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Panelist and Court of Appeal judge Datin Evrol Mariette Peters speaks at the ‘Children’s Rights in Malaysia: From Commitments to Monitoring and Accountability’ panel session during the Human Rights Day Forum 2025 in Kuala Lumpur December 11, 2025. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

How judges handle children in custody disputes: Court of Appeal judge shares personalised, child‑friendly approach

The Inland Revenue Board has completed tax refund payments amounting to RM14.55 billion involving 3.47 million cases as of November 30, said Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

IRB disburses RM14.55b in tax refunds to 3.47 million taxpayers, says deputy finance minister

The Malaysian Meteorological Department today issued a warning of continuous rain that is expected to hit several states until this Thursday. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of continuous heavy rain in several states until Thursday

A customer buys fish at the Section 6 wet market in Shah Alam on February 16, 2023. — Yusof Mat Isa pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Why are fish prices so high in Malaysia? LKIM claims wholesalers are hoarding, manipulating market

A damaged luxury car rests on a roadside embankment in Kuala Langat after the driver allegedly lost control while reaching for his mobile phone. — PDRM pic
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Costly distraction: Man crashes Porsche in Kuala Langat after dropping phone

Subang MP Wong Chen today said the Subang Jaya City Council has agreed to fund an independent Traffic Impact Assessment for the proposed Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover in SS14. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Wong Chen: MBSJ agrees to independent traffic study on Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur in this file picture dated December 8, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Brace for rain: Thunderstorm alert until noon for Selangor, KL, N. Sembilan and Sabah

People react in front of a flower tribute near Bondi Pavilion following a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic
World  / 17 h ago

What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Jewish event

Malaysia’s rhythmic gymnastics squad leapt, twirled, and danced their way to a team gold at the SEA Games Thailand 2025, today. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 18 h ago

Malaysia’s rhythmic gymnastics squad dazzles with routines to clinch SEA Games gold

A handout photo taken and released by the Australian Prime Minister's Office on December 15, 2025 shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (2nd left) walking with police officers after laying flowers at the Bondi Pavillion at Bondi Beach, the scene of a shooting where 15 people were killed. — Australian Prime Minister's Office handout/AFP pic
World  / 5 h ago

Father, son behind Bondi Beach mass shooting linked to Islamic State ideology, says Albanese

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Negara that the police report on the case will be submitted to the Attorney-General today for further action. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

‘No compromise’: Police assure full, transparent probe into Durian Tunggal triple shooting in Melaka, says Anwar

In this picture taken on June 16, 2020, media tycoon Jimmy Lai poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. US President Donald Trump said yesterday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction. — AFP pic
World  / 5 h ago

‘I feel so badly’: Trump says he asked Xi to release Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai

Penang police chief Datuk Azizee Ismail said the 54-year-old man was deceived after receiving a call on February 21 at his home in George Town from an individual claiming to be a cybersecurity officer. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Manager duped out of RM2.54m in elaborate phone scam in Penang

Undated photo from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate shows Donald Trump with a group of women; released by House Oversight Democrats on December 12, 2025. — Handout photo from House Oversight Democrats via AFP
World  / 7 h ago

Countdown begins for Trump and Co: Decades of Epstein sex-trafficking files set for release this Friday

In this photo illustration, a phone shows U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social post on the death of actor and director Rob Reiner on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Brentwood home on December 14. — Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP
World  / 4 h ago

Trump condemned over ‘perverse’ remarks linking filmmaker Reiner’s criticism to his murder, critics say he has ‘lost it’

Germany’s election winner Friedrich Merz said last week he wanted a discussion on ‘nuclear sharing’ with France and Britain, western Europe’s only nuclear powers. Germany cannot acquire its own nuclear weapons without violating an international treaty on non-proliferation (NPT) of which it is a signatory. — Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2025

France, UK unlikely to extend nuclear umbrella to Europe, analysts say

Ahead of the main summit, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will chair a morning call with Baltic nations, before welcoming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Downing Street to discuss the war with Russia, it said on Friday. — Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2025

UK PM Starmer to host high-stakes Ukraine ‘summit’ with EU, Nato leaders

File picture of police entering an immigration detention centre in Bangkok on January 22, 2025. The United States issued a security alert to its citizens in Thailand on Friday, warning of the possible risk of reprisal attacks after the kingdom deported dozens of Uyghurs to China. — AFP pic
World / 28 Feb 2025

US warns of possible reprisals after Thailand deports Uyghurs to China; issues security alert

A clergy member walks as a nun gives confession in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, as Pope Francis continues his hospitalisation, in Rome, Italy February 28, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 28 Feb 2025

Pope Francis resting as Vatican reports continued health improvement

A Bosnian police officer escorts a suspect in child trafficking at the local prosecutor’s office, in North-Eastern town of Brcko, on February 27, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 28 Feb 2025

Europol cracks down on AI-generated child sex abuse content, 25 arrested worldwide

China today vowed to take all necessary countermeasures after Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on Chinese imports. – File pic from Reuters
World / 28 Feb 2025

China vows response to latest US tariffs also targeting Canada, Mexico

Volodymyr Zelensky heads to the White House today to sign a deal granting Washington access to Ukraine’s rare minerals. — File pic by AFP
World / 28 Feb 2025

Zelensky to sign minerals deal at White House today, a week after branded as ‘dictator’ by Trump

A puppet depicting US President Donald Trump with a sign reading ‘Trump, filth, get your paws off the world’ is pictured during a parade of the street carnival group Loucura Suburbana (Suburban Craziness) at the Engenho de Dentro neighborhood in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. — Pic by AFP
World / 28 Feb 2025

‘Ridiculous and lame’: South Africans mock Trump proposals

US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. — Pic by AFP
World / 28 Feb 2025

Trump softens tone but Starmer leaves without Ukraine security pledges

The Epstein Files: Phase 1: US Attorney General Pam Bondi yesterday released a set of files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of sex trafficking and other serious offences.— AFP
World / 28 Feb 2025

US government releases declassified Jeffrey Epstein files

A Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff member drives on a motorcycle coming from the high plateau, heading towards Minova yesterday. — Pic by AFP
World / 28 Feb 2025

WHO probes mystery illness cluster in western Congo

Elon Musk, the billionaire appointed by President Donald Trump to downsize the US government, suggested yesterday that members of Congress should get salary increases as a way to discourage corruption. — Pic by AFP
World / 28 Feb 2025

Musk suggests more money for lawmakers after blocking pay hike

Israel said that it will implement safety restrictions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. — Pic by AFP
World / 28 Feb 2025

Israel says to have ‘safety restrictions’ at Al-Aqsa for Ramadan

The alleged leader of the Zetas drug cartel, Oscar Omar Trevino, aka ‘Z-42’ is taken under custody to be presented to the press at the Attorney General Office’s hangar at the airport in Mexico City, on March 4, 2015. — File pic by AFP
World / 28 Feb 2025

Under pressure from Trump, Mexico extradites cartel kingpins

While Donald Trump has said he will abide by court rulings and appeal those he disagrees with, he also recently posted on Truth Social a quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte: ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.’ — Pic by AFP
World / 28 Feb 2025

Constitutional crisis looms as Trump admin flirts with defying the courts

Delegates at the COP16 biodiversity conference at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome. — Pic by AFP
World / 28 Feb 2025

World agrees on hard-fought nature funding plan at UN talks