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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  / 19 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’

A man stands on a damaged balcony following Russian drone strike in Kharkiv today. — AFP pic
World / 11 Jun 2025

Russia launches deadly strike on Kharkiv amid stalled peace talks

Last month was the second warmest May on record on land and in the oceans.— Reuters pic
World / 11 Jun 2025

May 2025 second warmest on record, says EU climate monitor

The waxing gibbous moon illuminates the sky as a police car patrols the deserted streets of Downtown Los Angeles, where a curfew remains in effect. — AFP pic
World / 11 Jun 2025

Los Angeles declares curfew as Trump decries protests as ‘foreign invasion’

US president Donald Trump has long shown a fascination for the military—and envy for the military parades that his foreign counterparts preside over. — AFP pic
World / 11 Jun 2025

Trump uses US Army anniversary to rally troops, defend LA military deployment

But this framework will first need to be approved by leaders in Washington and Beijing, officials said, at the end of meetings at the British capital’s historic Lancaster House. — Reuters pic
World / 11 Jun 2025

US and China reach tentative trade framework in London amid rare earths row and tariff truce talks

A vehicle is set alight during an anti-immigration demonstration in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on June 10, 2025. Violence flared for a second night June 10 in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena after
World / 11 Jun 2025

Petrol bombs, fires and fear as racial tensions explode in Northern Ireland town following teen rape charges

Police work close to a school where several people died in a shooting, on June 10, 2025 in Graz, southeastern Austria. Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker on Tuesday declared three days of national mourning after a school shooting in the southeastern city of Graz reportedly by a former student left nine people dead and several seriously injured. — AFP pic
World / 11 Jun 2025

Austria school attack death toll rises to 10 as injured woman dies in hospital after Graz shooting

Trump’s extraordinary mobilization of 700 full-time professional military personnel—and thousands of National Guard troops—came on the fourth day of street protests triggered by dozens of immigration arrests in a city with huge foreign-born and Latino populations. — Reuters pic
World / 11 Jun 2025

Trump sends Marines into Los Angeles as protests over immigration arrests intensify: ‘Hit harder than ever’

Armenia is grappling with deep internal divisions as it considers making major concessions for peace with Azerbaijan. — AFP pic
World / 11 Jun 2025

Peace or final surrender? Armenia’s struggle for identity in the shadow of Karabakh

Indian customs officials last week arrested an Indian national after finding dozens of snakes and several turtles in their luggage. — Pixabay pic
World / 10 Jun 2025

Vipers, turtles found in luggage highlights growing Thailand-India wildlife trafficking trend, says NGO

A protester gestures as she sits on the road in front of Kenyan police officers guarding the entrance to a police station during a protest over the death of blogger Albert Ojwang, who died in police custody under disputed circumstances, at the Central Police Station in Nairobi June 9, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 10 Jun 2025

A year on from Kenya’s Gen Z uprising, protesters split on future path

Policemen are seen in a street close to a school where, according to reports, several people died in a shooting, in Graz, southeastern Austria June 10, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 10 Jun 2025

Student opens fire in Austrian school leaving several dead, including suspect

Europe is confronting a critical defence challenge, as Russian aggression and growing doubts over continued US support prompt the need for rapid rearmament and a long-term strategy to fill the void left by American forces. — Reuters pic
World / 10 Jun 2025

EU defence chief warns of ‘perfect storm’ as Europe rearms, US support hangs in balance

A Chinese navy ship with bow number 525 monitors Philippine navy ship Andres Bonifacio near the Philippine-occupied island of Thitu during a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea on June 6, 2025. Two Chinese aircraft carriers were operating in the Pacific for the first time, according to Japan, whose defence minister said Tuesday the move revealed the expansion of Beijing’s military activities. — AFP pic
World / 10 Jun 2025

Japan flags ‘first-ever’ dual Chinese carrier ops in Pacific

This file photo taken on August 21, 2017 shows islands around Raja Ampat in east Indonesia’s West Papua region. Indonesia revoked permits on June 10, 2025 for four of the five mining companies operating in the eastern archipelago of Raja Ampat after activists shared videos of islands damaged by nickel extraction. — AFP pic
World / 10 Jun 2025

Indonesia pulls mining permits in Raja Ampat after viral outcry over nickel damage

File picture of members of the Sinaloa Cartel preparing capsules with methamphetamine in a safe house in Culiacan, Mexico, April 4, 2022. Mexico announced Monday the seizure of nearly 42 metric tonnes of methamphetamine worth more than US$50 million during raids on illegal drug labs. — Reuters pic
World / 10 Jun 2025

Mexico seizes 42 tonnes of meth in major drug lab raids amid US pressure