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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

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman at the Department Of State in Washington November 1, 2023. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

US remains focused on Indo-Pacific despite other global challenges, say officials

China said today its troops were “on constant high alert” after US and Canadian warships passed through the Taiwan Strait, their second joint passage in two months. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

China on ‘alert’ after US, Canadian ships cross Taiwan Strait

A Hezbollah flag and a poster depicting Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah are pictured along a street, near Sidon, Lebanon July 7, 2020. A formidable military force backed by Iran, Hezbollah has been engaging Israeli forces along the border, where 50 of its fighters have been killed in the deadliest escalation since it fought a war with Israel in 2006. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

Hezbollah leader set to weigh in on Middle East war

People sift through the smouldering rubble of buildings destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 2, 2023. — AFP pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

Gaza health ministry says 27 killed in Israel strike near UN school

People queue for bread in front of a bakery that was partially destroyed in an Israeli strike, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on November 2, 2023, as battles continue between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. — AFP pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

Parliament: Bahrain halts trade ties with Israel, envoys return

(From left) Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon, North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock applaud at the end of a panel discussion during a Ministerial Conference on the issues of EU enlargement, EU reforms and the EU’s global capacity at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin November 2, 2023. — AFP pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

Ukraine ‘optimistic’ on opening EU accession talks, says foreign minister

Greek police said today 13 people were arrested after far-right and far-left groups clashed in Athens on the anniversary of the fatal shootings of two neo-Nazis a decade ago. — Reuters ifile pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

Thirteen held in Greece over violence linked to murders of two neo-Nazis

Terry Gou, the founder of Taiwan's Foxconn, makes a speech at Banqiao Cihui Temple in New Taipei City, Taiwan October 29, 2023. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

Taiwan probes Foxconn founder’s campaign over toilet paper bribes

Uganda said today it has captured the head of a militia squad blamed for the murder of two honeymooning foreign tourists and their local guide in a national park last month. — iStock pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

Uganda captures militia chief accused of tourist murders

A fallen tree is seen on the road during Storm Ciaran in Perros-Guirec, Brittany, France, November 2, 2023. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

France, Britain hit by record winds of Storm Ciaran

Trucks loaded with goods are seen as Afghan nationals head back to Afghanistan, at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, October 30, 2023. — The Norwegian Refugee Council handout pic via Reuters
World / 02 Nov 2023

Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing overwhelmed as Afghans face expulsion

Palestinians with dual citizenship walk as they wait for permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, November 2, 2023. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

Hundreds more wounded, foreigners hope to flee war-torn Gaza

A satellite image shows an overview of Jabalia after explosions, November 1, 2023. — Maxar Technologies handout pic via Reuters
World / 02 Nov 2023

Hamas govt says 195 killed in Israel strikes on Gaza camp this week

An Egyptian officer speaks with a foreign passport holder upon arriving in the Egyptian part of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip November 1, 2023. — AFP pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

Egypt says to help evacuate ‘about 7,000’ Gaza foreign nationals

A wider bipartisan group of US lawmakers is asking the Biden administration about its plans to respond to China’s rising use of RISC-V chip design technology after Reuters last month reported on growing concerns about it in both houses of Congress. — Mark Schiefelbein/Pool/Reuters pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

US lawmakers press Biden for plans on Chinese use of open chip technology

This long exposure picture taken late on October 28, 2023 shows a missile fired from a Myanmar military base in Lashio township, northern Shan State.— AFP pic
World / 02 Nov 2023

Myanmar military says lost control of strategic border town