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Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican says improved servers and 8,000-plus retailers will prevent a repeat of congestion seen during the first rollout of the RM100 Sara aid programme. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Government upgrades servers for next Sara aid round, expands retailer list to over 8,000 shops

Pearly Tan and M Thinaah during the women’s doubles final at the 2025 Thailand Open badminton tournament in Bangkok on May 18, 2025. — AFP pic
Sports  / 13 h ago

Malaysia power into SEA Games semis to lock in women’s badminton medal

Continuous rain is expected overnight in Johor, involving the districts of Segamat, Kluang, Mersing, Kulai, Kota Tinggi and Johor Bahru from December 7 to 8, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of non-stop heavy rains overnight in Johor and Sarawak 

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks beside Deputy Prime Ministers Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof in a townhall session during the ‘Rancakkan Madani’ programmer, Dataran Putrajaya December 7, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Anwar gives all ministers thumbs up in surprise midterm review, says no weak links

MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said that if Barisan Nasional’s component parties continue working with DAP and Pakatan Harapan in the next general election, his party will chart its own path. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

MCA says ‘good luck’ to BN if allies team up with Pakatan, DAP again in next GE

Police said the woman’s hair was also cut during the incident, prompting her to flee the house and seek help from nearby neighbours before she was rescued. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Domestic worker’s nightmare: Malaysian woman burnt, stabbed and punched by employer in Rawang flees to neighbours; cops investigating

The Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia welcomed the exemption of businesses earning below RM1 million from e-invoicing in 2026, saying it gives small firms vital breathing space to stabilise and upgrade. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

SME group welcomes e-invoicing exemption for sub-RM1m firms, says 200,000 to benefit

Leong Jun Hao leads Malaysia to the SEA Games badminton semi-finals after beating the Philippines’ Jewel Angelo Albo 21-17, 21-18 in the men’s singles on December 7, 2025. — AFP pic
Sports  / 9 h ago

Malaysia secures semi-final spots in SEA Games badminton

One of the undocumented migrants is seen with hands and legs cuffed among those detained during a joint operation in Selayang Baru, Kuala Lumpur, last night. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Authorities detain 843 undocumented migrants in Selayang Baru raid after community complaints

Motorcyclist Roslan Rusly (right) shares the snapshot he took with the hotel security guard who lent him RM1 so he could pay the RM5 parking fee and exit the hotel carpark at Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. — Picture from Facebook/Roslan Rusly
Life  / 9 h ago

Motorcyclist short on cash touched by Bukit Bintang hotel guard’s RM1 act of kindness

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the proposal to reduce parking bays at new projects near public transit hubs could encourage residents to use public buses and trains and lower housing prices for home buyers at the same time. — File picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

Less parking, more savings? New homes near LRT, MRT could have fewer bays, says transport minister

Subang Jaya police chief ACP Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said the boys were picked up in Bukit Lanchong, Shah Alam, yesterday. — Screengrab via Facebook/Info Kemalangan & Bencana Malaysia
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Two teens arrested over viral ‘basikal lajak’ stunt at Putra Heights traffic light

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (second from right) presents the People’s Welfare Insurance Scheme (SIKR) 3.0 to a recipient representative at the closing ceremony of the ‘Rancakkan Madani Bersama Malaysiaku programme’ at Dataran Putrajaya on December 7, 2025, accompanied by Deputy Prime Ministers Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (centre) and Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (right), and Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar (left). — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

New govt-paid insurance scheme raises payouts for death and disability; up to RM26,500 for Malaysia’s poorest families

A bank employee helped prevent a customer from losing more than S$200,000 to scammers after intervening during a tense encounter at a DBS branch late last year.  — Reuters pic
Singapore  / 15 h ago

Singapore bank employee foils S$200,000 scam attempt as victim almost hands cash to criminals

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks at the launch of his book ‘Rethinking Ourselves: Justice, Reform and Ignorance in Postnormal Times’ at Tsutaya Books, Pavilion Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, December 7, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

‘I don’t want to rush’: Anwar says Cabinet reshuffle list ready but hasn’t begun talks with party leaders

Part of the wreckage is seen as rescue crews search the waters of the Potomac River after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport crashed into the river after colliding with a US Army helicopter — Pic by AFP
World / 31 Jan 2025

Washington midair crash: What we know so far

Donald Trump accused his predecessors Joe Biden and Barack Obama of having kept good employees out of the Federal Aviation Administration in pursuit of DEI. — Pic by AFP
World / 31 Jan 2025

Trump faces backlash after blaming deadly Washington air collision on ‘diversity hiring’

An exterior view of the Pentagon’s new prefabricated high-tech court complex in this file picture dated January 8, 2008 at Guantanamo Bay naval base called ‘Camp Justice’ comprised of temporary structures. President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will hold migrants at the notorious Guantanamo military detention facility in Cuba as part of his administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. — AFP pic
World / 31 Jan 2025

Guantanamo repurposed: Trump moves to use notorious facility as migrant detention hub

US President Donald Trump speaks at an event to sign the Laken Riley Act, legislation requiring the detention of immigrants living in the US illegally who are accused of theft, at the White House, in Washington, January 29, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Trump resurrects 19th century ‘Manifest Destiny’ ideals as he eyes US territorial expansion

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza near the family home of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Thursday in anticipation of two Israeli hostages being released. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Palestinians gather in Khan Yunis for historic handover of Israeli hostages

Hamas on Thursday freed three Israeli hostages and five foreigners captured in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel as the third hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire got under way. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Hamas release eight more hostages, including Israelis and foreigners

Investigators said that five people had been arrested murder of 38-year-old Salwan Momika. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Quran burner Salwan Momika shot dead in Stockholm, five arrested

Emergency response units assessing the plane wreckage in the Potomac River. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Russian figure skaters, including world champions Shishkova and Naumov, aboard crashed US jet in Washington

Palestinian group Hamas handed over Israeli woman soldier Agam Berger on Thursday as the third hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire got under way. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Hamas hands over female Israeli soldier Agam Berger in third hostage exchange

A handout picture released by Syria’s transitional government shows the country’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa waiting for the arrival of Spain’s foreign minister at the presidential palace in Damascus on January 16, 2025. Syria’s new authorities announced on January 29, 2025, that Ahmed al-Sharaa, who took the helm after longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad’s ouster last month, was appointed interim president and tasked with forming a transitional legislature, state media reported. — Syria’s Transitional Government handout pic via AFP
World / 30 Jan 2025

Sharaa’s ascent: From jihadist leader to Syria’s interim head of state

Four men were flogged in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Thursday for engaging in online gambling, local officials said. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Four flogged in Aceh for online gambling in first public caning of 2025

A picture taken on September 3, 2023 shows Salwan Momika in Malm. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Swedish court delays ruling as Quran-burning protester Salwan Momika killed in shooting

A man who had recently brought his family back to Pakistan from the United States on Wednesday confessed to shooting dead his teenage daughter, motivated by his disapproval of her TikTok content, Pakistani police said. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

US-born teen shot dead by father in Pakistan over TikTok videos, police probe ‘honour killing’ angle

Rescue operations continue for a truck driver after his vehicle was swallowed up by a sinkhole at a prefectural road intersection the day before, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 29, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Japan authorities ask 1.2 million in Saitama to cut back on showers, laundry to help sinkhole rescue

Members of LGBT community attend a protest
World / 30 Jan 2025

Trump orders US federal agencies to delete pro-LGBT, inclusive remarks in job descriptions, social media accounts

A view shows Reagan Washington National Airport, as seen from Arlington, after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a helicopter while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed in the Potomac River, Virginia, U.S. January 29, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Multiple bodies pulled from Potomac River as American Airlines regional jet, US Army helicopter collide near Washington airport (VIDEO)