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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  / 15 h ago

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

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  / 15 h ago

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

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  / 19 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  / 19 h ago

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

Customers at Muiz Hot Chicken restaurant in Pagoh Jaya, which serves fried chicken, burgers and nasi lemak, July 30, 2026. — Bernama pic
Life  / 14 h ago

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

A Malaysian official screens a Rohingya refugee ahead of repatriation to Myanmar. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

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

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  / 17 h ago

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

In a statement posted late last night on Facebook, TH said it undertook the restructuring after facing what it described as a widening financial deficit that required urgent government intervention to ensure the fund remained solvent and could continue declaring profit distributions under the Tabung Haji Act. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Tabung Haji defends 2018 restructuring, says RM10b asset sale prevented insolvency

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  / 4 h ago

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

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  / 17 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  / 18 h ago

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

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  / 15 h ago

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

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  / 14 h ago

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

Nova Widianto will leave his role as Malaysia’s mixed doubles head coach at the end of July after more than three years with BAM. — Image via Facebook/Badminton Association of Malaysia
Sports  / 18 h ago

Nova Widianto to leave BAM after guiding Malaysia to historic mixed doubles badminton world title

File photo of a woman (right) gets her first laser treatment to get rid of a tattoo during the campaign ‘Dag Tattoo, Hallo Baan’ (Goodbye Tattoo, Hello job) organised by ‘Stichting Spijt van Tattoo’ in Rotterdam in this file photo taken on January 28, 2019. Through Veilig Thuis (‘Safe at Home’), a national organisation helping victims of domestic abuse, Rotterdam-based foundation Spijt van Tattoo (‘Tattoo Regret’) offers victims free laser treatment and is poised to expand internationally. — Robin Utrecht/ANP/AFP pic
Life / 2d ago

More than skin deep: Dutch abuse victims erase forced tattoos

The photo taken on June 24, 2026 shows Kim Jun-young, chief of Hangang Bridge CCTV Integrated Control Centre, introducing the AI surveillance cameras during an interview with AFP in the control room in Seoul. Seoul’s Han River is a landmark of the glittering South Korean capital, but also a frequent scene of despair in a country with one of the world’s highest suicide rates. — AFP pic
Life / 2d ago

AI cameras spot suicide attempts on Seoul’s bridges, boosting rescue rates to 99pc

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg cutting the ribbon during the official opening of Wisma Elica, which houses Malaysia’s first voco hotel under the voco Hotels by IHG Hotels & Resorts brand and East Malaysia’s largest senior wellness centre, Care Collective, in Kuching today.
Life / 2d ago

Wisma Elica opens in Kuching, bringing Malaysia’s first voco hotel to Sarawak

As of June 30 this year, the app had 16,000 registered members—whittled down from around 36,000 applicants—and 760 couples in “serious relationships”, according to government data released this month. — Unsplash pic
Life / 2d ago

AI dating app launched by Tokyo govt leads to 265 marriages

Pallas's cat kittens, a species considered to be the world's oldest living feline, are seen in their enclosure at Kobe Animal Kingdom in Kobe on July 27, 2026. — AFP pic
Life / 28 Jul 2026

Five Pallas’s cat kittens dubbed world’s grumpiest felines go on display in Japan

Pablo Picasso is the art market’s best-selling artist, according to a report by Sotheby’s and ArtTactic. — AFP file pic
Life / 28 Jul 2026

Rare Monet, Renoir and Picasso works from famed dealer’s collection to go under hammer

Vaping has become a trend among young people, even as authorities warn of synthetic drug‑laced liquids posing serious health risks. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Life / 28 Jul 2026

Synthetic drug‑laced vape liquids linked to hallucinations, seizures and ‘zombie‑like’ effects, experts warn

Palestinian highschool student Saba Rabah, the top-ranked student in the science stream of the Palestinian national high school exams, stands reflected through a broken mirror on a wall at the Maghazi camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on July 26, 2026. Just days before her final secondary school examinations, the house opposite Rabah's temporary home was bombed, prompting her and her family to flee leaving behind everything they had. It was only the latest ordeal in a war that had already claimed her father, destroyed their family's home and forced them into repeated displacement. — AFP pic
Life / 28 Jul 2026

Gaza teen triumphs despite war, loss and displacement

D’s Kentang entrepreneur Danish Ekmal Edham, 23 (2nd left), together with his parents, Norazah Zainal, 50 (left) and Edham Wahab, 50 (right), and his sister, Dya Edlyn Edham, 22, display the jacket potato that he has been selling since January. — Bernama pic
Life / 28 Jul 2026

From small spuds to big success: Batu Pahat youth turns RM100 into thriving jacket potato business

Ridh Leo Craft owner Reedhwah Reef’ah Abdul Rashid displays a collection of Jalur Gemilang ribbons she sells online, in Kampung Paya Senang. — Bernama pic
Life / 27 Jul 2026

Kelantan crafter weaves patriotism into handmade Jalur Gemilang ribbons ahead of National Month

A forest rages in Saint-Jean-d’Illac, some 30km from Bordeaux, on July 26, 2026 as a wildfire has been ravaging the forest north of the Arcachon Basin (Gironde). The sixth-generation fires — the most extreme and uncontrollable category of forest fire — are likely to become increasingly common as climate change intensifies, a leading Portuguese wildfire researcher warned yesterday, citing the ongoing blazes in Spain and France as examples of the phenomenon. — AFP pic
Life / 27 Jul 2026

Sixth‑generation wildfires that generate own wind and defy suppression becoming more common as climate warms

This undated file picture provided by Japan's Jiji Press news agency on July 27, 2026 shows Japanese author Keigo Higashino in Tokyo. — AFP pic
Life / 27 Jul 2026

Acclaimed Japanese crime novelist Keigo Higashino dies aged 68

US President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant cuts to smoking prevention and cessation support programs. — File picture by Farhan Najib
Life / 27 Jul 2026

Smoking makes a pop culture comeback despite health warnings

A view of Omaha Beach in Colleville-sur-Mer, on the French western Normandy coast, taken on October 2, 2018. The D-Day landing beaches were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List yesterday. — AFP pic
Life / 27 Jul 2026

D-Day landing beaches in Normandy added to Unesco World Heritage List

Star Wars creator George Lucas and his wife—will see previously undisplayed items from the hit sci-fi series after it opens later this year. — AFP pic
Life / 27 Jul 2026

George Lucas museum to showcase never-before-seen Star Wars treasures

Popular picks at Chikopi include Nasi Lemak Chikopi, Nasi Ayam Gepuk and drinks like Matcha Strawberry and Longan Latte. — Bernama pic
Life / 27 Jul 2026

Malaysian café Chikopi shows business can profit while creating jobs for persons with disabilities