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In an Instagram post, Caltex stated that the affected states are Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Perak, and Kelantan. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Caltex Malaysia announces temporary fuel supply disruption in five states due to port delay

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (centre) says that efforts, including possible negotiations with Russia, are being made to ensure enough domestic supply. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

PM Anwar says Petronas negotiating with Russia for oil is an option, domestic needs priority over supplying other nations

Ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz amid renewed uncertainty after Iran reversed its decision to reopen the waterway. — Reuters pic
World  / 16 h ago

Iran shuts Hormuz Strait again after brief reopening over US blockade with ships mid-transit

Indian authorities are investigating a sexual harassment and forced religious conversion scandal at IT giant Tata Consultancy Services, involving allegations of a wider network and a possible Malaysia-based link linked to a purported preacher known as ‘Imran’. — Reuters file pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Malaysia link emerges in sexual abuse and conversion scandal at global IT giant TCS in India

Khairy Jamaluddin pledged to serve and help restore public confidence in Umno after his readmission as announced on April 17, 2026. — Picture from Facebook/Khairy Jamaluddin
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

In return to Umno, Khairy says no demands, ready to rebuild trust in public

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Sikh families had been part of his life, including during his years of political struggle, imprisonment and court battles. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

PM pays tribute to Karpal Singh, Sikh community, recalls hospital visits during detention

Malaysia continues to import crude oil despite being a producer as consumption nearly doubles output, while disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are driving up global oil prices and supply chain costs. — Reuters file pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

What you need to know: Why Malaysia still imports oil and how the Hormuz disruption is driving up costs

In a statement today, the department explained that Level 1 alert is issued when the maximum daily temperature in an area reaches between 35 and 37 degrees Celsius for at least three consecutive days. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Stay cool: Seven areas in Peninsular Malaysia under level 1 hot weather alert

Magistrate Wan Farrah Farriza Wan Ghazali meted out the sentence to Nikolaus Owin Yohanes Laba after he pleaded guilty to dishonestly using a payslip in his name purportedly issued by an auto accessories company, knowing it to be false, on July 3, 2023, at 12.54pm, at Kwang Woon Trading Sdn Bhd in Taman Indah Permai, Manggatal. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Man jailed for using fake payslip to buy products on instalment

One-third of global seaborne trade passes through the Straits of Malacca. — Picture from https://intlreg.org/
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Asia’s busiest trade route, the Straits of Malacca, draws scrutiny as security risks rise

Aaron Chia set to lead team Malaysia at the Thomas Cup Finals in Denmark. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 17 h ago

Aaron Chia, Thinaah to lead Malaysia’s charge at Thomas and Uber Cup Finals

The Prime Minister said only 15 per cent of the people are affected by the fuel price increase due to the current global energy crisis. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

PM: 85pc of Malaysians paying subsidised diesel rates, including fishermen, school bus services

Authorities are investigating after Iranian gunboats reportedly opened fire on a tanker near Oman in the Strait of Hormuz. — AFP file pic
World  / 13 h ago

Iranian gunboats fire on tanker in Strait of Hormuz, UK agency says

The Kedah menteri besar said that in a democratic country like Malaysia, anyone is free to contest in any state in the upcoming elections. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Khairy contesting in Kedah? No problem, says MB Sanusi

Hendry (centre) poses with police officers. — Daily Express pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Man fined RM48,000 for possessing carcasses, live specimen of various protected species

India’s capital Delhi was the worst offender, with 12,000 annual deaths linked to air pollution—or 11.5 percent of the total.— AFP pic
World / 04 Jul 2024

Study show air pollution drives 7pc of deaths in big Indian cities

The weather bureau said on Thursday that it expects temperatures in most areas across China to be relatively high over the next few months, signalling a second consecutive summer of extreme heat. — Reuters pic
World / 04 Jul 2024

China warns of hotter, longer heatwaves as climate change intensifies

The Times said people who have interacted with the president had found that his mental fogginess was “growing more frequent, more pronounced and more worrisome.” — Reuters pic
World / 04 Jul 2024

White House says zero chance Biden will withdraw

As with previous cases, the person worked on a farm and was exposed to infected cows, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement, adding that the risk to the general population remained “low.” — Reuters pic
World / 04 Jul 2024

US reports fourth human case of bird flu linked to cows

Russia’s southern Dagestan region today issued a temporary ban against wearing the niqab in the Muslim-majority republic, citing security reasons after a recent attack against churches and synagogues. — Reuters pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Russia’s Dagestan bans niqab over ‘threats’ after attacks

Victims of forced sterilisation under a now-defunct eugenics law, celebrate with lawyers and supporters outside of the Supreme Court of Japan in Tokyo July 3, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Historic ruling: Japan’s Supreme Court deems forced sterilisation law unconstitutional

Last year residents in the province killed an eight-metre python, which was found strangling and eating one of the farmers in a village. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Woman found dead swallowed by python in Indonesia

Move Forward won the most votes in last year’s general election on an anti-establishment platform, but the party was blocked from forming a government by conservative lawmakers and senators allied with the royalist military. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Thai court sets July 17 for next hearing in opposition Move Forward party case

Kamala Harris seems like the obvious choice. — Reuters pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Who could replace Biden if he withdraws from US presidential race? Here's a list of likely Democrats

According to official figures obtained by AFP, 45 women were murdered in Iraq’s Kurdistan in 2021, up from 25 the previous year. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Murdered and forgotten: Iraqi victims of gender-based violence

A woman is consoled as she mourns after her son died in a stampede outside a hospital in Hathras district in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, July 2, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Stampede in India kills 116, massive overcrowding blamed after 250,000 attended Hindu congregation meant for 80,000

Sunak has sought to persuade voters that his 20 months in charge have set the economy on an upward path after the external shocks of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, and drawn a line under years of turmoil overseen by his Conservative predecessors. — Reuters pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Economic warnings dominate as UK election campaign enters final day

Sahar, mother of Palestinian man Bahaa al-Nimr , 19, who suffers from cerebral palsy and malnutrition, washes her son with little water in their home in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in the north of Gaza City on July 2, 2024. More than 150,000 people in the Gaza Strip have contracted skin diseases in the squalid conditions into which displaced people have been forced since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October, according to the WHO, while Gaza's children are already highly vulnerable to disease because their immune systems are compromised by malnutrition, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) medical coordinator in the besieged Palestinian territory said. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Dangerous skin diseases spreading among Gaza children

Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported that the dead were young men, aged 22 to 25, killed in a strike by an Israeli drone near the centre of the camp. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Palestinian Authority says four killed in Israeli strike in West Bank

Brazil has about 109 million active Facebook users and 113 million Instagram users, according to data firm Statista. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

Brazil requires Meta to stop taking user data to train AI

In a joint statement, the 12 former government officials said the administration was violating U.S. laws through its support for Israel and finding loopholes to continue shipping weapons to its ally. — Reuters pic
World / 03 Jul 2024

US has ‘undeniable complicity’ in Gaza war killings, say former US officials