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Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrives at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex, December 22, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

No house arrest for Najib, High Court decides

High Court judge Alice Loke Yee Ching today rejected Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s application to serve the remainder of his six-year sentence under house arrest. — Picture by Yusof Isa 
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Accuracy over speed: Teo Nie Ching rebukes media for misleading Najib house arrest coverage

The EMU train design and ECRL logo displayed during an event in Putrajaya December 18, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

On track: ECRL, LRT3 and Pan Borneo Highway headline Malaysia’s transport progress this year

An undated photograph shows a general view of The Exchange TRX. — Lendlease pic
Money  / 5 h ago

Malaysian family office buys major stake in The Exchange TRX for RM1.1b

In a post on Facebook, Umno president and Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi called for calm after senior Umno leaders criticised DAP publicity secretary Yeo Bee Yin’s year-end Facebook post celebrating the High Court’s dismissal of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s bid for house arrest. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Zahid urges calm as Umno leaders slam Yeo Bee Yin’s ‘celebrate’ post on Najib

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lead defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah speaks to the press after the announcement of Najib’s house arrest decision at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex, December 22, 2025. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

How much of Najib’s jail time is left? Ex-PM could serve less than six years, lawyer says release possible before 2028

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is midway in his reduced six-year jail term, is seen here at the Kuala Lumpur court complex on November 25, 2025. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Najib to find out today: House arrest or Kajang prison?

The main suspect in the case involving the discovery of a woman’s body in a bag buried at a house in Kampung Batu 4, Pedas, Rembau. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

Love gone wrong?: Key suspect in Pedas ‘body in bag’ case admits marrying woman from Sarawak

Rapper Namawee pictured at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex, December 22, 2025. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Namewee acquitted in drug use case, still faces separate possession charge

Lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah speaks to the press at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex following the decision on former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s home arrest on December 22, 2025. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Shafee urges Agong, Malay rulers to scrutinise High Court’s decision on Najib’s house arrest, claims it dilutes their powers

This photo taken on December 7, 2025 shows astrologer Linn Nhyo Taryar from Myanmar praying to a shrine at his home in Bangkok. What lies ahead after Myanmar’s forthcoming elections? The answer is hidden in the alignment of the stars, the occult flame of black magic candles and sacred geometry visible only to the third eye — if you believe the country’s spiritual soothsayers. — AFP pic
Life  / 15 h ago

Myanmar fortune‑tellers divine future as ill-augured election looms

In a statement today, the DAP MP for Bagan noted that Deputy Prime Minister and BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, when announcing BN’s plan to seek GST reinstatement after the 16th General Election, described GST as the ‘most suitable and effective system’ to ensure fairness and bolster national revenue. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

Lim Guan Eng: RM30b GST refund ‘nightmare’ must not happen again

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus said the report was filed by the victim’s family at the Pudu Police Station at 1 pm yesterday. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

Police receive new report of sexual assault involving same Kampung Pandan teacher

According to ‘Harian Metro’, supporters began assembling as early as 7am, with crowds swelling around the court compound amid chants of ‘Justice for Najib’ and ‘Lawan tetap lawan’. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Crowds turn up at Jalan Duta court complex as Najib awaits house arrest decision

The High Court’s decision today means that Datuk Seri Najib Razak will have to continue serving his jail term at Kajang Prison. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Shafee: Najib to appeal after High Court rejects house arrest bid

Ukraine ranks 40th among mineral-producing countries. — AFP file pic
World / 23 Feb 2025

Ukraine’s mineral wealth draws global interest but rare earths remain untapped

Candles with Pope Francis' portrait are set at the feet of a statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized in Rome. —AFP pic
World / 22 Feb 2025

Pope Francis’ pneumonia keeps him from Angelus prayer for second consecutive week

A Lebanese man holds a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at Baghdad airport as he waits to board a flight to Beirut. — AFP pic
World / 22 Feb 2025

Iran parliament speaker to attend funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

Handout photo taken on Feb 13, 2025 and released by The Australian Defence Force shows sailors onboard the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta looking at the People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Fuchi-class replenishment vessel and Weishanhu Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the Tasman Sea. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

New Zealand says Chinese naval vessel fires live rounds in new drill

A woman mourns next to pictures of portraits of late Israeli hostages Ariel and Kfir Bibas, Oded Lifshitz and Shiri Bibas as people gather at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, ahead of seventh hostage-prisoner release. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Bibas family says mother’s remains home, ahead of Gaza hostage-prisoner swap

Myanmar handed over more than 100 Chinese scam centre workers to be repatriated through Thailand today, the third batch of hundreds of foreigners expected to be sent home from scam compounds in Myanmar over the coming weeks. — File pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Myanmar returns more than 100 Chinese scam centre workers

Handout picture by La Libertad Police Region shows rescue teams working at the scene of an accident in which a roof of a food court collapsed in a shopping mall in Trujillo, Peru. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

At least three dead, 74 injured after food court roof collapses in Peru

Merchandise sold in front of a bus with U.S. President Donald Trump's face during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Maryland. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

‘Make Europe Great Again’: European right makes pilgrimage to US

Police apprehend a suspect at the scene where a person was stabbed near the memorial of the murdered jews of Europe in Berlin. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Suspect arrested after stabbing at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial

The Red Cross receiving one of four coffins during the handover of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis om Thursday. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Gaza hostage-prisoner swap set to go ahead after row over bodies

Donald Trump signed a memo yesterday calling for curbs on Chinese investments in strategic sectors like tech and critical infrastructure — including restrictions by a foreign investment review panel. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Trump orders tighter restrictions on Chinese investments in key sectors

The Philippines Anti-Money Laundering Council singled out President Ferdinand Marcos’ 2023 signing of an executive order targeting money laundering and “counter-terrorism financing” as having played a key role. — FIle pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Philippines welcomes removal from money laundering ‘grey list’

Donald Trump fired top US military officer General Charles Brown yesterday, as part of a major shake-up of the armed forces’ leadership. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Trump fires top-ranked US military officer as shake-ups spread

The US Supreme Court yesterday temporarily blocked a request from Donald Trump to allow him to fire the head of a whistleblower protection agency. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

US Supreme Court upholds pause on Trump firing watchdog head

Handout photo taken on Feb 13 released by The Australian Defence Force showing the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta (lower left) sailing near the People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Fuchi-class replenishment vessel and Weishanhu Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the Tasman Sea. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Australia says no live firing seen or heard from Chinese ships

Donald Trump said yesterday that Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin will have to “get together” to end the war between Moscow and Kyiv. — Pic by AFP
World / 22 Feb 2025

Trump says Zelensky and Putin must ‘get together’