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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’

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte addresses a press conference in The Hague, on June 23, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Can flattery save Nato? Rutte charms Trump with clever defence spending deal

Tourists ride a horse-drawn cart in front of the Great Pyramids plateau in Giza, Egypt December 11, 2022. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Hatshepsut’s hidden truth: Unravelling the real reasons behind the erasure of an iconic queen’s reign

Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul (left) is seen with labour minister and Bhumjaithai Party member Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn (right). — AFP pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Thai party plans no confidence vote against embattled PM

A missile launched from Iran towards Israel is seen from Tubas, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 24, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

New Israeli strikes reported by media despite Trump's command to stop

Former South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol is already facing a criminal trial on insurrection charges for leading the martial law declaration. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Yonhap: S.Korea special prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for ex-President Yoon

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on June 24, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Israel accuses Iran of ceasefire breach, orders renewed strikes on Tehran

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra walks after a cabinet meeting as she battles to stay in power after drawing sharp criticism of her handling of a border row with Cambodia and the government has promised a cabinet reshuffle this week, at the Government House, in Bangkok, Thailand, June 24, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Thai PM Paetongtarn: Cabinet reshuffle finalised, undergoing vetting before royal nod

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for attacks on health infrastructure to stop, without saying who was responsible. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Over 40 killed in Sudan hospital strike, including children and medics, says WHO chief

Palestinians climb a vehicle as they gather to receive aid supplies in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 23, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Gaza rescuers say Israeli forces gunned down 21 Palestinians waiting for aid

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is due Tuesday to head to Capitol Hill to present the Fed’s semi-annual monetary policy report to Congress’ House Financial Services Committee — sparking another missive from US President Donald Trump. —  Reuters pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Trump renews attack on Fed chair Powell, demands sharp rate cuts ahead of Capitol Hill appearance

Emergency personnel work amid debris at an impacted residential site, following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, amid the Israel-Iran conflict, in Be’er Sheva, Israel June 24, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Trump claims Iran-Israel ceasefire in effect, urges both sides to respect truce

Juliana Marins, 27, was walking with five friends on Mount Rinjani on Saturday when she slipped and fell off a cliff on the side of the 3,726-metre mountain, head of local rescuers Muhammad Hariyadi told Reuters. — Picture via Facebook/Jou Trekking Rinjani
World / 24 Jun 2025

Indonesia scrambles to rescue Brazilian hiker trapped on Mount Rinjani cliff for fourth day

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, Kim Keon-hee are seen at an event on October 1, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

S.Korean Sookmyung University cancels ex-first lady Kim Keon-hee’s master degree over plagiarism

Birds fly as a missile launched from Iran towards Israel is seen from Tubas, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 24, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Israel reports waves of Iranian missiles, soon after Trump announced ceasefire

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit waters off southern Philippines on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey, though no tsunami warning was triggered. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Southern Philippines rocked by 6.3-magnitude earthquake, no tsunami warning

Birds fly near an aircraft of German airline Lufthansa in front of a cloudy sky during sunset over Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on June 23, 2025. Global airlines have suspended or reduced flights in the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages after the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites at the weekend. Germany’s Lufthansa group, whose other airlines include Swiss, Austrian and ITA, has suspended flights to the Middle East until June 30. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jun 2025

Airlines scramble as Iran’s missile strike on US base triggers Gulf airspace shutdown