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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

Test tubes labelled ‘Monkeypox virus positive and negative’ are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. — Reuters pic
World / 17 Aug 2024

What we know about: The new mpox outbreak as EU agency says more Europe cases ‘highly likely’

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on a residential building, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 16, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 17 Aug 2024

Hamas rejects ‘new’ Gaza truce terms over Israeli border and prisoner demands

Vials of the Jynneos smallpox and monkeypox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Centre in Tucson, Arizona August 20, 2022. — Reuters pic
World / 17 Aug 2024

WHO: Mpox vaccine production must ramp up to combat deadly strain

This photograph taken on 16 August, 2024, during a media tour organised by Ukraine, shows a destroyed Russian tank outside Ukrainian-controlled Russian town of Sudzha, Kursk region, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. — AFP pic
World / 17 Aug 2024

Ukrainian army chief says forces claim gains, ‘strengthening positions’ in Russia’s Kursk region

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at an event at the Hendrick Centre for Automotive Excellence in Raleigh, North Carolina August 16, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 17 Aug 2024

Kamala Harris outlines ambitious economic plan to build affordable housing, cut taxes and curb costs

A health worker educates patients on their arrival at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo general referral hospital, north of the town of Goma August 16, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 17 Aug 2024

Europe on alert as Sweden, Pakistan report first cases of mpox, prompting WHO warning

A man wearing a Palestinian flag feeds the birds near the Fanar Mosque with its spiral minaret in the Qatari capital Doha August 16, 2024. Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha paused yesterday with negotiators to meet again next week seeking an agreement to end fighting between Israel and Hamas and free remaining hostages. — AFP pic
World / 17 Aug 2024

Biden says Gaza ceasefire deal ‘much, much closer’ as talks pause for next week

US President Joe Biden will today sign a proclamation designating the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot in the state of Illinois, a national monument, the White House has announced. — AFP pic
World / 17 Aug 2024

Biden to designate site 1908 Springfield Race Riot a monument

Nobel Peace laureate Yunus, the head of the caretaker government in Dhaka, called Modi and assured him of the 'protection, safety and security of Hindus and all minorities in Bangladesh', Modi said in a post on X. — AFP pic
World / 17 Aug 2024

Bangladesh’s Yunus calls India PM Modi, assures him of safety of Hindus

Asif Mahmud (left) and Nahid Islam (right), two student leaders are sworn in as the advisors of the newly formed interim government, at the Bangabhaban, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 8, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Aug 2024

Bangladesh student protesters plan new party to cement their revolution

The four-metre-long python had vomited the woman's body out. — AFP pic
World / 16 Aug 2024

Woman killed, nearly swallowed whole by python

Kim Dotcom faces charges including fraud, money laundering and racketeering, punishable with up to 20 years in jail. — Picture via X/KimDotcom
World / 16 Aug 2024

Filesharing network Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom vows to fight order for US extradition

Residents of Mechernich and surrounding towns, some 10,000 people overall, were told to avoid using the water for drinking, showering, cooking or washing clothes. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
World / 16 Aug 2024

Renewed fears of water supply sabotage in Germany

US Vice President Kamala Harris greets supporters in Prince George's County, Maryland. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Aug 2024

Pro-Palestinian activists plan to march on the DNC, hoping Harris will hear them

Indian security personnel frisk Kashmiri men near the venue for India's Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar August 14, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Aug 2024

India's Kashmir to vote in polls from Sept 18, five years after Modi ended its autonomy

Resident doctors hold posters and shout slogans during the protest against condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, at a Medical college in Ahmedabad August 16, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 16 Aug 2024

India’s doctors to halt services nationwide after colleague’s brutal rape and murder