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Under the Sumbang Tunai Rahmah (STR), eligible recipients receive direct cash assistance from the government to help cover living costs. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

With Sara closing, Malaysians can access alternative govt cash and subsidy programmes

BAM doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky said he is ready to step down as part of taking responsibility for the four-gold shortfall in Malaysia’s 2025 SEA Games badminton results. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 14 h ago

One gold, two silver, six bronze: Malaysia’s badminton chief admits shortfall, open to stepping down after SEA Games results

Malaysia’s sepak takraw team celebrates their historic 2-1 victory over Thailand in the men’s team regu final at Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium, ending a 34-year gold drought. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 15 h ago

Malaysia ends 34-year drought with SEA Games team regu gold over Thailand

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic
World  / 16 h ago

Bloodshed at Bondi: 11 killed as gunfire tears through Sydney beach

Malaysia secured its first badminton gold of the SEA Games today after national women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan and M Thinaah triumphed in Bangkok. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 19 h ago

Pearly Tan–Thinaah break the spell as Malaysia finally strikes SEA Games gold

After four records and the 2025 SEA Games gold in Thailand, the Malaysian and Sarawak governments are lining up rewards for hammer thrower Grace Wong. — Picture from X/Bernama_Radio
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Sarawak, Putrajaya to reward record-breaking SEA Games gold medallist Grace Wong

Soh Wooi Yik (left) and Aaron Chia took the silver in the men’s doubles badminton final at the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok on December 14, 2025. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 15 h ago

SEA Games heartbreak for Malaysia’s Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik as Indonesia claims men’s doubles gold

The Kuala Terengganu High Court ruled today that the earlier defamation trial against Clare Rewcastle-Brown was invalid and must be reheard. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Kuala Terengganu High Court orders retrial in Clare Rewcastle-Brown defamation case

Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen said the latest victim, identified as Hong, had invested RM300,000 in the investment fund proposed by the BSN employee in question in 2024 and only realised he had been scammed after news reports emerged in 2025. — File picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

BSN payouts coming next week for victims of employee-linked investment scam, says Sarawak DAP chief

In a statement uploaded on his Facebook page, Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said the declaration was made in compliance with the decree of the Regent of Johor, Tunku Mahkota Ismail, as a mark of celebration for the team’s outstanding achievement in continuing its dominance in Malaysian football. — Picture from Facebook/Onn Hafiz Ghazi
Malaysia  / 1 h ago

Johor declares special public holiday after JDT’s FA Cup 2025 win, SPM exams to proceed as scheduled

People cross a street next to police vehicles after the shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic
World  / 14 h ago

Bondi Beach massacre draws international outrage, leaders vow to fight antisemitism

Personal belongings lie at the scene of a deadly shooting during a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic
World  / 1 h ago

Bondi shooting leaves 16 dead as Australian police identify father-and-son gunmen in alleged antisemitic attack

Despite nearly 80 per cent of speed tests being conducted on 5G-capable devices, most Malaysian users still spend two-thirds of their time on 4G networks due to coverage gaps. — Picture by Mukhriz Hashim
Malaysia  / 1 h ago

Malaysia’s 5G speeds have nearly halved as network comes under strain, Ookla reports

Mosti is holding STI Madani Carnivals nationwide to empower young Malaysians and boost the country’s chances to reach developed nationhood. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Malaysia needs 70pc of jobs in STEM to reach developed nation status, says Mosti official

People hold placards during a Hanukkah menorah lighting in Berlin, Germany on December 14, 2025, in solidarity with Australians after the Bondi Beach shooting. — AFP pic
World  / 1 h ago

Fruit seller disarms Bondi Beach gunman, now hospitalised with gunshot wounds as world hail him as ‘hero’

A Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter jet performs during an exhibition flight at the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 16, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

Palestinian rights group loses legal fight to block UK from supplying components for Israeli F-35 warplanes

A billboard by the 'Coalition for Regional Security' Israeli political-security initiative with the Hebrew slogan 'a time for war, a time for settlement; now is the time for the
World / 30 Jun 2025

Israel says it wants peace with Syria, Lebanon after fall of Assad and Hezbollah’s decline

Two soldiers patrol the 10 de Octubre residential neighbourhood in San Marcos, El Salvador, on June 14, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

Slushies and slayings: El Salvador’s state of emergency brings peace, but survivors still haunted by MS-13 gang past

A family crosses a street in front of a newly built apartment buildings quarter in Moscow on June 11, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

Putin pushes patriotism, urges Russians to ‘do their duty’ as country’s birth rate hits 225-year low

A demonstrator holds a sign depicting a mashup of the faces of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar during an anti-government protest outside the Israeli Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on June 28, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

‘Terrible failures’: Netanyahu’s Iran lustre fades, comes under fire at home as pressure grows to end Gaza war

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers his opening speech during the United Nations 4th International Conference on Financing and Development in Seville, on June 30, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

UN chief slams US-led aid retreat as poverty, hunger, debt spiral in Global South

A Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter jet performs during an exhibition flight at the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 16, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

Court to decide today as UK comes under pressure to stop supplying Israeli warplanes with critical F-35 components

The UK government is planning for an envoy similar to America’s Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

UK to name envoy for jailed nationals amid criticism over secrecy, delays in high-profile detention cases

Explosion lights up the sky over the city during a Russian drone, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 29, 2025. Russian forces have taken control of the first village in the east-central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, Russian state media and war bloggers said on Monday, after Russia took 950 square kms of territory in two months. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

Russia captures first village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, claims state media

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Beijing’s diplomats abroad consistently abide by the laws and rules of their host countries. — Reuters file pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

China denies Taiwan VP car-ramming plot, defends diplomats after Prague incident claims

The live snakes included reptiles often sold in the pet trade, and were largely non-venomous, or with venom too weak to affect people. They included garter snakes, a rhino rat snake and a Kenyan sand boa, among others. — Pixabay pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

Snakes on a plane, again: India foils third Thailand wildlife smuggling attempt this month

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves at the crowd during the 2025 NYC Pride March in Manhattan, New York City, June 29, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

Trump slams Mamdani as ‘pure communist’ after shock NY primary win

Tourists protect themselves from the hot sun with umbrellas during the first summer heatwave in Seville, southern Spain June 29, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

Southern Europe bakes under blistering heatwave

Chan Po-ying, Chair of Hong Kong’s League of Social Democrats, along with party members, hosts a press conference to announce the party’s dissolution amid China’s national security law, in Hong Kong, China, June 29, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Jun 2025

‘Domino effect’: One of Hong Kong’s last opposition parties disbands under pressure

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends the funeral procession of Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists and others killed in Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2025. — Iranian Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency) handout pic via Reuters
World / 30 Jun 2025

Iran casts doubt on Israel’s ceasefire commitment after war halts nuclear talks

Beijing views the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, as a separatist and says it will choose his successor. The Dalai Lama has said his successor will be born outside China and urged his followers to reject anyone chosen by Beijing. — Reuters
World / 30 Jun 2025

Dalai Lama to outline succession plan ahead of 90th birthday, in move likely to rile China