave it, lah’: PM Anwar tells authorities to focus on racial and religious offences, not harass dissenters

Six suspects, three men and three women, were arrested in Sungai Golok, Thailand for alleged possession of 6,000 meth pills. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 3 h ago

Over RM1m just for Thai legal fees? Jailed Kelantanese singer’s family says may need to sell land, home if needed

File photo of Daren Liew in a match against Kento Momota of Japan in the men's singles semi-final match during the badminton World Championships in Nanjing in 2018. — AFP pic

Sports / 10 h ago

Badminton federation suspends ex-national player Liew Daren over betting violations

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor arrives at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on December 19, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 1 h ago

Umno Youth chief: ‘Rosmah’s ring, Rosmah this, Rosmah that — today, Allah has revealed the truth’

A police car is parked in front of a Christmas market in the eastern Germany city of Magdeburg where a car crashed into a crowd injuring more than 60 people on early December 21, 2024. — AFP pic

World / 9 h ago

At least two dead, including child as BMW mows down Christmas revellers in German market; cops nab Saudi doctor behind wheel

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks at a press conference at Dorsett Grand Subang December 21, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 6 h ago

PM Anwar: Cabinet agrees for govt to continue special aid for pensioners

A disappointed Malaysian player Syamil Kutty Abba after the scoreless tie against Singapore that resulted in Malaysia's exit from the 2024 Asean Cup. — Bernama

Sports / 10 h ago

Harimau Malaya out of 2024 Asean Cup after 0-0 draw against Singapore in final group match

Screen shot of the brawl involving football fans at the Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT Station on the Ampang-Sri Petaling Line last night.

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Prasarana files police report over football fans’ brawl at Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT Station

Roseli Mahat speaks to reporters at the High Court compound after hearing the final decision on his bid to exhume his father’s grave, who was buried according to Islamic rites seven years ago. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 10 h ago

Took too long: Court rejects exhumation bid by Negeri Sembilan man who claims Hindu father buried as Muslim

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Holiday horror: Death toll climbs to five in German Christmas market car-ramming, over 200 injured

A car-ramming attack on a German Christmas market killed five people and wounded more than 200. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the press as State Premier of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff (C-R) looks on. — AFP pic

MAGDEBURG, Dec 21 — A car-ramming attack on a German Christmas market killed five people and wounded more than 200, Saxony-Anhalt state premier Reiner Haseloff said on Saturday, updating the toll.Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was with him to pay respects in the eastern city of Magdeburg, voiced concern for some...

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A Thai national was sentenced to death and two Germans were handed life sentences for the gruesome murder of a German real estate broker near the resort town of Pattaya, Thai media reported. — AFP pic

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Death sentence for Thai man, life terms for Germans in grisly Pattaya murder of real estate broker

A court on Friday acquitted Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of charges of kidnapping over 100 migrants aboard a boat he had blocked at sea for nearly three weeks in 2019, as part of a policy to curb irregular arrivals. — Reuters pic

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Italian deputy PM Salvini acquitted after three-year trial over blocking migrant rescue ship

A French court on Friday handed heavy sentences to several men convicted of having played a role in the jihadist beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty in 2020. — AFP pic

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Eight convicted in France over beheading of teacher who showed Prophet caricature

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Taliban security personnel stand around a coffin of a passenger at a hospital after two bus accidents on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, in Ghazni on December 19, 2024. — AFP pic

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Pakistan Taliban claim 16 soldiers dead after midnight raid near Afghanistan border

Medical professionals and activists hold posters and candles as they take part in a midnight protest to condemn the rape and murder of a 31-year-old medic, in Kolkata on August 14, 2024. — AFP pic

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Rohingya refugees (C) interact with police personnel as they arrive at the eastern port of Trincomalee after being rescued by the Sri Lankan navy, on December 20. — AFP

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Myanmar rebels claim capture of military's western regional command, marking fall of junta's second regional command

Israeli emergency services work at the scene of a missile strike that, according to Israel’s military, was launched from Yemen and landed in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv. — Reuters

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The dome of the Capitol is seen through a security fence in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2024. — Reuters pic

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US Congress passes budget deal to avert shutdown, saves Christmas for federal workers

People boarding a Royal Australian Air Force plane after an earthquake struck Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu on December 17, 2024. Commercial flights will resume December 22, 2024. — Handout picture courtesy of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade via AFP

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UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen (left) speaks with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Damascus on December 15, 2024. — Handout picture by the Syrian Interim Government via AFP

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US drops bounty on Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa amid counter-terrorism focus

Germans are mad at US billionaire Elon Musk over his December 20, 2024 X post asserting that ‘Only the AfD can save Germany’. — AFP file pic

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US ‘efficiency czar’ Musk accused of meddling over X post claim only AfD can ‘save Germany’ ahead of Feb 2025 polls

US lawmakers sat at the Capitol in Washington DC and voted across party-lines to approve a Bill to continue funds to agencies until mid-March 2025 to prevent a government shutdown. — AFP pic

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US House passes funding Bill to avert govt shutdown, Senate faces midnight deadline

A police car is parked in front of a Christmas market in the eastern Germany city of Magdeburg where a car crashed into a crowd injuring more than 60 people on early December 21, 2024. — AFP pic

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At least two dead, including child as BMW mows down Christmas revellers in German market; cops nab Saudi doctor behind wheel

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says Egypt is receiving hundreds of Sudanese refugees daily, with more than 845,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered as of November. —Picture from UNHCR/Pedro Costa Gomes

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Egypt’s first-ever asylum law fuels concerns over refugee rights

A sailboat passes by the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, in New York City September 20, 2024. — Reuters pic

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Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson, arrives at a helicopter pad after being extradited from Pennsylvania, as New York Mayor Eric Adams walks behind him, in New York December 19, 2024. — Reuters pic

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US President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida December 16, 2024. — Reuters pic

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Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa speaks during a press conference following a 6-Country informal consultation, comprising Bangladesh, China, India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Thailand on the situation in Myanmar, in Bangkok December 19, 2024. — Reuters pic

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Thailand foreign minister says Asean backs inclusive Myanmar elections as junta outlines roadmap

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