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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  / 7 h ago

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

The Inland Revenue Board has completed tax refund payments amounting to RM14.55 billion involving 3.47 million cases as of November 30, said Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

IRB disburses RM14.55b in tax refunds to 3.47 million taxpayers, says deputy finance minister

The Malaysian Meteorological Department today issued a warning of continuous rain that is expected to hit several states until this Thursday. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of continuous heavy rain in several states until Thursday

A customer buys fish at the Section 6 wet market in Shah Alam on February 16, 2023. — Yusof Mat Isa pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

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

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  / 5 h ago

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

Subang MP Wong Chen today said the Subang Jaya City Council has agreed to fund an independent Traffic Impact Assessment for the proposed Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover in SS14. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Wong Chen: MBSJ agrees to independent traffic study on Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur in this file picture dated December 8, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

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

People react in front of a flower tribute near Bondi Pavilion following a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic
World  / 17 h ago

What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Jewish event

Malaysia’s rhythmic gymnastics squad leapt, twirled, and danced their way to a team gold at the SEA Games Thailand 2025, today. — Reuters pic
Sports  / 18 h ago

Malaysia’s rhythmic gymnastics squad dazzles with routines to clinch SEA Games gold

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  / 5 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  / 3 h ago

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

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  / 5 h ago

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

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  / 3 h ago

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

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  / 7 h ago

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

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  / 4 h ago

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

Mourners attend a funeral for those killed in Israeli strikes on Iran, in Qazvin, Iran, June 19, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 20 Jun 2025

Europe pushes for Iran nuclear talks in Geneva amid US strike threat

People walk through artificial mist to cool down on a hot day in Tokyo June 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 20 Jun 2025

Blistering summer heat claims four lives in Japan, officials urge immediate precautions

Chinese President Xi Jinping and New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing June 20, 2025. — China Daily pic via Reuters
World / 20 Jun 2025

Xi to Luxon: No China-New Zealand conflict, even as Cook Islands pivot raises eyebrows

Air India is under fire for flying planes with overdue safety checks, raising serious concerns over passenger protection. — Reuters pic
World / 20 Jun 2025

Air India warned for flying Airbus planes with unchecked escape slides, expired safety gear

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra gestures at a press conference next to Armed Forces Commander Pana Klaewplodthuk (right) at Government House in Bangkok June 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 20 Jun 2025

Thai PM Paetongtarn scrambles to mend military ties after leaked ‘Uncle’ Hun Sen call fallout

Experts work around the remains of a pre-Hispanic burial that was found during an excavation to install a gas pipeline in Lima June 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 20 Jun 2025

Peru gas workers unearth 1,000-year-old child mummy beneath Lima street

A man holds a poster with portraits of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a rally against Israel’s attacks on Iran, in solidarity with the Palestinian people and to call for world peace in Caracas June 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 20 Jun 2025

New spy chief for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards after predecessor killed by Israel

A Palestinian boy carries a pot with food collected at a charity kitchen providing hot meals in Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City June 18, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 20 Jun 2025

UN: Violence against children in conflict zones hits 30-year high in 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands amid debris outside the Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba, after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran on June 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 20 Jun 2025

Netanyahu: Israel ‘changing the face of the world’ in war with Iran

Zou Zhenhao, a Chinese student who was found guilty by a London court of drugging and raping 10 women in Britain and China, looks on in this handout picture released on March 5, 2025. Metropolitan Police/Handout via Reuters
World / 20 Jun 2025

Chinese student Zou Zhenhao who raped 10 women and targeted dozens more jailed for life in UK

This combination of handout satellite photos obtained from Planet Labs PBC on June 19, 2025, of a photo taken on June 5, 2025 (left) shows military planes at the US military base of Al-Udeid in Qatar, and a photo taken June 19, 2025 (right) showing no more planes at the US military base of Al-Udeid in Qatar, one of the main US bases in the region. — Handout via AFP
World / 20 Jun 2025

Satellite images reveal empty tarmac at major US air base in Qatar

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington June 19, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he will decide whether to attack Iran within a fortnight, as Israel and its regional rival continued to trade fire for a seventh day. — AFP pic
World / 20 Jun 2025

Strike or talk? Trump sets two-week clock on Iran war decision

Pakistani Shiah pilgrims carrying their belongings walk across the Pakistan-Iran border after returning from Iran in Taftan, in Balochistan province, on June 19, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. — AFP pic
World / 20 Jun 2025

‘Offering prayer’: Relieved Pakistanis recall ‘horrifying nights’ as Israel, Iran trade strikes

A truck filled with Afghan refugees and loaded with their belongings waits to depart for Afghanistan at a holding centre near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on April 11, 2025. Pakistan says it has expelled more than a million Afghans in the past two years, yet many have quickly attempted to return — preferring to take their chances dodging the law than struggle for existence in a homeland some had never even seen before. — AFP pic
World / 19 Jun 2025

Homeland insecurity: Expelled Afghans risk reentry to Pakistan to escape Taliban rule

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre) gestures during a press conference surrounded by senior Thai army commanders and government minsters at Government House in Bangkok June 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 19 Jun 2025

Paetongtarn Shinawatra: Youngest Thai PM faces swift end to short career

A satellite image shows new reactors under construction at the Bushehr site in Iran in this handout image dated January 1, 2025. — Maxar Technologies handout pic via Reuters
World / 19 Jun 2025

'It was a mistake': Israel confirms strikes on Natanz, Isfahan, Arak — but not Bushehr