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Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said a man and two women aged between 25 and 54, were arrested in Kuala Lumpur on April 2, 2026 and seized three passports bearing Social Visit Pass (Dependent) stickers from the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme that were suspected to be fake. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Immigration Dept nab three Chinese nationals in KL suspected of using forged MM2H stickers to aid US visa applications

Vehicles are seen on the North-South Expressway on March 19, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

US-Iran war crisis shows Malaysia not built to survive an oil shock, think tank warns

Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar speaks to reporters after the Opening of the Legal Year 2026 at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur on January 12, 2026. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

AG: Dashcam video, witness testimony justify murder charge in Klang DUI crash

Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar delivers a speech during the MADANI Rakyat programme at the Tawau Community Hall on May 11, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

BDR doesn’t mean ‘Baring, duduk, rehat’: Chief Secretary warns civil servants as remote work policy starts April 15

Thanavitha’s death at age eight on March 26, 2026 at a house in Taiping, Perak with suspicion falling on her biological parents and stepparents who were charged with murder on April 3, 2026 has shattered the town named for ‘great peace’. — Picture via Facebook/ Majlis Perbandaran Taiping
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

An eight-year-old girl dies in Taiping, now her parents and stepparents will stand trial for murder

Environment Department director-general Datuk Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar is brought to the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur on April 2, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

DoE chief charged over RM100,000 bribe in Penang road project

A social media still shows the man who allegedly groped a woman outside the Kajang MRT station.
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Police hunt man filmed in viral sexual harassment incident at Kajang MRT

Captain Nasaruddin A. Bakar, president and group chief executive officer of Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), said the expansion reflects the group’s strategic focus on scaling its presence in key growth markets across East Asia while cementing Kuala Lumpur’s position as a strategic gateway. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Money  / 10 h ago

Malaysia Airlines to resume direct Kuala Lumpur–Fukuoka flights and launch new services to Shenzhen and Changsha

Train services on the Kelana Jaya Line were temporarily suspended following a passenger incident at Abdullah Hukum station. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Passenger incident at Abdullah Hukum LRT station disrupts Kelana Jaya line service during rush hour

While food supply remains stable for now, higher fuel costs are expected to raise the cost of transport and production, which could eventually push up prices at the checkout. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

US-Iran conflict: What it means for Malaysians’ consumption habits

TS Kugenthiran, 25, pleads not guilty to two reckless and dangerous driving charges after his car hit two motorcyclists on Jalan Sultan Ismail in Kuala Lumpur on April 2, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Jalan Sultan Ismail red light crash: Man in KL charged with dangerous driving after crashing into two bikers, causing one to lose his leg

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and other officials take part in the groundbreaking ceremony of the LSS5 project in Byram, Nibong Tebal on April 3, 2026. — Picture by Opalyn Mok
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

Penang kicks off RM103m solar farm project that could power thousands of homes by 2027

A Volvo trailer lorry crashed into a van, sending it into the opposite lane into the path of an oncoming 10-tonne lorry, killing three people in the van and injuring two others at at KM212 of the Johor Bahru-Seremban road on April 2, 2026. — Picture from Facebook/Bernama
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

JB-Seremban road crash kills three in van; trailer driver tests positive for meth

The three-vehicle collision happened at Kilometre 212 of Jalan Johor Bahru-Seremban near the Taman Golden Hill intersection in Gemas Baharu on April 2, 2026. A married couple and their relative who drove the van died at the scene, while the driver’s two grandchilden survived with light injuries. — Picture from Facebook/Bernama
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Four-day remand for meth-positive trailer driver in JB-Segamat crash that killed van driver and married couple

In a war saturated with AI-generated content, even authentic images are increasingly met with doubt. — Picture from social media
World  / 15 h ago

‘AI slop’ floods Middle East war, blurring truth and fiction

An employee of the company Circular Carbon shows shredded cocoa shells in Hamburg, on May 10, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 04 Jun 2023

How chocolate could counter climate change

Malaysia has successfully set a new world record of largest gathering in Spider-Man costume with a total of 685 people. The event was organised by Sony Pictures Malaysia and Aeon Mall. — Picture courtesy of Sony Pictures Malaysia
Life / 04 Jun 2023

Sony Pictures Malaysia and Aeon Mall set new world record of largest gathering in Spider-Man costume

A man walks past stilt houses in the village of Islandia, located in Peruvian Amazonia near the border with Brazil and Colombia, on May 16, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 04 Jun 2023

In Peru’s Amazon, evangelical cult awaits Inca second coming

Living on Mars is not something Kelly Haston ever dreamed of as a child. Yet she is about to dedicate an entire year of her life to the Red Planet. — AFP pic
Life / 04 Jun 2023

Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars 

Zelalem Mola, 42, an Ethiopian Orthodox priest and a member of Hamere Berhan initiative writes scriptures in Ge'ez language on parchment made of goat skin in Addis Ababa. — AFP pic
Life / 04 Jun 2023

Preserving heritage: Ethiopian quest to recreate ancient manuscripts

Muay Thai master Kru Din (Wittawat Kasom) (foreground) teaches Lanna Fighting Muaythai, during a Thai boxing self-defence workshop for members of the LGBTIQ+ community, in the municipality of Cerro Navia, Santiago, on May 27, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 04 Jun 2023

‘Save your lives:’ Free Thai boxing lessons for LGBTQ people in Chile

The majority of the two million new breast cancers diagnosed globally are in the early phases of disease, defined as stages I through III. — Picture courtesy of PhonlamaiPhoto / Getty Images via ETX Studio
Life / 04 Jun 2023

Breast cancer drug shown to reduce recurrence risk 

Ultra-realistic AI robot Ai-Da poses in front of a painting she made during the press preview of the London Design Biennale 2023 at Somerset House, central London, on June 1, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 03 Jun 2023

London Design Biennale explores design-led collaboration

Priscilla Zawedde Kisakye (centre), 13, a member of the Ugandan dance group ‘The Ghetto Kids’ that recently performed in the television show ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, dances during a rehearsal at their home in Kampala on April 20, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 03 Jun 2023

From slums to stardom: Uganda’s Ghetto Kids

People look at works of art by Pablo Picasso, on display at an exhibition titled ‘It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby’ at the Brooklyn Museum in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on May 31, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 03 Jun 2023

It’s complicated: NY exhibit offers feminist reassessment of Picasso

An aerial view shows the village of Valea Zalanului, where King Charles III stays when he visits the area, in Transylvania, central Romania, on September 13, 2022. — AFP pic
Life / 03 Jun 2023

Transylvania gears up for King Charles III’s first post-coronation visit

The temporary owner known as Melur has been taking care of the orange cat for two weeks now. — Pictures via Twitter/melur
Life / 03 Jun 2023

Mischievous cat found in lorry at Johor-Singapore checkpoint, being cared by temporary owner in JB

The two partners have worked together since 2019, with the partnership supporting Unicef’s work to tackle the root causes of gender inequality. — Picture courtesy of Clé de Peau Beauté
Life / 03 Jun 2023

Beauty brand Clé de Peau Beauté and UNICEF renew partnership to address gender inequality 

Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for six years running. — Picture from pexels.com/Elina Fairytale  
Life / 02 Jun 2023

The world’s happiest country is sharing its secrets in a happiness masterclass 

An aerial view of the village around the fortress of Djaba near Djado on May 21, 2023. Generations of travellers have dreamed in front of the ruins of the forts of Djado, located more than 1,300km from Niamey, in the north-east of Niger. Without ever solving their puzzles. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Jun 2023

Mystery of the desert: The lost cities of the Nigerien Sahara

Restorers Maria Giuseppina Valeri and Laura Rivaroli hold the so-called Marcius Grabillo ‘scrawny boy’ bronze after it was discovered and pulled out from the muddy ruins of an ancient spa in San Casciano dei Bagni in Grosseto, Italy, May 29, 2023. — Reuters pic
Life / 02 Jun 2023

Village bin man helped unearth ancient bronze statues in Tuscany