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Panelist and Court of Appeal judge Datin Evrol Mariette Peters speaks at the ‘Children’s Rights in Malaysia: From Commitments to Monitoring and Accountability’ panel session during the Human Rights Day Forum 2025 in Kuala Lumpur December 11, 2025. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

How judges handle children in custody disputes: Court of Appeal judge shares personalised, child‑friendly approach

Luck did not favour former world champion Natasha Mohamed Roslan as she failed to win the women’s singles gold in bowling at the 2025 South East Asian (SEA) Games here today. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 19 h ago

Bowling queen Natasha Roslan edged out, aims redemption in doubles and team events

The Inland Revenue Board has completed tax refund payments amounting to RM14.55 billion involving 3.47 million cases as of November 30, said Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

IRB disburses RM14.55b in tax refunds to 3.47 million taxpayers, says deputy finance minister

The Malaysian Meteorological Department today issued a warning of continuous rain that is expected to hit several states until this Thursday. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of continuous heavy rain in several states until Thursday

A customer buys fish at the Section 6 wet market in Shah Alam on February 16, 2023. — Yusof Mat Isa pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Why are fish prices so high in Malaysia? LKIM claims wholesalers are hoarding, manipulating market

A damaged luxury car rests on a roadside embankment in Kuala Langat after the driver allegedly lost control while reaching for his mobile phone. — PDRM pic
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Costly distraction: Man crashes Porsche in Kuala Langat after dropping phone

Subang MP Wong Chen today said the Subang Jaya City Council has agreed to fund an independent Traffic Impact Assessment for the proposed Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover in SS14. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Wong Chen: MBSJ agrees to independent traffic study on Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover

People react in front of a flower tribute near Bondi Pavilion following a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic
World  / 17 h ago

What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Jewish event

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur in this file picture dated December 8, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Brace for rain: Thunderstorm alert until noon for Selangor, KL, N. Sembilan and Sabah

Malaysia’s rhythmic gymnastics squad leapt, twirled, and danced their way to a team gold at the SEA Games Thailand 2025, today. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 18 h ago

Malaysia’s rhythmic gymnastics squad dazzles with routines to clinch SEA Games gold

A handout photo taken and released by the Australian Prime Minister's Office on December 15, 2025 shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (2nd left) walking with police officers after laying flowers at the Bondi Pavillion at Bondi Beach, the scene of a shooting where 15 people were killed. — Australian Prime Minister's Office handout/AFP pic
World  / 5 h ago

Father, son behind Bondi Beach mass shooting linked to Islamic State ideology, says Albanese

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Negara that the police report on the case will be submitted to the Attorney-General today for further action. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

‘No compromise’: Police assure full, transparent probe into Durian Tunggal triple shooting in Melaka, says Anwar

In this picture taken on June 16, 2020, media tycoon Jimmy Lai poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. US President Donald Trump said yesterday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction. — AFP pic
World  / 4 h ago

‘I feel so badly’: Trump says he asked Xi to release Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai

Penang police chief Datuk Azizee Ismail said the 54-year-old man was deceived after receiving a call on February 21 at his home in George Town from an individual claiming to be a cybersecurity officer. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Manager duped out of RM2.54m in elaborate phone scam in Penang

Undated photo from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate shows Donald Trump with a group of women; released by House Oversight Democrats on December 12, 2025. — Handout photo from House Oversight Democrats via AFP
World  / 7 h ago

Countdown begins for Trump and Co: Decades of Epstein sex-trafficking files set for release this Friday

The most prominent Palestinian released is Israa Jaabis, 37, who was convicted of detonating a gas cylinder in her car at a checkpoint in 2015, wounding a police officer. She was sentenced to 11 years in prison. — AFP pic
World / 26 Nov 2023

Hostage deal sees 39 Palestinians released

A convoy of trucks carrying fuel and aid drive in Gaza City’s Zeitoun district on November 25, 2023, on the second day of a truce between Israel and Hamas. — AFP
World / 26 Nov 2023

UN says 61 trucks deliver aid in northern Gaza

Veteran Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders yesterday vowed to be prime minister of the Netherlands eventually, following an election in which his party won the most seats. — Reuters pic
World / 26 Nov 2023

Dutch politician Wilders vows ‘I will be prime minister’ on X

The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Israeli fire hit one of its patrols in the country’s south yesterday, despite a Hamas-Israel truce largely quietening the Lebanon-Israel frontier. — AFP pic
World / 26 Nov 2023

UN Lebanon peacekeepers say Israeli fire hits its patrol

Israeli troops killed six Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. — AFP pic
World / 26 Nov 2023

Palestinian ministry: Israeli army kills six people, including doctor, in West Bank

An International Red Cross vehicle carrying hostages released by Hamas, drives towards the Rafah border point with Egypt, ahead of their transfer to Israel. — AFP pic
World / 26 Nov 2023

Ireland’s PM: Irish-Israeli girl released by Hamas

Thousands of people took to the streets across the world yesterday to condemn violence against women on the international day highlighting the crime. — AFP pic
World / 26 Nov 2023

Thousands march across globe to denounce violence against women

Since Sheynnis Palacios was crowned Miss Universe on November 18 in San Salvador, she has been widely portrayed as a symbol of opposition to President Daniel Ortega. — Reuters pic
World / 26 Nov 2023

Nicaragua bars pageant head after Ortega critic wins Miss Universe, reports media

Palestinians leaving the north on the second day of a truce between Israel and Hamas. — AFP pic
World / 26 Nov 2023

Second hostage group returns to Israel after Hamas release

Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters return to their homes in eastern Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during the first hours of a four-day truce in the battles between Israel and Hamas militants, on November 24, 2023. — AFP pic
World / 25 Nov 2023

Qatari delegation discusses possible truce extension with Israel

File phot of Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Group CEO posing during an interview at the ADNOC headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE December 10, 2019. - Reuters pic
World / 25 Nov 2023

Every industry should be ‘held accountable’ on climate, says COP28 president

Rohingya refugees shop at a market place in Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhia on November 25, 2023. — AFP pic
World / 25 Nov 2023

Bangladesh stops scores of Rohingya seeking to sail to Indonesia

File photo of flames rising from the car and a bus, set alight at the junction of Bachelors Walk and the O’Connell Bridge, in Dublin on November 23, 2023, as people took to the streets following the stabbings earlier in the day. — AFP pic
World / 25 Nov 2023

Dublin riot highlights ‘far-right’ agitation over Ireland immigration

A man climbs a tree to lay a cable outside a tunnel where workers are trapped after the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 25, 2023. — Reuters pic
World / 25 Nov 2023

Indian tunnel rescue set to take much longer after drill damaged

File photo of Japan's Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa leaving after a news conference about the execution of six more members of the doomsday cult group Aum Shinrikyo, in Tokyo, Japan, July 26, 2018. - Reuters pic
World / 25 Nov 2023

Japan and China plan security talks ‘in near future’

Displaced Palestinians return to their homes as they walk near houses destroyed in an Israeli strike during the conflict, amid the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 24, 2023. — Reuters pic
World / 25 Nov 2023

Palestinians in Gaza use truce to pick through rubble of homes