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The late Barbie Hsu Shi-yuan married husband DJ Koo in February 2022. — Picture via Weibo
Showbiz  / 16 h ago

Barbie Hsu’s widower DJ Koo rumoured to be shopping for new home closer to her grave

Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said the challenge only concerned the review of the Selangor State Fatwa Committee, the Selangor Islamic Religious Council and the Selangor government’s exercise of certain powers under the law, which is distinct from the substance and contents of their decisions. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Chief justice explains in case judgment that SIS challenge concerns legality of Selangor’s fatwa powers, not Islam itself

A US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber performs a fly-over during the Speed of Sound Airshow, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Missouri, US, on September 14, 2024. — Reuters pic
World  / 1 h ago

US forces strike Iran nuclear sites, Trump says ‘Fordow is gone’

A man was found dead in a car, believed to have been shot in an incident in front of a motorcycle shop in Meru, Klang June 20, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Klang fatal shooting: ‘I thought it was a crow-shooting operation,’ says witness after man found dead in pickup

MetMalaysia has published a warning that covers the entire states of Perlis, Kedah, and Penang, as well as parts of Perak. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

MetMalaysia issues thunderstorm and strong wind warning for seven states and Labuan until 5pm today

Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein was suspended from Umno for six years in 2023. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Sembrong Umno calls for Hishammuddin’s return as Onn Hafiz vows to raise motion with party leadership

Students and civil society groups accompanied by policemen took to the streets of Kota Kinabalu calling for clean and fair governance, transparency and a solution to their water shortage issue. — Picture by Julia Chan
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

As police look on, student demonstraters take to KK streets to call for reform (VIDEO)

Carina Lau shared a picture of herself with compatriot Stephen Chow. — Picture via Instagram/Carina Lau
Showbiz  / 16 h ago

A meeting of old friends: Fans thrilled to see Carina Lau sharing pic with Stephen Chow

Firemen work to put out a fire at an oil storage facility caught fire at Taman Megah Ria in Johor Baru on June 21, 2025. — Picture from Facebook/Johor Bahru
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Thick smoke and explosions reported as Johor Baru factory burns (VIDEO)

Once facing the death penalty for drug trafficking, Henry Wong is now rebuilding his life as an intern at Vanilla Impact Story (VIS) Sdn Bhd, a ‘halfway farm’ founded by Alfred Phua. — Picture courtesy of Yayasan Hasanah
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

The vanilla farm that’s saving lives: Inside Malaysia’s revolutionary ‘halfway farm’ for former death row inmates

Klang Utara district police chief ACP S. Vijaya Rao speaks to the media outside the Forensics Department of Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) in Klang, February 14, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Police probe bullying case at Klang school after toilet assault video goes viral

US President Donald Trump has complained that he would never win the Nobel Peace Prize 'no matter what I do.
World  / 16 h ago

Pakistan to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, calls him a ‘genuine peacemaker’ with ‘stellar statesmanship’

A French woman from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has been identified as the only known carrier of a new blood type. — Picture from IStock.com
Life  / 13 h ago

French scientists find new blood type in Guadeloupe woman

People walk next to a cultivated land on the dry riverbed of the Indus River in Hyderabad, Pakistan April 25, 2025. — Reuters pic
World  / 17 h ago

India says Indus treaty with Pakistan ‘will never be restored’, vows to divert river flow

According to a joint statement by Singapore’s Ministry of Defence and Changi Airport Group, the man was part of one of 18 civilian contingents preparing for the NDP on August 9, which will mark the country’s 60th National Day. — Reuters file pic
Singapore  / 17 h ago

Man dies after collapsing during National Day Parade rehearsal in Singapore

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A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea. China and the Philippines accused each other of ramming their ships in a disputed area of the South China Sea today. — Reuters pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

South China Sea standoff: Tensions rise as China, Philippines blame each other for ramming ships in disputed waters

People stand in front of closed ticket gates for the Tokaido Shinkansen as train operations between Tokyo and Nagoya are suspended, in Tokyo Station, due to Typhoon Shanshan crawling across Japan on August 31, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

Weakening Shanshan rains still disrupting transport in Japan as met agency warns against ‘landslides, flooding and overflowing rivers’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to the Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg before the first plenary session at the European Political Community meeting at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Britain, Thursday, July 18, 2024. — Kin Cheung/Pool/AFP pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

Nato’s Stoltenberg defends Ukraine’s advance into Russia as legitimate self-defence

Alice Guo, also known as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, is wanted by the Senate for refusing to attend hearings on her alleged criminal ties. — AFP pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

Fugitive Philippine ex-mayor faces money laundering charges as she flees to Malaysia, Singapore

A car is submerged at a flooded area due to heavy rains from Typhoon Shanshan in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, south-western Japan, August 29, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo. — Kyodo pic via Reuters
World / 31 Aug 2024

Six dead, dozens injured as Typhoon Shanshan batters Japan with torrential rains

People carrying sacks, wade through flood water, amid severe flooding in the Fazilpur area of Feni, Bangladesh, August 26, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

‘Water everywhere but no clean water to drink’: Bangladesh struggles with fears of disease outbreak as floods leave millions stranded

Mohawk Mother Kwetiio looks through a fence at the Royal Victoria Hospital construction site on July 17, 2024, in Montreal. Bulldozers are back at work at Montreal's former Royal Victoria Hospital, but a group of Mohawk mothers have not given up their fight to excavate the site in search of remains of children who went missing some 60 years ago. — AFP pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

‘They wanted to erase us’: Indigenous mothers fight to search CIA experiment site in Montreal for missing children

A view shows a burning apartment building hit by a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine August 30, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

‘This is about saving lives’: Ukrainian and Russian cities suffer deadly strikes, Zelensky calls for ‘air defence agreements’

This handout photo taken and released on August 26, 2024 by the European Commission shows flags of the Pacific Islands Forum member nations outside the convention centre during the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Nuku’alofa. — Izhar Khan/European Commission/AFP)
World / 31 Aug 2024

Taiwan mention scrubbed from Pacific bloc document following China’s outcry

A joint operation by American and Iraqi forces killed 15 members of the Islamic State group in western Iraq, US Central Command (Centcom) said yesterday. — AFP pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

Joint US-Iraqi operation targets Islamic State, leaving 15 militants dead

Republican White House nominee Donald Trump sought yesterday to contain the blast radius of a fierce backlash over his remarks publicly backing away from right-wing positions on reproductive rights. — Reuters pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

Trump's abortion and IVF flip-flops stir controversy among right-wing supporters as he tries to quell backlash

Photo illustration of the logo of the social media platform X (former Twitter) in Rio de Janeiro August 30, 2024. A Brazilian Supreme Court judge yesterday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s X social media network in the country, after a months-long standoff over disinformation in South America’s largest nation. — Reuters pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

Brazil watchdog to block X after court ruling, Musk calls judge a ‘dictator’ and president a ‘lapdog’

An activist wears an eye mask during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on August 30, 2024. South Korea's president called on August 30, for an investigation into deepfake porn after media reports that Telegram chatrooms were sharing explicit images of minors at schools and universities sparked public outrage. — AFP pic
World / 31 Aug 2024

Explainer: Why South Korea is cracking down on deepfake sex crimes

The Chinese cabinet said it was necessary to categorise and classify network data protection, clarify security boundaries, ensure the orderly and free flow of data.. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Aug 2024

China’s cabinet approves draft regulations on data security management

The Taliban's law imposes wide-ranging rules on men’s clothing and attending prayers as well as bans on keeping photos of living beings, homosexuality, animal fighting, playing music in public and non-Muslim holidays. — AFP pic
World / 30 Aug 2024

Taliban’s morality ministry refuses to cooperate with UN Afghan mission

China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up military and political pressure over the past five years to assert its claims, which Taipei strongly rejects. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Aug 2024

Taiwan military says China lacks ability to invade, but has other options