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(Standing, left) Perlis PAS Youth chief Haziq Asyraf, who is also Beseri assemblyman, revealed on December 28, 2025 that he was invited to sign a statutory declaration against the former state menteri besar but declined. — Picture from Facebook/Haziq Asyraf
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

New MB sworn in but Perlis political drama deepens as state PAS Youth chief reveals SD invite

DAP National Chairman Gobind Singh Deo said more structural changes are urgently needed to prevent future corruption and abuse. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

1MDB verdict shows need for stronger governance, says DAP chairman

Najib's six-year jail term is due to his conviction in the first SRC trial involving RM42 million, and he is due to be released in either 2028 or 2029 depending on whether he pays a RM50 million fine. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Malaysia’s courtroom drama in 2025: Najib, Rosmah, DNAA rulings and more

From Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya, several New Year’s Eve countdown events will take place across Klang Valley. — Pictures courtesy of Instagram / KLCC / IOI City Mall / The Curve / Sunway Velocity Mall / Tourism Malaysia
Life  / 6 h ago

Fireworks, festivals and free entry: Five New Year’s Eve countdowns across Klang Valley

Mohamad Abdullah (front row, centre) shows the statement issued by the NGOs at a press conference in Kuching on December 28, 2025. — The Borneo Post pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Not our style: NGOs call for rethink as Miri foam party rubs up against Sarawak values

Supporters of Datuk Seri Najib Razak hold up a laminated sketch of the former prime minister. SUPP, a former component party in the Barisan Nasional coalition, pushes back against claims it illegally received funds from 1MDB when Najib was in charge of the sovereign investment firm in 2013. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

SUPP insists RM1m donation from Najib not linked to 1MDB, says issue settled years ago

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor said that she had chosen to focus her life on her family and to leave matters to the will of Allah, expressing hope that justice and truth would prevail in the future. — File pic by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Rosmah dismisses claims she caused Najib’s downfall, says focus is on family and prayer

Stray dogs roam in Ipoh, Perak, where the state government has increased funding to RM300,000 in 2026 for humane animal welfare programmes. — File picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Perak invests in smarter, kinder stray animal management

The local currency traded mostly higher against major and regional peers as markets headed into quieter New Year trading. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Money  / 4 h ago

Twelve days up and counting: Ringgit opens stronger against US dollar

Bitcoin is highly volatile, so large investors can potentially earn significant returns if prices rise—but they also face substantial risk of losses if prices fall. — Reuters pic
Money  / 16 h ago

Crypto crash course: How plunging bitcoin prices shake companies

The appointment of Abu Bakar Hamzah as the new Menteri Besar, with the consent of the Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail, demonstrates that the political crisis in the state was addressed lawfully and in an orderly manner. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Bersatu takes Perlis from PAS with Abu Bakar sworn in, analysts warn of trust deficit in Perikatan

Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) acting assistant director of operations Shazlean Mohd Hanafiah said a team from the Kuala Kangsar Fire and Rescue Station was dispatched to the scene. — Bernama pic/JBPM Perak
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

CelcomDigi, Maxis and Unifi users left offline after fire guts Maxis tower near Sungai Perak R&R

Mohamad Ikhwan Afiq Mohamad Anwar, head of the PAS Tasek Gelugor Youth Wing, reportedly said that the party should contest and reclaim all parliamentary and state assembly seats won by Bersatu under the PN and PAS banners in previous general and state elections. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

PAS youth wing urges party to sever ties with Bersatu at all levels over alleged betrayal

French actress and singer Brigitte Bardot smokes a cigarette at the courthouse in Paris on January 29, 1962 after testifying for her ex-husband film director Roger Vadim in the trial against film director Francois Truffaut over the film
Showbiz  / 18 h ago

French film legend Brigitte Bardot dies at 91, leaves legacy on screen and in animal welfare

A 74-year-old pensioner in Taiping, Perak fell for phone scammers impersonating a police officer and a TNB representative who claimed she was being investigated in a money laundering case. — iStock pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Taiping retiree loses over RM300,000 in life savings by phone fraudsters claiming police and TNB links

A 64-year-old teacher was sentenced to three weeks in jail after he sent sexually explicit messages to his 15-year-old male student about sex toys. ― Unsplash pic
Singapore / 13 Oct 2023

Singapore court sentences male teacher, 64, to three weeks’ jail for sending messages about sex toys to teen male student

Screengrabs of videos showing a police officer (left) speaking to a woman who allegedly caused a commotion at the Singapore General Hospital, and the woman pointing to her injured foot (right). — Douyin pix via TODAY
Singapore / 13 Oct 2023

Woman seen in viral videos arguing with police at Singapore hospital to be charged with multiple offences

The flight path of Scoot flight TR16 as it returned to Singapore on Oct 12, 2023. — FlightRadar24 screengrab via TODAY
Singapore / 12 Oct 2023

Scoot flight from Singapore to Perth turned back due to bomb threat; RSAF aircraft activated to escort plane

Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said Singaporeans must not let external events affect our ‘precious peace’ and destabilise us. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 12 Oct 2023

Israel-Hamas conflict dividing the world but Singaporeans should not let external events affect ‘precious peace’, says Shanmugam

Singapore / 12 Oct 2023

Singapore: Married woman, 49, pleads guilty to using love scams, other ruses to cheat 10 victims of S$880,000

Singapore / 12 Oct 2023

Pew study hails Singapore’s ‘remarkable’ religious diversity and high tolerance, acceptance

Booking.com is one of the most popular hotel-booking sites in Singapore along with the likes of Agoda and Klook. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 12 Oct 2023

Explainer: How Booking.com Singaporean customers were scammed while making hotel reservations and how to guard against it

A screenshot of a video clip posted on online forum Reddit showing a driver having an argument with his passenger. — Singapore Happenings/Reddit via TODAY
Singapore / 11 Oct 2023

Grab Singapore suspends driver who allegedly made racist comments to passenger, asked him to ‘get out’ of car

The 40m high Rain Vortex, located inside Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore, is the world’s tallest indoor waterfall. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 11 Oct 2023

After popular X account ranks Changi Airport No 1 globally, most travellers agree but some beg to differ

Queer-tai, a performance at the NTU CCA anniversary party at Gillman Barracks, Sept 29, 2023. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 11 Oct 2023

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University to review internal processes after queer-themed performance that ‘should not have been staged in public’

Two 26-year-olds were charged in court over allegedly making a false police report. — TODAY file pic
Singapore / 11 Oct 2023

In Singapore, crypto firm co-founder, 26, charged with taking S$270,400 from investors, making false robbery report

The first 26-year-old man will be charged on Wednesday with criminal breach of trust and making a false police report. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 11 Oct 2023

Singaporean man to be charged with misappropriating investors’ S$270,000, making false police report he was robbed of sum

A Raffles’ banded langur on one of the rope bridges installed by NParks to facilitate crossings between fragmented forest habitats. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 11 Oct 2023

Researchers: Once near extinction in Singapore, Raffles’ banded langur’s population set to double to 150 by 2038

Almost two in five people said that they had to take time off work due to stress in the past year, with three in 20 people saying that they had to do this on multiple occasions. — Pexels via TODAY pic
Singapore / 10 Oct 2023

Survey: One in four youth considered self-harm in past year, one in two Singaporeans’ daily lives affected by stress

A study from Hilton has found that 87 per cent of Singaporean travellers have reported they feel proud about the rising popularity of their country as a coveted travel destination — AFP pic
Singapore / 10 Oct 2023

Hilton study: 87pc Singaporeans proud as country gains popularity as top travel destination 

One of the signs at an empty field along Parry Avenue, Kovan, photographed on Oct 8, 2023. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 09 Oct 2023

‘Hysterical barking, seizures’: Dog walkers avoid popular field in Singapore after two suspected poisoning deaths