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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

File picture of Pro-Palestinian protestors trying to enter the Brooklyn Museum in the Brooklyn borough of New York, May 31, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Citing ‘antisemitism’, Trump orders US to cancel student visas and deport pro-Palestinian protesters

Newly-arrived Rohingya refugees look on from their boat after authorities prevented the refugees from disembarking and ordered them to remain on board the vessel, at Leuge Beach in Indonesia's Aceh province on January 29, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Indonesia keeps Rohingya refugees at sea, citing public holiday concerns

A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President Donald Trump and the Greenlandic flag are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

‘We don’t want to be American’: Nearly nine in 10 Greenlanders oppose Trump’s plan to US take over island

Displaced Palestinians cross a checkpoint manned by US and Egyptian security at the Netzarim corridor on their way from the south to the northern parts of the Gaza Strip, on Salah al-Din road in central Gaza, on January 29, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Egypt won’t take part in injustice, Sisi says after Trump plans to force Palestinians out of their homeland

Protesters opposing possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in public schools chant outside the State Department of Education during their monthly board meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. January 28, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Trump to sign executive orders on education: dismantling critical race theory, allowing parents to opt out of public schools

Trucks that are part of a humanitarian aid convoy carrying shipments to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip wait for the convoy to start moving in the Asmarat district in al-Muqattam on the southern outskirts of Cairo on January 26, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Hamas accuses Israel of delaying aid to Gaza, says may affect hostages’ release

This photo made during an escorted visit and reviewed by the US military, shows an US soldier walking next to the razor wire-topped fence at the abandoned
World / 30 Jan 2025

‘Act of brutality’: Trump unveils shocking plan to throw 30,000 undocumented migrants into Guantanamo

A cargo ship sails underneath the Bridge of the Americas, which spans the entrance to the Panama Canal in Panama City, Panama January 22, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

Why is Trump threatening to take control of the Panama Canal?

Inmates look on as they remain in a cell at the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) mega-prison, where hundreds of members of the MS-13 and 18 Street gangs are being held, in Tecoluca, El Salvador on January 27, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jan 2025

‘No way out’: Inside El Salvador’s mega-prison, where gangsters face grim, inescapable fate

The Doomsday Clock is seen during a news conference after The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced the location of the clock’s minute hand, indicating what world developments mean for the perceived likelihood of nuclear catastrophe, at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, January 28, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 29 Jan 2025

Ticking toward disaster: Doomsday clock hits 89 seconds to midnight as Trump returns and global tensions, climate chaos, and AI risks escalate

Police personnel carry a victim of stampede on a stretcher, during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 29, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 29 Jan 2025

Deadly stampede at India’s Kumbh festival: Nearly 40 bodies brought to morgue, police sources say

This handout photograph on January 21, 2025, shows an aerial view of a fire on the fourth floor of the 11-storey hotel in Bolu’s Kartalkaya ski resort. On the night of January 21, fire engulfed the Grand Kartal Hotel building at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkiye’s Bolu province, killing 78 people. — DHA (Demiroren News Agency) handout pic via AFP
World / 29 Jan 2025

Deadly Turkiye ski resort blaze: 28 detained as Erdogan cites resort’s failure to address fire risks that killed 78  

An aerial view shows rescue operations underway at a large sinkhole that swallowed a truck at an intersection in Yashio, north of Tokyo, Japan January 28, 2025, in this photo taken by Kyodo. — Kyodo handout pic via Reuters
World / 29 Jan 2025

Japan truck driver still trapped in sinkhole for over 24 hours as rescue efforts continue (VIDEO)

Firefighters try to put out the fire from an Air Busan plane at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea. — Reuters pic
World / 29 Jan 2025

Fire onboard South Korea-bound Air Busan flight leaves seven injured

Ethnic Malaysian Chinese people burn incense before offering prayers on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Snake at Kwong Fook Temple in Bentong, Pahang. — AFP pic
World / 29 Jan 2025

Asia rings in Year of the Snake with prayers, fireworks, and travel chaos

People gather during a rally in support of federal funding and in opposition to Donald Trump’s order to pause all federal grants and loans, near the White House in Washington yesterday. — Pic by Reuters
World / 29 Jan 2025

Trump federal spending freeze sparks confusion, fury