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DAP Youth says SPM Malay requirement proves community respects national language. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

UEC recognition a constitutional right, not threat to Bahasa Malaysia, says DAP Youth Wing

BAM doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky said he is ready to step down as part of taking responsibility for the four-gold shortfall in Malaysia’s 2025 SEA Games badminton results. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 12 h ago

One gold, two silver, six bronze: Malaysia’s badminton chief admits shortfall, open to stepping down after SEA Games results

Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi attends the 33rd All Malaysian Indian Progressive Front (IPF Malaysia) general assembly in Hulu Langat December 14, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Zahid cautions BN component parties against exit, says there will be ‘no way back’

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic
World  / 13 h ago

Bloodshed at Bondi: 11 killed as gunfire tears through Sydney beach

Malaysia secured its first badminton gold of the SEA Games today after national women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan and M Thinaah triumphed in Bangkok. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 16 h ago

Pearly Tan–Thinaah break the spell as Malaysia finally strikes SEA Games gold

Malaysia’s sepak takraw team celebrates their historic 2-1 victory over Thailand in the men’s team regu final at Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium, ending a 34-year gold drought. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 12 h ago

Malaysia ends 34-year drought with SEA Games team regu gold over Thailand

After four records and the 2025 SEA Games gold in Thailand, the Malaysian and Sarawak governments are lining up rewards for hammer thrower Grace Wong. — Picture from X/Bernama_Radio
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Sarawak, Putrajaya to reward record-breaking SEA Games gold medallist Grace Wong

Under the Sumbang Tunai Rahmah (STR), eligible recipients receive direct cash assistance from the government to help cover living costs. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 59 m ago

With Sara closing, Malaysians can access alternative govt cash and subsidy programmes

Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said the decision was made following feedback from teachers who felt the sSPLKPM was affecting their focus on their core duties. — File picture by Mukhriz Hazim
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

MOE ends SPLKPM so teachers can focus fully on the classroom 

Soh Wooi Yik (left) and Aaron Chia took the silver in the men’s doubles badminton final at the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok on December 14, 2025. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 13 h ago

SEA Games heartbreak for Malaysia’s Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik as Indonesia claims men’s doubles gold

The Kuala Terengganu High Court ruled today that the earlier defamation trial against Clare Rewcastle-Brown was invalid and must be reheard. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Kuala Terengganu High Court orders retrial in Clare Rewcastle-Brown defamation case

Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen said the latest victim, identified as Hong, had invested RM300,000 in the investment fund proposed by the BSN employee in question in 2024 and only realised he had been scammed after news reports emerged in 2025. — File picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

BSN payouts coming next week for victims of employee-linked investment scam, says Sarawak DAP chief

Alert-level continuous rain warnings remain in place for parts of Perak, Pahang, Johor and Sarawak over the coming days. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

More heavy rain ahead: MetMalaysia issues warnings for Pahang, Perak, Johor, Kelantan, Terengganu and Sarawak until Dec 18

People cross a street next to police vehicles after the shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic
World  / 11 h ago

Bondi Beach massacre draws international outrage, leaders vow to fight antisemitism

A Buddhist monk leads a procession as soldiers carry the flag draped coffins of four Thai servicemen killed in border clashes with Cambodia. — Reuters pic
World  / 14 h ago

Thailand locks down border districts as fierce clashes with Cambodia escalate

A blue sheet obscures the stone pillar which bears the name of the Yasukuni Shrine, after graffiti was found on the structure at the entrance to the shrine in Tokyo on August 19, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 19 Aug 2024

‘Dog toilet sh*t’: Tokyo’s Yasukuni war shrine again vandalised, new anti-militarism graffiti written in Chinese

An undated colorised transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (pink) found within an infected cell (yellow), cultured in the laboratory, captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility. — Reuters pic
World / 19 Aug 2024

Philippines detects first mpox case since December 2023, patient has no travel history

Indonesian President-elect and Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during the country's 79th Independence Day celebration at the Presidential Palace in the new capital city of Nusantara, East Kalimantan province, Indonesia, August 17, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 19 Aug 2024

To be replaced with Prabowo, outgoing Indonesia president Jokowi names successor’s aides as new energy, investment ministers

Nobel laureate and Chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government Muhammad Yunus said he will continue to support the million-plus Rohingya people sheltered in Bangladesh. — AFP pic
World / 19 Aug 2024

Yunus vows support for Rohingya refugees, garment trade in first policy address as Bangladesh's new leader

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will reshuffle his cabinet before he steps down. — Reuters file pic
World / 19 Aug 2024

Indonesia’s Jokowi will reshuffle Cabinet ahead of stepping down to ease transition to Prabowo

This handout photo taken and released by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on August 19, 2024 shows damage to the Coast Guard ship BRP Cape Engano (MRRV-4411) following a collision with a Chinese coast guard vessel near Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea.
World / 19 Aug 2024

‘Unlawful and aggressive’: Philippines say coast guard ships damaged after rammed by Chinese vessels in disputed waters

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken photographed upon his arrival in Tel Aviv, Israel yesterday. — Reuters
World / 19 Aug 2024

US Secretary Blinken encounters hurdles in Gaza truce talks as Hamas blames Israel

Police in Spain are searching for a man suspected of killing an 11-year-old boy with a sharp object on a football pitch. — Picture from Political Uprising/ X
World / 19 Aug 2024

Town in grief: In Spain, 11-year-old boy fatally attacked on football pitch, suspect on the run

Imran Khan served as Pakistan’s prime minister from 2018 to 2022, until he was ousted through an army-backed vote of no confidence. — Reuters pic
World / 19 Aug 2024

Can Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan win the race to become Oxford's next chancellor from prison?

A billboard displays U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on the day of a campaign rally of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 17, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 19 Aug 2024

From ‘banning’ red meat to gas stoves: How Trump campaign makes up climate myths to undermine Kamala Harris

Food delivery men use their mobile phones as they sit near a restaurant in Islamabad on August 17, 2024. — AFP
World / 18 Aug 2024

Pakistan sparks economic fears as it throttles internet to battle ‘digital terrorism’

A Chicago police officer takes a picture of people posing before a mural of Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris outside the United Center ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois on August 17, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 18 Aug 2024

Faced with possible revenge against Trump assassination bid and pro-Palestine protests, Chicago plans ring of steel as Democrats meet

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India conducted inspections, sampling and testing of mixed spice blends after Hong Kong suspended sales of some blends of the MDH and Everest brands in April over high levels of a pesticide. — Reuters file pic
World / 18 Aug 2024

Amid questions over contamination, survey data shows over one in 10 of spice from India failed quality, safety standards

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, known by her nickname
World / 18 Aug 2024

‘I can’t do this alone’: As new PM, Shinawatra heiress calls on help from Thais amid vow to boost sluggish economy

Finding shoes and clothing has become increasingly difficult for the 2.4 million people living in the Palestinian territory besieged by Israel. — AFP pic
World / 18 Aug 2024

Besieged Gazans share shoes, wear same clothes for months

An empty outpatient department waiting room is seen at a hospital on the day a nationwide strike is held by the Indian Medical Association to protest the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, in New Delhi, India, August 17, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 18 Aug 2024

Some India doctors off jobs despite others returning to work after strike over colleague’s rape and murder