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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  / 5 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  / 16 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  / 17 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  / 18 h ago

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

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  / 18 h ago

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

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur, on Dec 8, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

METMalaysia issues thunderstorm warning for Klang Valley, six states until 1pm

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  / 3 h ago

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

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  / 3 h ago

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

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  / 17 h ago

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

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  / 3 h ago

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

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  / 3 h ago

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

According to the author, DAP’s quiet on key issues—from Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s DNAA to Tan Sri Azam Baki’s contract extension and ongoing corruption under Madani — risks alienating Chinese voters, a lesson already seen in Sabah’s polls. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
What You Think  / 2 h ago

The end of DAP’s ‘Golden Era’? — Izmil Amri

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  / 18 h ago

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

People cross a street next to police vehicles after the shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic
World  / 16 h ago

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

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  / 18 h ago

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

Muslim worshippers gather for prayers at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca on June 2, 2025 ahead of the annual Haj pilgrimage. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jun 2025

Saudi Arabia declares Haj readiness as millions begin pilgrimage

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto gestures as he speaks during the commemoration of Pancasila Day at the Pancasila Building, a historic hall within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs compound in Jakarta, on June 2, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jun 2025

‘Clean up or be removed’: Prabowo warns Indonesian officials as calls grow for cabinet reshuffle

Chinese police notified the Japanese consulate in Shenyang on May 25 about the killings, saying they resulted from a business dispute between acquaintances, the report said. — Reuters pic
World / 03 Jun 2025

Two Japanese men killed in China after business fallout, suspect detained

Boulder attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman appears in a video feed from the Boulder County Jail during a brief court appearance in Boulder, Colorado, US June 2, 2025 in a still image from video. — Colorado Judicial Branch handout pic via Reuters
World / 03 Jun 2025

Planned for a year: Colorado firebomb suspect wanted to ‘kill all Zionists,’ say prosecutors

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (centre) meets with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi (left) and Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Cairo on June 2, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jun 2025

Trump draws red line on Iran: ‘No uranium enrichment under any deal’

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea’s Democratic Party, speaks onstage during his final election campaign event ahead of the upcoming June 3 presidential election in Seoul on June 2, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jun 2025

Lee Jae-myung leads as South Koreans brace for life after Yoon Suk Yeol

This combination of pictures created on June 2, 2025 shows from left: a satellite image taken and released by Planet Labs PBC on June 2, 2025, showing a pre-strike image of the Ivanovo Airbase east of Moscow, captured on May 22, 2025, and a satellite image taken and released by Planet Labs PBC on June 2, 2025, showing a post-strike image of Ivanovo Airbase, east of Moscow captured on June 2, 2025. — 2025 Planet Labs PBC handout pic via AFP
World / 03 Jun 2025

Ukraine strikes plunge Russian-held south into blackout, say officials

Vladimir Medinsky (centre), head of the Russian delegation, delivers a statement to the press after a second round of direct talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul, on June 2, 2025. Russia proposed a partial ceasefire of ‘two to three days’ at talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2, Moscow’s top negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jun 2025

Peace talks, but on Putin’s terms: Russia seeks Ukraine pullback and army limits

The Empire State Building is seen as a man takes a photo from the observation deck in New York City on April 8, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 03 Jun 2025

With welcome mat half-rolled, Europeans rethink US travel under Trump

Chilean President Gabriel Boric speaks during his ‘State of the Nation’ annual message to the country at the National Congress in Valparaiso, Chile on June 1, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jun 2025

‘No justification for privilege’: Chile shuts down special prison for Pinochet-era criminals

Passengers make their way to their flights as one floor down, homeless people (below) lie on the floor of Terminal 4 of the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport in Madrid, on May 28, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jun 2025

From Spain’s busiest airport to shelter of last resort: Where Madrid’s homeless rest as rent soars

A woman hides from the sun with an umbrella in Ronda, southern Spain as the country faces the first heatwave of the season, on May 28, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jun 2025

Summer hits early as Spain logs 24.08°C in hottest May day on record

Thomas Francois (left), former vice-president of the editorial department of Ubisoft and the focus of the most serious abuse accusations, arrives with his lawyer at the courthouse in Bobigny, suburb of Paris, on June 2, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jun 2025

Ubisoft’s dark mode exposed: Former executives on trial in Paris for toxic work culture

Data from Sweden’s Family Law and Parental Support Authority signals some 60,000 people in the country were adopted from countries, with the most originally from South Korea, India, Colombia, China and Sri Lanka. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Jun 2025

From China to Colombia: Swedish inquiry urges apology, ban on adoptions over stolen children

Captain Alfred Dreyfus (second from right) speaks with General Gillain (centre) after being awarded the Legion d’honneur (Legion of honour) during a ceremony marking Dreyfus’ rehabilitation, at Ecole Militaire in Paris, on July 21, 1906. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jun 2025

France to promote soldier at heart of infamous treason scandal, after 130 years

Villagers wade through a flooded street after heavy rains in Kampur at Nagaon district, in India’s north-eastern state of Assam on June 1, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jun 2025

Deadly floods sweep India’s north-east; 34 killed, more rain forecast