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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyer Datuk Sankara Narayan Nair said he had acted on Anwar’s instructions to issue a letter of demand today to PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man over a ‘series of allegedly defamatory statements made outside Parliament on June 14, 2026 against the prime minister and subsequently republished on social media’. — Pictures by Bernama/Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Lawyer: Anwar will sue for defamation if PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim fails to respond in 48 hours

Former Tabung Haji chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim at Kuala Lumpur High Court September 7, 2022. — File picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Abdul Azeez says ready to face fresh probe over Tabung Haji RCI findings

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim delivers his speech during the launching of the new Menara Merdeka Maybank in Kuala Lumpur, July 30, 2026. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

‘This is even fancier than the PM’s office’: Anwar launches Maybank’s new headquarters at Menara Merdeka Maybank

DNA Brands will set aside up to S$1 million for refunds after a Singapore investigation found that some staff used high-pressure sales tactics on customers. — Unsplash pic
Singapore  / 19 h ago

Singapore beauty chain offers S$1m refunds after staff targeted elderly clients’ retirement savings

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak gets a temporary reprieve in his lawsuit against former Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, but the Federal Court warned him that it will not allow any more delays next time. — Bernama file pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Heart op recovery keeps Najib from court in bid to revive suit against ex-AG Thomas, but majority grants delay — with a warning

Benteng Ampangan, a food court and local hangout for Ampangan folks and others in the vicinity, right opposite of it is the Ampangan UTC. — Picture by Soo Wern Jun
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

As polling day nears, what’s on Negeri Sembilan voters’ minds?

A Malaysian official screens a Rohingya refugee ahead of repatriation to Myanmar. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Home Ministry starts refugee checks as Malaysia prepares to send back 5,000 Myanmar nationals

Customers at Muiz Hot Chicken restaurant in Pagoh Jaya, which serves fried chicken, burgers and nasi lemak, July 30, 2026. — Bernama pic
Life  / 13 h ago

Muiz Hot Chicken founder turns RM20 profit into RM45m business, eyes Brunei and Singapore

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that good governance is an ongoing moral and institutional effort and pointed out that systems cannot rely on policies alone. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Special Parliament sitting on Tabung Haji RCI report set for Aug 11, says Anwar

R. Alex, 28, was charged in the Teluk Intan Magistrates’ Court with four offences, including two counts of murder, over a crash that killed two teenage girls. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Driver charged with murder over Teluk Intan crash killing two teenage schoolgirls

Bursa Malaysia expects one or two large initial public offerings in the second half of 2026 after raising its full-year IPO market capitalisation target to RM34 billion. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Money  / 17 h ago

Big listings incoming: Bursa expects up to two major IPOs before year-end

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the programme was inspired not merely by statistics, but by what he repeatedly witnessed during constituency programmes with taxi drivers. — Picture via Facebook/JPJ
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

A fresh start: Teksi Madani policy looks at uplifting taxi drivers

Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil said the MCMC had been asked to invite telecommunications companies (telcos) to meet with Starlink to explore opportunities for deploying the technology, which does not necessarily depend on existing telecommunications infrastructure. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Starlink to trial satellite-to-phone internet service in Malaysia, says Fahmi

In a statement today, the AGC said the move was aimed at ensuring that all aspects of investigations by the relevant enforcement agencies are carried out thoroughly and comprehensively, enabling due consideration to be given to whether any breaches of the law warrant prosecution. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Tabung Haji RCI report: AGC to assess findings for possible prosecution

The Royal Commission of Inquiry report found weaknesses in Tabung Haji’s governance, including political interference in the management of the pilgrim fund and the distribution of its profits. — File pic by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

RCI pushes for new Haj Fund dept to safeguard Tabung Haji’s future as deposits approach RM100b

Logo of the National Centre for Digital Sexual Crime Response at its Seoul office on July 2, 2026. — AFP pic
Life / 3 h ago

Digital detectives in Seoul hunt AI predators, deleting illicit porn and rescuing traumatised victims

Customers from within and outside Terengganu fill the dining area of 72-year-old Nik Yang Nik Ismail’s seafood fritters restaurant in Kampung Rhu Sepuluh, which she has operated for the past 30 years, July 30, 2026. — Bernama pic
Life / 3 h ago

Terengganu seafood fritters eatery keeps wood-fired tradition alive after three decades

Economic inequality is the clearest way to predict how countries will fare during a pandemic. — AFP pic
Life / 3 h ago

Global council warns inequality deepens pandemics, urges debt relief and fair access to medicines

Customers at Muiz Hot Chicken restaurant in Pagoh Jaya, which serves fried chicken, burgers and nasi lemak, July 30, 2026. — Bernama pic
Life / 13 h ago

Muiz Hot Chicken founder turns RM20 profit into RM45m business, eyes Brunei and Singapore

Astronomer Daniel Mello uses a laser to point out the Milky Way during a stargazing event at Desengano State Natural Park, Rio de Janeiro, June 26, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 13 h ago

Argentine astronomer Amina Helmi wins Kavli Prize for uncovering Milky Way’s violent past

Pope Leo XIV smiles after a concert at Borgo Laudato Si, Castel Gandolfo, July 29, 2026. — AFP pic
Life / 14 h ago

Chicago‑born Pope Leo XIV says he loves US but won’t define himself American

Carpenter Ramli Sulaiman builds handcrafted cages for bush crickets, turning a longtime hobby into a small business as competitive insect singing grows in popularity across his district. — Bernama pic
Life / 1d ago

The Terengganu craftsman building custom homes for Malaysia’s singing grasshoppers

Shoichi Ikeno, head of local diving company Lagoon, holds coral seedlings in Onna village, Okinawa Prefecture, July 9, 2026. — AFP pic
Life / 1d ago

How scientists are toughening up Okinawa’s corals for a warming world

Scientists have identified Musango matusadonaensis, a 210-million-year-old dinosaur from Zimbabwe whose remarkably complete skeleton is reshaping ideas about the earliest dinosaurs in southern Africa. — Illustration by Mark Witton via Natural History Museum London
Life / 1d ago

A 210-million-year-old dinosaur is revealing a lost world beneath Zimbabwe

SME Association of Malaysia chief AI adviser Dr KP Chiew (2nd left) and representatives from the OBOR Economic Friendship Association, Medical Device Authority and University of Cyberjaya during preliminary discussions on potential collaboration in medical technology, healthcare innovation and research. — Picture courtesy of OBOR Economic Friendship Association
Life / 1d ago

OBOR Economic Friendship Association, Medical Device Authority and University of Cyberjaya explore medical technology collaboration

Tri Rama Dandi, 26, from Kolaka in Indonesia has been caring for his year-old son since the latter was an infant after his marriage ended in 2025, including keeping watch by CCTV connected to his phone when he works as a motorcycle taxi driver. — Screengrabs from Facebook Reels/Faiz Curengge
Life / 1d ago

One motorbike, one CCTV and a single father doing whatever it takes to raise his year-old son

Workers return from farms to Nkqubela township in Robertson, South Africa, on July 9, 2026, amid a labour shortage triggered by the departure of thousands of foreign workers. — AFP pic
Life / 1d ago

‘Locals first’ push leaves South Africa scrambling for labour

Composite image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) shows Betelgeuse (centre, January 2019) and, at left, its newly detected companion star, Betelgeuse B (crosshair), captured in December 2024 when it was farthest from the red supergiant as seen from Earth. The discovery marks the first visual evidence that Betelgeuse is not alone. — Handout pic by ESO via AFP
Life / 2d ago

Twinkle, twinkle, little star: Scientists finally spot Betelgeuse's hidden companion

Portraits of residents killed in the conflict are displayed outside a home in Zawtar al-Gharbiya on July 28, 2026, as villagers return to inspect their homes following the Lebanese army’s deployment under a framework agreement with Israel. — AFP pic
Life / 1d ago

Residents come, breathe the air, then leave: Life in a village still split by war

Visitors look at the statue of the Virgin Mary during finishing works on the construction site in Konotopie village, next to Torun, central Poland on 22 July 2026. In a nondescript village in northern-central Poland, a statue of the Virgin Mary, towers above what residents hope is the traditionally Catholic country’s newest pilgrimage destination. — AFP pic
Life / 2d ago

Polish billionaire funds Europe’s tallest Virgin Mary statue, stirring faith and debate

Beach goers sit on the beach of Moutchic in Lacanau, southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from a wildfire. France has been battered by three heatwaves since May as part of increasingly common extreme weather episodes linked to climate change, causing thousands of excess deaths and fuelling wildfires. — AFP pic
Life / 2d ago

What are fire clouds? Inside the ominous anvil‑shaped pyrocumulonimbus storms forming over France’s fires