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Yoong, 23, posing with his trophy after winning the Indian Racing League again in September 2025 in Chennai, India. — Picture courtesy of Alister Yoong
Sports  / 6 h ago

Alex Yoong’s son Alister turns pro after decade in the fast lane

MCA flies its party flag at half-mast at its national headquarters on Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur on April 4, 2026 to honour former president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik, who shaped Malaysia’s transport and logistics legacy. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

From Port Klang to KLIA: Industry leaders honour Ling Liong Sik’s lasting infrastructure impact

MACC are probing allegations that repair works claimed under a consultancy invoice were never carried out. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

MACC nabs temple ex-chairman over RM50,000 claim for repairs that allegedly never happened

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim meets the public at the launch of the 2026 Madani Rakyat Programme in Meru, Perak on April 4, 2026, urging focus on national stability and the economy. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

GE16 not coming soon, Anwar says now is ‘work time’, urges focus on Malaysian economy

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a televised address on the conflict in the Middle East from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington. — AFP pic
World  / 4 h ago

Trump issues 48-hour ultimatum to Iran as fighting spreads across Middle East

Selangor Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari (left) is seen with Global Sumud Flotilla director-general, Datuk Dr Sani Araby Abdul Alim Araby. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

PM Anwar explains why Selangor MB Amirudin Shari is leading Malaysia’s Gaza aid mission

Police have arrested a man in connection with the fatal assault of a security guard at a residential estate in Bandar Bukit Raja, Klang, in the early hours of the morning. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 41 m ago

Man arrested after security guard beaten to death in Klang housing estate, car lock seized

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks at Perak’s Madani Rakyat 2026 programme in Meru. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Price control first, stimulus later: Anwar outlines phased economic response amid West Asia conflict

Motorists attend to victims at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash involving three lorries and a pickup truck along the DUKE highway towards Ampang, where two men were killed. — Picture via Facebook/LembagaLebuhrayaMalaysia
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Two killed, three injured in DUKE chain crash after broken-down lorry triggers pile-up

One planet, 54 years apart: Nasa posted two views of Earth from space. The left view is from the Apollo 17 crew in 1972 and the right was taken on April 3, 2026 by the Artemis II crew. — Picture from X/Nasa
Life  / 16 h ago

Still awesome 54 years on: Nasa shares stunning Earth photos as Artemis 2 circles Moon

Transport Minister Anthony Loke (fourth from left) speaks to the parents of two child passengers – one who is in ICU – in the van that was crushed in the three-vehicle collision, during a visit to Hospital Segamat, Johor on April 4, 2026. — Picture from Facebook/Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Transport minister orders audit of trailer firm, pledges accountability after JB-Segamat road fatalities

The sentence was carried out in Guangzhou the south of the country.— Unsplash pic
World  / 4 h ago

Frenchman executed in China for drug trafficking, Paris condemns death penalty

Pablo Picassio’s ‘L’Ecuyère et les clowns (1961)’ is seen here in a photo from its listing on the Christie’s auction website. — Christie’s screenshot
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Azam: Arrival of US$30m 1MDB-linked art haul in Malaysia kept secret for security reasons

Members of the public gather at the scene of a six-vehicle crash along Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, where a 41-year-old motorcyclist was killed after a car lost control and struck him before hitting several parked vehicles. — Picture via Facebook
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Motorcyclist dies in Kota Bharu pile-up after speeding car veers off road, hits four parked vehicles

Zara Qairina Mahathir, a Form 1 student of SMK Agama Tun Datu Mustapha in Papar, Sabah, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on July 17, 2025, a day after being found unconscious in a drain near her school dormitory. The circumstances leading to her death is the subject of an ongoing inquest. — Daily Express pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Zara Qairina inquest: Lawyers for her mother seeks to call own psychiatric expert after forensic report points to suicide

Delio Payaguaje, a Shaman from the Siona indigenous community, walks in the protected Amazon rainforest of Cuyabeno, Ecuador. When the fish became scarce, the spirits revealed that ‘envious’ shamans had blocked their passage through the Cuyabeno rivers, but scientists attribute this to the major impact of deforestation, climate change, and pollution from mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon. — AFP pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Envious shamans and pollution: Diverse threats to Ecuadoran Amazon

General view of cherry blossom trees with Mount Fuji in the background at Lake Kawaguchiko, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, April 14, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Japan to introduce online booking for Mount Fuji trail

This photograph shows Gerry Halman, aka Lord Gregarious'
Life / 13 May 2024

Lord of his manor: Dutchman builds huge Roman castle in garden

This aerial photo taken on May 7, 2024 shows a general view of a pepper farm in Cambodia's Kampot province. — AFP pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Cambodia’s famed Kampot pepper withers in scorching heatwave

Starting from 1st September 2024, ANA will be operating twice daily flights between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo, to its Narita and Haneda hubs. — Pictures by SoyaCincau
Life / 13 May 2024

ANA operates twice daily flights from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo from September 1

Lauren McClain's job begins at her home workshop near Houston, Texas, where she carefully clears away dirt stuck to the more than 60-million-year-old remains using a tiny drill with an air compressor, similar to a dentist's tool. — AFP pic
Life / 13 May 2024

US restorationist solves 60-million-year-old dinosaur fossil ‘puzzles’

Wearing a traditional Buddhist robe, South Korean comedian Youn Sung-ho, known as NewJeansNim, get people pumped up for an electronic dance music (EDM) party with the teachings of Buddha, in celebration of the upcoming birthday of Buddha in Seoul, South Korea, May 12, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Celebrating Buddha’s birthday, a South Korean DJ is in spotlight

Volunteers take care of dogs at an animal shelter in a shopping mall parking lot in Porto Alegre, Brazil on May 11, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Dogs, horses, rabbits: More than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floods

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, react as Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu (unseen), gives a speech at the State Governor House in Lagos on May 12, 2024 as they visit Nigeria as part of celebrations of Invictus Games anniversary. — AFP pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Prince Harry, Meghan end Nigeria tour with Lagos visit

A tourist explores the Ritacuba Blanco glacier at the Natural National Park Nevado El Cocuy in Boyaca Department, Colombia April 19, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 12 May 2024

Ritacuba Blanco: Death of a Colombian glacier

This photo taken on April 8, 2024 shows James Cook University associate professor and toxicologist Jamie Seymour holding a stonefish, the world’s most venomous fish, in his work shed located in the Queensland city of Cairns.
Life / 12 May 2024

Milking venom from Australia’s deadly marine animals

World War II veteran Harold Terens, 100, and his fiancee Jeanne Swerlin, 96, pose for a photo during an interview, April 3, 2024, in Boca Raton. — AFP pic
Life / 12 May 2024

US centenarian to marry at Normandy, 80 years after Allied landing

Nepali guide Kami Rita Sherpa who reached the top of Mount Everest on May 23, 2023, for a record 28th time gestures to the crowd upon arriving at the Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu on May 25, 2023. — AFP file pic
Life / 12 May 2024

Nepal’s ‘Everest Man’ claims record 29th summit

Several medical teams around the world including in China and the United States have been trialling similar treatments with good results for hereditary deafness that focuses on a rare genetic mutation. — AFP pic
Life / 12 May 2024

UK girl’s hearing restored after groundbreaking gene therapy

Nepal has been praised worldwide for combating poachers and conserving wildlife, allowing it to bring several animal species back from the brink of local extinction. — AFP pic
Life / 12 May 2024

Nepal’s nature threatened by new development push, say conservationists

French authorities have identified a few small problems potentially affecting visitors in the run up to the Olympics. — Picture courtesy of Mystockimages / Getty Images via ETX Studio
Life / 12 May 2024

France braces for petty scam wave during Olympics