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Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrives at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex, December 22, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

No house arrest for Najib, High Court decides

High Court judge Alice Loke Yee Ching today rejected Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s application to serve the remainder of his six-year sentence under house arrest. — Picture by Yusof Isa 
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Accuracy over speed: Teo Nie Ching rebukes media for misleading Najib house arrest coverage

The EMU train design and ECRL logo displayed during an event in Putrajaya December 18, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

On track: ECRL, LRT3 and Pan Borneo Highway headline Malaysia’s transport progress this year

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lead defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah speaks to the press after the announcement of Najib’s house arrest decision at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex, December 22, 2025. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

How much of Najib’s jail time is left? Ex-PM could serve less than six years, lawyer says release possible before 2028

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is midway in his reduced six-year jail term, is seen here at the Kuala Lumpur court complex on November 25, 2025. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Najib to find out today: House arrest or Kajang prison?

Rapper Namawee pictured at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex, December 22, 2025. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Namewee acquitted in drug use case, still faces separate possession charge

In a post on Facebook, Umno president and Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi called for calm after senior Umno leaders criticised DAP publicity secretary Yeo Bee Yin’s year-end Facebook post celebrating the High Court’s dismissal of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s bid for house arrest. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 1 h ago

Zahid urges calm as Umno leaders slam Yeo Bee Yin’s ‘celebrate’ post on Najib

The main suspect in the case involving the discovery of a woman’s body in a bag buried at a house in Kampung Batu 4, Pedas, Rembau. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Love gone wrong?: Key suspect in Pedas ‘body in bag’ case admits marrying woman from Sarawak

This photo taken on December 7, 2025 shows astrologer Linn Nhyo Taryar from Myanmar praying to a shrine at his home in Bangkok. What lies ahead after Myanmar’s forthcoming elections? The answer is hidden in the alignment of the stars, the occult flame of black magic candles and sacred geometry visible only to the third eye — if you believe the country’s spiritual soothsayers. — AFP pic
Life  / 11 h ago

Myanmar fortune‑tellers divine future as ill-augured election looms

According to ‘Harian Metro’, supporters began assembling as early as 7am, with crowds swelling around the court compound amid chants of ‘Justice for Najib’ and ‘Lawan tetap lawan’. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

Crowds turn up at Jalan Duta court complex as Najib awaits house arrest decision

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus said the report was filed by the victim’s family at the Pudu Police Station at 1 pm yesterday. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Police receive new report of sexual assault involving same Kampung Pandan teacher

The High Court’s decision today means that Datuk Seri Najib Razak will have to continue serving his jail term at Kajang Prison. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Shafee: Najib to appeal after High Court rejects house arrest bid

In a statement today, the DAP MP for Bagan noted that Deputy Prime Minister and BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, when announcing BN’s plan to seek GST reinstatement after the 16th General Election, described GST as the ‘most suitable and effective system’ to ensure fairness and bolster national revenue. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Lim Guan Eng: RM30b GST refund ‘nightmare’ must not happen again

Lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah speaks to the press at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex following the decision on former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s home arrest on December 22, 2025. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Shafee urges Agong, Malay rulers to scrutinise High Court’s decision on Najib’s house arrest, claims it dilutes their powers

The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Operations Centre said it received an emergency call at 8.49pm via the 999 hotline reporting a blaze inside the restaurant on the shopping complex’s ground floor. — Screengrab from Facebook/Bangsar 孟沙
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Kitchen fire at Mid Valley restaurant quickly controlled, no injuries reported (VIDEO) 

The Palestine Film Festival from January 12 to 21 at The Projector at Cineleisure mall in the Orchard Road area. — Picture via Facebook/Singapore Palestine Film Festival
Singapore / 09 Jan 2024

Movies at upcoming Palestine Film Festival in Singapore allowed as they do not promote violence against any group, says home minister

A view of public housing blocks in Singapore. In December, HDB announced that the current occupancy cap of six unrelated tenants for Housing and Development Board flats would be temporarily increased to eight unrelated occupants from January 22, 2024 to meet rental demand. — AFP pic
Singapore / 09 Jan 2024

Minister: New rental occupancy cap in Singapore unlikely to strain HDB infrastructure, increase maintenance costs

When a 15-year-old stumbled in a multi-storey car park, a 50-year-old man helped her up and she thanked him with a can of soft drink. After they chatted for an hour, the man got the girl to perform a sex act on him. ― TODAY file pic
Singapore / 09 Jan 2024

Man in Singapore pleads guilty to getting 15-year-old girl to perform sex act on him after she thanked him for act of kindness

A file photo of Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 09 Jan 2024

Defence minister: Singapore Armed Forces to deploy medical team aboard French ship to aid civilian casualties in Gaza conflict

In-house surveillance footage of Maemanah at her employer's home (left) and the tampered drawer (right) where she retrieved her passport. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 09 Jan 2024

Indonesian maid flees home after apparently borrowing money from ‘loan sharks’ in Singapore; employer appeals for information on her whereabouts

Screenshots from a video showing a collision between a bus and motorcyclist at the junction of Clementi Avenue 6 and Commonwealth Avenue West. — Social media pic via TODAY
Singapore / 08 Jan 2024

Singapore motorcyclist flung onto car after being rammed by bus in Clementi; 72-year-old driver under probe

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon (right) and other judges of the Supreme Court at an event to mark the opening of the legal year on Jan 8, 2024. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 08 Jan 2024

Mandatory modules in the works for Singapore law students, lawyers to plug ‘notable gaps’ in legal ethics education

Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have come up with a way to “jailbreak” AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google Bard and Microsoft Bing Chat to produce content that breaches their developers’ guidelines. — AFP pic
Singapore / 08 Jan 2024

AI vs AI: NTU researchers in Singapore use chatbots to breach other chatbots’ defence systems

Nathanael Koh, 13, who just graduated from the Australian National University with an honours degree in music composition. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 08 Jan 2024

Flexibility in Singapore education system needed, say parents of prodigies; Education Ministry cites enrichment programmes for talented students

Dead fish that were washed ashore on Sembawang Beach in Singapore January 3, 2024. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 05 Jan 2024

Scores of dead fish appear on Sembawang Beach; Singapore authorities investigating, testing water quality in area

A herd of sambar deer was captured grazing openly along the Bukit Timah Expressway in a TikTok video by Jason Ng. — Picture via TikTok/jason_7135
Singapore / 05 Jan 2024

Herd of sambar deer sighted along expressway; online users glad to see nature ‘flourishing’ in Singapore (VIDEO) 

As a part-time tuition teacher who tutored children privately at their home, Muhammad Nur Ikhlas Mohd Hashim would use the opportunity to molest his male students while they did their schoolwork. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 05 Jan 2024

Part-time private tutor in Singapore pleads guilty to molesting three boys in their bedrooms while parents were home

Lazada’s move to retrench workers without alerting their union — days after the New Year festivities — was slammed by the labour movement today. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 05 Jan 2024

NTUC: Singapore Lazada’s move to lay off workers without notifying, consulting union ‘unacceptable’; Ministry of Manpower informed

By the end of the century, Singapore could possibly face very hot days of temperatures exceeding 35°C for up to 351 days in a year. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 05 Jan 2024

Hotter days almost all year round within this century: Five key takeaways from Singapore’s new climate study

The Ministry of Home Affairs headquarters at New Phoenix Park on July 27, 2022. — TODAY pic
Singapore / 04 Jan 2024

Singapore Home Affairs Ministry warns against importing foreign politics amid claims country could be used as platform to influence Indonesian elections

Appearing in court through video-link, Adam Hambali Seddon, 30, was expressionless when his charge was read out to him in Malay. ― TODAY file pic
Singapore / 04 Jan 2024

Man charged over alleged attack on others with ‘dangerous weapon’ at Singapore’s Orchard Central on New Year’s Day