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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar shows the new Cabinet list during a special announcement in Putrajaya on December 16, 2025. — Picture from Facebook/Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Anwar announces Cabinet reshuffle: Jo Ghani takes over at Miti, Hannah Yeoh now FT minister

A view of the Cabinet meeting room at the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya. — Picture by Afiq Hambali/Prime Minister’s Office of Malaysia
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Malaysia Cabinet reshuffle: Full list of all 28 ministers and deputies

PM Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to deliver a special update on the Madani Cabinet at 3:30pm today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Anwar to go ‘live’ at 3.30pm today with special announcement

Passengers pose for a selfie at JB Sentral on Dec 12, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

KL Sentral-JB Sentral ETS services double to eight daily trips starting 2026

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  / 13 h ago

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

A customer buys fish at the Section 6 wet market in Shah Alam on February 16, 2023. — Yusof Mat Isa pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

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

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur in this file picture dated December 8, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

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

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  / 10 h ago

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

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  / 11 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  / 9 h ago

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

The new Aerotrain is seen during its launch at KLIA Terminal 1 in Sepang on July 1, 2025. — Yusof Mat Isa pic
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

KLIA Aerotrain starts trial operations amid major repair push; nightly shutdown to continue

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  / 9 h ago

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

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  / 10 h ago

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

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  / 10 h ago

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

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  / 13 h ago

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

Dr Casey Means (right) poses with podcaster Joe Rogan (centre) and her brother, Calley Means. — Instagram/drcaseyskitchen pic
World / 08 May 2025

Donald Trump picks health influencer Casey Means as new US surgeon general nominee

Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away almost his entire personal wealth in the next two decades and said the world’s poorest would receive some US$200 billion via his foundation at a time when governments worldwide are slashing international aid. — Reuters pic
World / 08 May 2025

‘I won’t die rich’: Bill Gates to give away fortune, shut down foundation by 2045 after US$200b in global aid

Former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra leaves the Criminal court after appearing for the hearing of a lese majeste case, also known as a royal insult case in Bangkok, Thailand, August 19, 2024.
World / 08 May 2025

Thai Medical Council suspends two doctors over questionable treatment of Thaksin after return from exile

Three Chinese men were arrested in Japan after their rustling suitcases alerted hotel staff to the thousands of protected hermit crabs inside, police said Thursday. — Picture via Unsplash/Henry Lim
World / 08 May 2025

Three Chinese men arrested in Japan after rustling luggage reveals thousands of endangered hermit crabs

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said today that Taiwan and Europe face the same threat from authoritarianism. — Reuters pic
World / 08 May 2025

Taiwan president marks World War Two anniversary, warning indulging aggressors only whets appetite for expansion

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony before their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia today. — Reuters pic
World / 08 May 2025

China vows to stand with Russia in face of ‘hegemonic bullying’

An Australian woman accused of triple murder sent her children to the movies before serving up a toxic mushroom lunch that killed her guests, a court heard today. — Reuters file pic
World / 08 May 2025

Australian woman sent kids to cinema before feeding in-laws deadly mushroom lunch

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an educational event “Knowledge. First” in Moscow, Russia, April 30, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 08 May 2025

US accuses Russia of blocking North Korea sanctions to hide weapons transfers for Ukraine war

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles from Wonsan into the East Sea this morning, around a week after leader Kim Jong Un tested a new weapons system for his latest warship. — Reuters pic
World / 08 May 2025

North Korea launches multiple short-range missiles, South Korea condemns ‘provocation’

A proposal by a regional governor in Indonesia to make vasectomy a condition for men to receive welfare benefits has reportedly sparked widespread criticism in Indonesia. — Unsplash pic
World / 08 May 2025

Indonesian governor’s vasectomy-for-welfare proposal sparks intense debate

Locals stand on the debris of structures destroyed by Indian missile strikes, at the Government Health and Educational complex in Muridke about 30 kilometres from Lahore yesterday. — AFP pic
World / 08 May 2025

India, Pakistan exchange gunfire in Kashmir after missile strikes, confirmed deaths rise to 43

Police officers stand guard at an entrance of Todai-mae Station on Tokyo Metro’s Namboku Line after a stabbing incident in Tokyo May 7, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 08 May 2025

Man charged over Tokyo subway rush-hour knife horror that injured two

French Army soldiers from a robotic exploration unit of the 94th Infantry Regiment wearing a
World / 08 May 2025

France wants combat-ready robots by 2040, early models tested in battlefield drills

Joseph Nye, the influential US political scientist who coined the term ‘soft power’ and advised multiple presidents, has died at 88, Harvard University announced. — Picture via Facebook/Harvard Kennedy School
World / 08 May 2025

Joseph Nye, pioneer of ‘soft power’ and adviser to US presidents, dies as Trump era challenges legacy

A Russian military vehicle moves along the Garden Ring road in front of a huge Z letter, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, prior to the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade, to be held at Red Square, in central Moscow yesterday. — AFP pic
World / 08 May 2025

Putin’s order for three-day truce with Ukraine begins, Kyiv calls it a ‘farce’

Meta has banned a prominent Instagram news page in India at the government’s request, its founder said, calling it “censorship” amid rising India-Pakistan tensions. — Reuters pic
World / 08 May 2025

Meta bans Muslim news account in India, founder decries ‘censorship’ amid hostilities with Pakistan