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File picture of a man working from the comfort of home during phase three of the movement control order in Shah Alam April 15, 2020. The government today announced the implementation of work-from-home (WFH) arrangements for the public sector and government-linked companies (GLCs) effective April 15 as a proactive measure to address the global energy crisis. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Anwar announces WFH for public sector and GLCs from April 15 to ease energy strain

Nor Nadia Abdul Majid, 32, said she was satisfied with the prosecution’s decision. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Widow relieved by murder charge, vows RM1m civil suit over fatal Klang crash

The government has refrained from fully floating retail prices at the pump for three consecutive weeks following the outbreak of the crisis in West Asia. Instead, it continues to absorb a substantial portion of subsidy costs for petrol and diesel.. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Finance Ministry: Fuel subsidies maintained but BUDI95 quota reduced to 200 litres, as unsubsidised diesel breaches RM6 mark

Mockups of domestically-made Iranian missiles are displayed at an exhibition outside the Defence Museum in Tehran on March 31, 2026. — AFP pic
World  / 18 h ago

Iran says has ‘zero trust’ in US, demands full end to war

Nor Nadia Abdul Majid (right), wife of the late Amirul Hafiz Omar, 33, during a press conference at the Court compound in Klang, April 1, 2026. — Bernama pic
What You Think  / 14 h ago

What we owe Amirul and his family — Michelle Liu and Jia Vern Tham

Lorries are seen on the Federal Highway in this file picture dated January 2, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

We cannot hold: Truckers warn of rising costs, halted projects as diesel surge

File photo of Norhayati Mohd Arifin (right) and Susanna Liew Sow Yoke (left) during the announcement of Suhakam’s public inquiry findings into the disappearances of their husbands, Amri Che Mat and Pastor Raymond Koh, at the commission’s office in Kuala Lumpur April 3, 2019. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

‘A step towards truth’: Susanna Liew hails decision allowing access to special task force report

Sarawak United People’s Party president Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian said the sacking of Kuching chairman Datuk Lily Yong Lee Lee is currently under a ‘legal process’. — The Borneo Post
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

SUPP president: Lily Yong’s sacking under legal process

A member of staff poses with a painting entitled ‘Nympheas avec reflets de hautes herbes’ by French artist Claude Monet at Sotheby’s auction house in central London on January 31, 2013. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Authorities say Monet painting linked to 1MDB sold, funds to return to Malaysia

Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh said a viral press statement displaying the percentage of student achievement by race for the 2025 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) results is untrue. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

MOE denies viral statement on SPM 2025 achievement by race, says deputy minister

The sources told Bernama that the suspect is believed to have submitted false claims for travel, transport, accounting fees, the purchase of generators and diesel, credit card payments, as well as claims for entertaining, property and personal protective equipment, petty cash, miscellaneous expenses, landscaping work, and salaries. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Who’s counting? MACC detains man after racking up RM4m in alleged fraudulent claims

The restriction on the purchase of RON95 petrol using foreign credit and debit cards at self-service terminals at petrol stations is being enforced in stages nationwide from today. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Malaysia enforces foreign card ban on RON95 fuel at self‑service terminals nationwide, effective today

Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said that Petronas operations remain stable for the period between April and May. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Petronas operations stable, weekly fuel prices to be announced every Wednesday, says comms minister

State-run China Central Television reported that Li Xiong, former chairman of Huione Group under Prince Group, is suspected of multiple crimes and described him as a core member of Chen Zhi’s criminal gang. — Reuters pic
World  / 18 h ago

China extradites alleged scam boss from Cambodia over multibillion-dollar crime ring

Police officers look at a building of the North Sumatra's National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI) damaged following a severe 7.4-magnitude offshore quake in Manado, North Sulawesi on April 2, 2026. — AFP pic
World  / 1 h ago

Magnitude 7.4 Molucca Sea earthquake in Indonesia triggers tsunami alerts for Malaysia and the Philippines

As of June 1, 2026, Academy member Ingrid Carlberg, an author and journalist, will take over as permanent secretary. — AFP pic
Life / 21 Dec 2025

Head of Nobel-awarding Swedish Academy resigns

Michaela Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency, was among the passengers to cross the Karman line, the internationally recognised boundary of space, during the approximately 10-minute flight. — Blue Origin via AFP pic
Life / 21 Dec 2025

Blue Origin’s New Shepard welcomes first wheelchair-using passenger into space

During the trip to the charity’s centre, named The Passage, Prince George signed the visitor’s book on the same page previously signed by Diana, who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997 when Prince William was 15 years old. — Picture via Facebook
Life / 21 Dec 2025

UK’s Prince William and son George volunteer at homelessness charity

Residents of Kam Tin deck out their northern corner of the city with towering flower boards and a vast bamboo stage for the Taoist Jiao festival which dates back over 300 years. — AFP pic
Life / 21 Dec 2025

Once every 10 years, a Hong Kong village burns a giant effigy to chase away bad luck

Built inside the Sungai Pin Conservation Area, orangutan bridges are helping wildlife cross safely between fragmented habitats while reducing human-animal conflict. — Bernama pic
Life / 21 Dec 2025

These orangutan bridges are quietly stitching Borneo’s forests back together in Sungai Pin

Women walk over parched soil as they carry pots to fetch drinking water from Kholpetua river at Parshemari village in Khulna district. Once dismissed as long shots, climate damage lawsuits against fossil fuel and cement giants are gaining legal ground. — AFP pic
Life / 21 Dec 2025

Farmers take climate polluters to court — and experts say this is just the start

Boris Mateev, 25, co-owner of a fish farm, looks at sturgeon fish at a floating fish farm in Kardzhali dam, southern Bulgaria, December 2, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 21 Dec 2025

Inside the Bulgarian farm behind the world’s most expensive caviar

The Makam Sheikh Omar features Moorish architecture with intricate arabesque details on its dome, Kampung Melayu, Air Itam. — Picture by Opalyn Mok
Life / 21 Dec 2025

‘Most handsome tomb in Penang’: Sheikh Omar’s mausoleum, a hidden gem in Air Itam’s historic Malay village

Displaced Palestinian youths take part in a training session at the Aida Refugee Camp football pitch, next to the separation wall outside Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, December 16, 2025, a few weeks after an Israeli military decision to demolish the field. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Dec 2025

Bethlehem camp’s ‘lifeline’ football field faces Israeli demolition

A woman follows a TV broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference in her apartment in Saint Petersburg on December 19, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Dec 2025

Putin’s TV marathon: National costumes, marriage proposal and praise

The creator of the fake French coup video says he has no regrets despite making very little money off it. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Dec 2025

Despite making only €7 from viral French ‘coup’ video, Burkinabe teen has no regrets

Tourists queue around the Trevi fountain in central Rome on December 19, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Dec 2025

Save your coins: Rome to charge access to Trevi Fountain

Irregular menstruation may be an early sign of hormonal disorders such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), which can increase long-term health risks including uterine cancer, diabetes and heart disease, say health experts. — Bernama pic
Life / 20 Dec 2025

Irregular periods: PCOS a silent killer affecting women

BookXcess founder Jacqueline Ng believes that reading should not be exclusive to the privileged. — Picture by Sayuti Zainduin
Life / 20 Dec 2025

Beyond gadgets: Why physical books continue to captivate Malaysian readers

Victor Chin’s two-part zine titled ‘KL Pretty’ on display during the recent Kuala Lumpur Art Book Fair. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Life / 20 Dec 2025

‘KL Pretty’ and the obituaries for buildings: A zine mourning Dang Wangi’s forgotten architecture

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s prison diary sold 100,000 copies in under a week. — AFP pic
Life / 19 Dec 2025

From cell to bestseller list: Sarkozy’s prison diary doing better time than he is