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Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s appeal against the High Court’s 2022 decision to convict her of all three corruption charges in a case involving a solar project for Sarawak schools is still pending and has yet to be heard by the Court of Appeal. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Rosmah’s corruption appeal on hold as she pushes to oust the judge who convicted her

Kinabatangan Umno Youth chief Mohd Naim Kurniawan Moktar says he has no interest in contesting the Lamag state by-election to fill the vacancy left by the demise of his father, Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin. — Picture via Facebook/Naim Moktar
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Bung Moktar’s son Mohd Naim rules himself out of Lamag by‑election candidacy

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced on Thursday that he is ‘returning power to the people’, moving to dissolve parliament. — AFP pic
World  / 5 h ago

Thailand’s PM dissolves parliament in shock move amid opposition clash

Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman yesterday the Federal Court in Putrajaya. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 1 h ago

Federal Court pauses Syed Saddiq appeal, tells prosecution and defence to reassess positions

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri has called for more compassionate and people-centred enforcement following an incident in which a woman was reportedly denied entry into the compound of a district police headquarters in Melaka on Monday. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Nancy Shukri calls for dignity, compassion in enforcement after woman denied Melaka police HQ entry

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor had faced 12 money laundering charges involving RM7.09 million and another five counts for allegedly failing to declare income to the Inland Revenue Board. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

AGC drops appeal against Rosmah acquittal after finding no realistic chance of success

Malaysian singer and actress Erra Fazira and Mr E are seen on their wedding day in Subang December 12, 2025. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Showbiz  / 2 h ago

With just one ‘lafaz’, singer‑actress Erra Fazira marries Mr E in intimate ceremony

This screen grab from a video posted by US Attorney General Pam Bondi on her X account on December 10, 2025 shows what Bondi says is the execution of
World  / 17 h ago

On Venezuela, how far will Trump go? US troops deployed, strikes threatened after tanker seizure

The ringgit last traded at this level against the US dollar four years and seven months ago, on April 28, 2021, at 4.1000/1050. — Reuters pic
Money  / 4 h ago

Ringgit opens stronger for second day as US Federal Reserve cuts rate 

Former Goldman Sachs chief of South-east Asia operations, Timothy Leissner, arrives at US District Court Eastern District of New York for his sentencing, in New York on May 29, 2025. — AFP file pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

AGC: US considering Malaysia’s extradition request for ex-Goldman Sachs partner Tim Leissner over 1MDB

National gymnast Rachel Yeoh Li Wen retained the uneven bars gold at the SEA Games Thailand 2025 in Pathum Thani. — Bernama file pic
Sports  / 18 h ago

Malaysia’s Rachel Yeoh eyes Olympic stage after retaining SEA Games uneven bars gold

Seremban police chief ACP Azahar Abdul Rahim said the toddler was brought to the clinic by her mother at 5.50pm before the doctor on duty performed CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and the baby girl was pronounced dead. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Cops arrest babysitter after one-year-old girl dies in Seremban clinic

Banning online games such as ‘Roblox’ is unlikely to resolve the issue of child safety, says Deputy Minister of Communications Teo Nie Ching. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Teo Nie Ching says banning games like Roblox won’t keep children safe, calls for stronger in‑game protections

A vehicle rests on the edge of a collapsed road in Tohoku town in Aomori Prefecture on December 9, 2025, following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake off northern Japan. — AFP pic
World  / 2 h ago

Japan Meteorological Agency warns of tsunami after 6.7‑magnitude quake off northern coast

At the Sports Authority of Thailand swimming complex, two national records were broken in the men’s 50-metre freestyle and the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 5 h ago

SEA Games: Team Malaysia flex their muscles with gymnastics gold, swimming records and a flurry of silvers

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