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Data from the Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) shows persistent demand for Malaysian university enrolment from China, Bangladesh and India. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Why Malaysian campuses are a hit with students from China, Bangladesh and India

File photo of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Hannah Yeoh. The prime minister rejected claims today that Yeoh’s appointment strengthens DAP dominance, saying she serves the government, not a political party. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

‘Atrocious’: Anwar hits back at race-based attacks on Hannah Yeoh’s Cabinet appointment

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with Hannah Yeoh, who thanked him for the trust placed in her following her appointment to oversee the Federal Territories. — Picture via Facebook/Hannah Yeoh
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Hannah Yeoh thanks Anwar for trust as she sets out priorities for Federal Territories

Piles of insulating sheaths suspected to be from stolen cables. — Prasarana pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

‘We can’t handle this alone’: Prasarana sounds SOS for national action over cable theft epidemic

National Muay Thai athlete Muhammad Mikail Ghazali Zulfikar (left) launches an attack against host nation fighter Suphakon Sirilun during the men’s 57kg final at the Thailand 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok today. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 19 h ago

Malaysian Muay Thai squad pull off sensational three-gold feat by upsetting home favourites, including a World Champion

National diver Yong Rui Jie competes in the men’s one-metre springboard event at the Thailand 2025 SEA Games at the Assumption University Aquatic Centre, Bangkok today. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 18 h ago

SEA Games 2025: Malaysia denied diving clean sweep, claim bronze in men’s one-metre springboard

At 6pm, the ringgit inched down to 4.0855/0940 against the greenback, from 4.0835/0875 at yesterday’s close. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Money  / 19 h ago

Ringgit slips against US dollar as traders lock in gains

National silat athlete Muhammad Izzul Irfan (right) faces Thailand’s Phiraphon Mitthasan in the men’s Class D final at the 2025 SEA Games at Hall 4, Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok today. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 19 h ago

Three-hour suspense ends in joy as Malaysian silat athlete Izzul Irfan Marzuki retains SEA Games gold

Police said four suspects were arrested on the day of the incident, with four more detained in follow-up operations. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Police detain eight over brutal Batu Caves slashing attack

A Malaysian martial arts coach has been accused of assaulting a Filipino referee at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand following protests over a disputed pencak silat result, the Philippine Olympic Committee said. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 19 h ago

Malaysian ‘pencak silat’ coach accused of striking SEA Games judge in tie-break dispute

Proton’s new EV facility in Tanjong Malim symbolised a broader transition to localisation and new technology. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Money  / 5 h ago

From Saga to sockets: 2025 was the year Malaysia’s car industry finally flipped the switch

Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain attends a townhall session at Kompleks Setia Perkasa in Putrajaya on October 17, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

‘Not a simple process’: Border agency chief explains why corrupt officers are hard to fire

Pet owners and animal lovers visit the Oh My Pet Expo at the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur on September 9, 2025. — Picture By Choo Choy May.
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Exco: Pets still not allowed in Selangor shopping malls due to multi-racial sensitivities

The Malaysian sepak takraw team pose with their gold medals after defeating hosts Thailand 2–1 in the men’s team regu final at the Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium in Choburi December 14, 2025. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 5 h ago

Eight medals to glory: Malaysia close in on 200-haul target at SEA Games 2025

Initial investigations indicated the victim was attacked with a machete during a brawl and suffered fatal injuries at the scene. — Pexels pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Man hacked to death during South Klang brawl; Selangor police seek witnesses

Relatives load a victim onto the back of a truck to be taken for burial outside a hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

Bloodshed in Gaza ‘must stop now’ as humanity can’t bear it any more, says EU chief von der Leyen

Bangladesh police personnel fire tear shells as students protest against quotas in government jobs alongside symbolic coffins of victims who died in a clash with the police, during their absentee funeral prayer ceremony at Dhaka University in the capital on July 17, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

Bangladesh students reject PM’s promises of justice as ‘insincere’, vow to continue protests

Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

Republican VP pick Vance woos ‘cast aside and forgotten’ US working class, slams leaders ‘in pocket of big business’

The decision upheld a landmark decision by the Seoul High Court early last year that the National Health Insurance Service should provide equal spousal coverage to a gay couple who filed a suit in 2021 against the agency which had cancelled their spousal benefits. — Reuters pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

South Korea’s top court upholds landmark ruling, same-sex partner can get spousal health insurance benefits

Relatives mourn the death of stampede victims in Daunkeli village, Hathras district, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. — Reuters pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

‘Only matter of when’: preacher at centre of Indian stampede disaster says death is inevitable

Muhammad Salem from Bazariya village in the occupied West Bank inspects the damage at his construction material depot including a burnt bulldozer after a reported overnight attack by Israeli settlers from the Homesh settelment on July 12, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

US restricts more visas of Israelis accused of West Bank violence, wants them held accountable

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said repeated US arms sales to Taiwan in recent months had 'seriously compromised the political atmosphere for continuing the arms-control consultations.'. — Reuters pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

China stops talking with US on nuclear arms control, after Washington sells weapons to Taiwan

China Coast Guards have been aggressively patrolling the South China Sea territory, leading to alteractions with other countries. — Reuters pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

Vietnam files UN claim to extended continental shelf in South China Sea

Disney employees rally outside the main entrance of Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, on July 17, 2024, ahead of a planned strike authoriaation vote. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

‘Mickey would want fair pay’: Disneyland workers threaten strike to seek better wages, treatment

A man holds a sign with a picture of Thomas Crooks, following a shooting during a rally in which Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump was injured, outside the Republican National Convention (RNC), in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 17, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

Trump gunman Thomas Crooks leaves behind pile of mysteries

Indonesia’s Defence Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto speaks during the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 1, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

Indonesia president-elect Prabowo’s nephew set to be appointed deputy finance minister by Jokowi

US President Joe Biden has come under pressure to drop his re-election bid. — Reuters pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

ABC News: US Democratic Senate leader told Biden to drop out of presidential race for country’s sake

A screen shows a picture from the crime scene with teacups in which cyanide was found, during a presser following a case of six foreign nationals who were found dead in a room in a plush Bangkok hotel at Lumpini Police Station, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 17, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

What is cyanide poisoning, the alleged cause of death for the six foreign nationals in Bangkok luxury hotel?

U.S. President Joe Biden walks toward Air Force One, at Harry Reid international airport in Las Vegas July 17, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

Biden tests positive for Covid, will self-isolate in Delaware

Emerald seekers carry sacks of soil already discarded by the multinational Esmeraldas Mining Services (EMS) to search for green gems at the Las Animas River in Muzo, Boyaca Department, Colombia, on June 19, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2024

In the emerald capital of the world, treasure hunters search for leftovers, the dream of Colombia’s poor miners

File picture of hostages abducted by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel being handed over by Hamas fighters to the International Red Cross, as part of a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel amid a temporary truce, in an unknown location in the Gaza Strip, November 30, 2023. — Reuters pic
World / 17 Jul 2024

Human Rights Watch report accuses Hamas and allies of committing ‘hundreds’ of war crimes on October 7, sparking outrage and demands for apology