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National Muay Thai athlete Angie Yan Jia Chi performs in the women’s Wai Kru event at the SEA Games Thailand 2025 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok December 17, 2025. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 16 h ago

Malaysia’s Angie Yan stuns Thai world champion to claim Wai Kru gold on SEA Games debut

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  / 12 h ago

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

Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abd Rahman speaks to the press at the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya on June 25, 2025. — Sayuti Zanudin pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

After court‑ordered ‘reflection’ on Syed Saddiq appeal, prosecution decides the next move is forward

Heavy rain falls during the FA Cup Final between JDT and Sabah FC at the National Stadium Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur on December 14, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Monsoon surge continues: METMalaysia issues rain warnings for peninsula, puts Pahang on max alert

Data from the Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) shows persistent demand for Malaysian university enrolment from China, Bangladesh and India. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

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

The three matches affected are Malaysia’s 1-1 draw against Cape Verde on May 29, the 2-1 victory over Singapore on September 4, and the 1-0 win against Palestine on September 8. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Sports  / 19 h ago

Fifa sanctions FAM, Harimau Malaya hit with three 3-0 losses over ineligible players

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  / 12 h ago

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

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  / 14 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  / 13 h ago

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

His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, chats with attendees after the presentation of appointment letters and the swearing-in ceremony for federal ministers and deputy ministers at Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur on December 17, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Sultan Ibrahim’s message to Anwar’s new Cabinet: Integrity, teamwork, and service to the people

Perodua’s new Traz makes its debut as the brand’s latest urban SUV, designed with Malaysian drivers in mind.
Life  / 19 h ago

From KL to Penang on RM35? Perodua thinks the new RM76,000 Traz can do it

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  / 14 h ago

Ringgit slips against US dollar as traders lock in gains

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  / 14 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  / 14 h ago

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

The Malaysian pair defeated China’s Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in straight games in 46 minutes. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 18 h ago

SEA Games glow continues as Pearly Tan-Thinaah hit the ground running at World Tour Finals

Conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which was an observer in the WCPFC meeting in Kushiro, said that stocks of bluefin tuna have increased 10-fold in 12 years. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2024

Media reports: Pacific nations agree to raise cap on bluefin tuna catches

Nina Popova (centre), a poet and the deputy head of the Russian Writers' Union, presents an anthology of patriotic poems entitled ‘For Our Friends’ celebrating the courage of Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, during the 10th edition of the ‘Red Square’ book festival in Moscow on June 6, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2024

Euphemisms and self-censorship: How Russians talk about Ukraine

According to the manufacturer’s website, under-18s are ‘banned’ from eating the crisps, which are ‘so spicy that they might cause you pain’. — Screenshot of the Isoyama Shoji website
World / 17 Jul 2024

‘Super spicy’ crisps land Japan schoolkids in hospital

Pro-cannabis activists gather at an encampment outside of Government House, in protest of the current Thai government? proposals to reinstate cannabis on the list of narcotics, in Bangkok on July 16, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2024

Thai activists defy ‘munchies’ on hunger strike for marijuana law

An activist from Hindu Sena, a Hindu right-wing group, applies a 'tilak' mark on a poster of Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump during a special prayer for his longevity after he survived an assassination attempt, in New Delhi, India, July 16, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

Delhi Hindu group offers prayers for Trump’s safety

A Palestinian man carries a sack at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in the central Gaza Strip, July 16, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza school, health officials say

France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal submitted his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron just after losing the election but was rejected. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

Shipwreck on the horizon? French’s left-wingers fight over who gets to be PM as current govt looks to resign

A wounded Palestinian girl is treated at the al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat refugee Camp after the Israeli military bombardment of the UNRWA. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

Israel continues bombing Gaza, even as US lambasts ‘unacceptably high’ civilian deaths

US Senator from Ohio and 2024 Republican vice-president candidate J. D. Vance gives a thumbs up alongside US former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. July 15, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

Who is JD Vance, Trump’s bold choice for US veep — and can he actually win?

File picture of a bear waiting for passing cars that might provide food, on September 29, 2023, on a road in Covasna, Romania. A foreign tourist, reportedly French, has been taken to hospital after being attacked today by a bear in northern Italy, the local authority said. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

Bear attacks tourist in northern Italy

China is planning for a meeting between Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh with Fatah deputy head Mahmud Alul. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

Beijing says willing to facilitate ‘reconciliation’ between Palestinian rival factions Hamas and Fatah

A Palestinian woman reacts near damages, following what Palestinians say was an Israeli strike at a tent camp in Al-Mawasi area, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 13, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

What we know about the bomb Israel used on Gaza ‘safe zone’

Aerial view of buildings submerged in floodwaters after heavy rains hit towns in Hunan provice July 2, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

Extreme storms lash China, drenching town with a year’s worth of rain in 24 hours

Screenshot from a video taken on July 16, 2024 shows shows people fleeing the scene of a shooting at the Imam Ali Mosque in the Al-Wadi Al-Kabir area in the east of Oman's capital Muscat. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

Cops: Four killed, several injured in rare shooting near Oman mosque as Shiah community marks Ashura

US former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) attends the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2024

Hero's welcome: Trump takes the stage with bandaged ear after assassination attempt

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 / 16 Jul 2024

‘Far too many’ civilians killed in Gaza attacks, Washington tells top Israeli officials