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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  / 10 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  / 4 h ago

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

This is not ‘sang har mee’; instead, it is braised ‘sang har sang mein’, and it is the signature dish at Wong Kok Seafood Restaurant in Ipoh. — Picture by Ethan Lau
Eat-drink  / 12 h ago

At Wong Kok Seafood Restaurant in Ipoh, the unique braised ‘sang har mee’ and cold tofu are the stars

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  / 8 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  / 8 h ago

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

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  / 9 h ago

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

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  / 10 h ago

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

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  / 10 h ago

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

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  / 4 h ago

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

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visits the family of the late Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin at their home in Damai, Kota Kinabalu December 6, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Anwar visits Bung Moktar’s family, calls late Sabah leader ‘a great loss to the nation’

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  / 6 h ago

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

Mohamed Salah took aim at Liverpool manager Arne Slot in an astonishing rant that could spell the end of his legendary career at Anfield. — AFP pic
Sports  / 11 h ago

Salah outburst shakes Liverpool as star claims he’s been hung out to dry by Slot

Penang police uncover 30 bitcoin mining machines hidden at several premises around Jalan Air Putih, Balik Pulau on December 6, 2025 following a join inspection with TNB on high electricity usage. — Bernama file pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Mystery electricity spike in Balik Pulau leads police to hidden bitcoin mine

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  / 2 h ago

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

Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail said he will ensure full transparency in investigating what transpired in the police shooting that killed three men in Durian Tunggal, Melaka on November 24, 2025 that has been challenged by the victims’ families. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Bukit Aman receives CD of Durian Tunggal shooting from next-of-kin; IGP pledges thorough investigation

France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot gives a press conference following the International Conference on Syria at the Ministerial Conference Center, in Paris on February 13, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 15 Feb 2025

‘Nobody can impose’ their model on Europe, France FM responds to Vance

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Washington to come up with a 'common plan' to confront Russia but suggested there was no joint stance after a meeting with US Vice President JD Vance yesterday. — AFP pic
World / 15 Feb 2025

Zelensky: ‘No decisions’ on Ukraine without Kyiv and Europe

Members of the Karen Border Guard Force carry out an inspection at a work place during a crackdown operation on illicit activity linked to scam centres in Shwe Kokko in Myanmar’s eastern Myawaddy township on February 14, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 15 Feb 2025

Myanmar border guards chief pledges to help Thailand crack down on scammers amid alleged links to trafficking rings

File photo of the AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle, Taiwan's first locally manufactured advanced jet trainer, taking off in Taichung in 2020. – Pic by Reuters
World / 15 Feb 2025

Taiwan air force grounds locally made Brave Eagle training jets after crash

Shiu Ka-chun gestures during the Umbrella Movement protest in Hong Kong on March 26, 2017. — AFP file pic
World / 15 Feb 2025

Hong Kong mourns Shiu Ka-chun, the lecturer and social worker who fought for prisoner rights, lost to cancer at 55

European law enforcement agency Europol listed Ebben as one of Europe’s “most wanted fugitives” for smuggling drugs from Brazil to the Netherlands. — Picture from X/ CrónicaPolicial
World / 15 Feb 2025

For real this time: Europe’s ‘most wanted’ drug trafficker Marco Ebben killed in Mexico, after faking own death

Firefighters putting out the blaze at the Chiltern Firehouse hotel in Marylebone, London on February 14, 2025. — Picture from X/London Fire Brigade
World / 15 Feb 2025

Valentine’s Day blaze forces evac of London’s luxe 19th century Chiltern Firehouse hotel 

The Argentine court issued warrants for military and civilian officials, including junta leader Min Aung Hlaing (image) as well as ex-president Htin Kyaw, and former elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. — Pic by AFP
World / 15 Feb 2025

Myanmar junta criticises Argentina arrest warrant

File photo of Chinese actor Wang Xing meeting with police and other officials. — Pic via Royal Thai Police
World / 15 Feb 2025

Thailand deports 10 linked to actor Wang Xing cyber-fraud case back to China

An Argentine court has issued arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar’s military junta and former officials, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, over alleged genocide and crimes against humanity targeting the Rohingya minority group. — File pic by Reuters
World / 15 Feb 2025

Argentine court issues warrants for Myanmar officials accused of Rohingya ‘genocide’ including Aung San Suu Kyi

Mud and boulders cover a road near the Palisades Fire zone, in the aftermath of a storm in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. — Pic by AFP
World / 15 Feb 2025

Los Angeles fire zones hit by mudslides after heavy rain

The White House said the Trump administration would begin by examining countries with which the United States has the biggest deficits or largest imbalances. — Pic by AFP
World / 15 Feb 2025

Countries with big US trade surplus in eye of tariff storm

Demonstrators raise placards and chant slogans during a protest calling for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza since the Oct 7. — Pic by AFP
World / 15 Feb 2025

Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners set for release after truce crisis

People protest outside the Stonewall Inn in New York after the word transgender was erased from the National Park Service's webpage about the riots. — Pic by AFP
World / 15 Feb 2025

Protests in NY as ‘transgender’ and ‘queer’ scrubbed from rights website

Adams insisted he did not offer nor did anyone offer on his behalf any trade of authority as mayor to end his case. — Pic by AFP
World / 15 Feb 2025

US government moves to dismiss graft case against NYC mayor

Several high-ranking members of the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section in Washington, which handles corruption cases, have also resigned this week after refusing to dismiss the indictment of Adams. — Pic by AFP
World / 15 Feb 2025

No ‘fool’: Another New York prosecutor quits over order to nix mayor graft case