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National Muay Thai athlete Angie Yan Jia Chi performs in the women’s Wai Kru event at the SEA Games Thailand 2025 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok December 17, 2025. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 15 h ago

Malaysia’s Angie Yan stuns Thai world champion to claim Wai Kru gold on SEA Games debut

File photo of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Hannah Yeoh. The prime minister rejected claims today that Yeoh’s appointment strengthens DAP dominance, saying she serves the government, not a political party. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

‘Atrocious’: Anwar hits back at race-based attacks on Hannah Yeoh’s Cabinet appointment

Heavy rain falls during the FA Cup Final between JDT and Sabah FC at the National Stadium Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur on December 14, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Monsoon surge continues: METMalaysia issues rain warnings for peninsula, puts Pahang on max alert

Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abd Rahman speaks to the press at the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya on June 25, 2025. — Sayuti Zanudin pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

After court‑ordered ‘reflection’ on Syed Saddiq appeal, prosecution decides the next move is forward

The three matches affected are Malaysia’s 1-1 draw against Cape Verde on May 29, the 2-1 victory over Singapore on September 4, and the 1-0 win against Palestine on September 8. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Sports  / 18 h ago

Fifa sanctions FAM, Harimau Malaya hit with three 3-0 losses over ineligible players

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with Hannah Yeoh, who thanked him for the trust placed in her following her appointment to oversee the Federal Territories. — Picture via Facebook/Hannah Yeoh
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Hannah Yeoh thanks Anwar for trust as she sets out priorities for Federal Territories

National Muay Thai athlete Muhammad Mikail Ghazali Zulfikar (left) launches an attack against host nation fighter Suphakon Sirilun during the men’s 57kg final at the Thailand 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok today. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 13 h ago

Malaysian Muay Thai squad pull off sensational three-gold feat by upsetting home favourites, including a World Champion

National diver Yong Rui Jie competes in the men’s one-metre springboard event at the Thailand 2025 SEA Games at the Assumption University Aquatic Centre, Bangkok today. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 12 h ago

SEA Games 2025: Malaysia denied diving clean sweep, claim bronze in men’s one-metre springboard

His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, chats with attendees after the presentation of appointment letters and the swearing-in ceremony for federal ministers and deputy ministers at Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur on December 17, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Sultan Ibrahim’s message to Anwar’s new Cabinet: Integrity, teamwork, and service to the people

Perodua’s new Traz makes its debut as the brand’s latest urban SUV, designed with Malaysian drivers in mind.
Life  / 18 h ago

From KL to Penang on RM35? Perodua thinks the new RM76,000 Traz can do it

At 6pm, the ringgit inched down to 4.0855/0940 against the greenback, from 4.0835/0875 at yesterday’s close. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Money  / 13 h ago

Ringgit slips against US dollar as traders lock in gains

Data from the Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) shows persistent demand for Malaysian university enrolment from China, Bangladesh and India. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 1 h ago

Why Malaysian campuses are a hit with students from China, Bangladesh and India

Police said four suspects were arrested on the day of the incident, with four more detained in follow-up operations. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Police detain eight over brutal Batu Caves slashing attack

A Malaysian martial arts coach has been accused of assaulting a Filipino referee at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand following protests over a disputed pencak silat result, the Philippine Olympic Committee said. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 13 h ago

Malaysian pencak silat coach accused of striking SEA Games judge in tie-break dispute

The Malaysian pair defeated China’s Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in straight games in 46 minutes. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 17 h ago

SEA Games glow continues as Pearly Tan-Thinaah hit the ground running at World Tour Finals

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists aboard Air Force One as he travels from West Palm Beach back to Washington on March 9, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 10 Mar 2025

After starting trade war with world, Trump refuses to rule out US recession

Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney makes a
World / 10 Mar 2025

Ex-central banker Carney to take over as Canada PM from Trudeau

Visitors look at a replica of Liaoning aircraft carrier displayed at the PLA Naval Museum, on the 75th founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, in Qingdao, Shandong province April 23, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 10 Mar 2025

High seas rivalry: US and China in a battle for maritime supremacy

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019. — Reuters pic
World / 10 Mar 2025

‘Went through a hell of a lot with me’: Trump claims strong bond with Russia’s Putin

People wave US and Ukrainian flags during a rally in support of Ukraine ahead of US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

How Ukraine became a polarising issue in US politics: From bipartisan support to political division

France has urged the country’s research institutions to consider how to welcome scientists abandoning the United States in response to President Donald Trump’s policies, AFP learned yesterday. — Reuters pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

France mulls support for researchers fleeing Trump’s US policies

A man wearing a balloon of the Siumut political party on his head sits in the audience during a televised all party political debate at the high school in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 8, 2025. Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory will hold legislative elections on March 11. — AFP pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

Inuits in Greenland rediscover cultural identity and national pride as independence debate intensifies

Thailand's forensic police officers (C) inspect the site of an attack that killed two defence volunteers and injured 12 others, outside the district office of Sungai Kolok in the southern Thailand province of Narathiwat on March 9, 2025. A low-level conflict has simmered in the country's southernmost provinces since 2004, killing more than 7,000 people, as rebels in the Muslim-majority region battle for greater autonomy from the state. — AFP pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

Attacks in Thailand’s south kill five, wound 13, police say

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference about the US tariffs against Canada on March 4, 2025 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. — AFP pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

Former central banker favoured to replace Trudeau as Canada PM

(From left) China’s Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Ni Hong, Minister of Civil Affairs Lu Zhiyuan, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security Wang Xiaoping, and Director of the National Health Commission Lei Haichao attend a press conference during the ongoing National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 9, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

China turns to AI for elderly care as workforce shrinks, says minister

US President Donald Trump restored ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran in one of his first acts after returning to office in January. In his first term, he pulled the US out of the Iran nuclear deal, a multinational agreement to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. — Reuters pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

Trump ends Iraq’s waiver to buy Iranian electricity, escalating pressure on Tehran

People participate in a ‘Tesla Takedown’ protest against Elon Musk outside a Tesla dealership in Pasadena, California, March 8, 2025. US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Elon Musk is leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has cut thousands of government jobs and upended agencies, prompting numerous court challenges. — AFP pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

‘No clash’: Trump dismisses reports of Musk-Rubio tension over layoffs

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier stands guard in front of the National Museum of China in Beijing on March 3, 2025, ahead of the country’s annual legislative meetings known as the ‘Two Sessions’. — AFP pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

Beijing threatens to tighten ‘noose’ on Taiwan as defence spending rises

A drone view shows a flooded area in the city of Bahia Blanca, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina March 7, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

Devastating floods in Argentina: 13 killed as Bahia Blanca hit by year’s worth of rain

A woman stands by a windowless window in her destroyed residential building following a strike in Dobropillia, Donetsk region, on March 8, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

Russia claims new gains in Kursk as Ukraine prepares for Saudi peace talks

Pol Col Thitisan ‘Joe Ferrari’ Utthanaphon, convicted of torturing and killing a drug suspect in 2021, was found hanged in his cell at Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on Friday night. — AFP pic
World / 09 Mar 2025

Doubts cloud jailed Thai ex-cop Joe Ferrari’s death as family demands autopsy