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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  / 15 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  / 17 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

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  / 2 h ago

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

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  / 17 h ago

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

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

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

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’

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

Police work at the scene after an attack that injured multiple people in Boulder, Colorado, US June 1, 2025 in a still image from video. — ABC affiliate KMGH handout pic via Reuters
World / 02 Jun 2025

FBI probing Molotov cocktail attack at Colorado pro-Israel protest; several injured, suspect in custody

This aerial picture shows storage tanks (L) used for storing treated water at TEPCO’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, 2023. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

What’s happening with Fukushima’s radioactive soil? Here’s what you need to know

Chief prosecutor of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Mohammad Tajul Islam (centre) speaks during a press conference in Dhaka June 1, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

Bangladesh opens historic trial against fugitive ex-leader Hasina over crackdown that killed 1,400

Women travel by rickshaw through a flooded street following heavy rains in Guwahati. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

Deadly monsoon triggers floods and landslides in India’s northeast, killing over 30 and displacing hundreds

A man walks past banners showing South Korea’s presidential candidates ahead of the upcoming June 3 election. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

From fake Mao photos to AI deepfakes: How election disinformation is warping South Korea’s presidential race

Pakistan Armed Forces Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza (3rd left) attends the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore May 31, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

Europe bristles at US proposals at Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue, India-Pakistan hostility on show

Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam gestures as he is released from prison in Dhaka May 28, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami cleared to contest Bangladesh polls after top court overturns ban

A damaged Buddha statue surrounded by debris in Inwa on the outskirts of Mandalay April 12, 2025, following the devastating March 28 earthquake. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

Ceasefire extended in Myanmar to June 30, but scepticism lingers over compliance

In a phone call, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi to stop ‘parties from exploiting’ the agency for political ends, referring to the UK, France and Germany. — Reuters pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

Iran warns of retaliation if European powers make ‘political’ use of UN nuclear report

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a trilateral meeting between Japan, the US and Australia at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore May 31, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

China accuses US’ Hegseth of ‘vilifying’ remarks at Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore

Displaced Palestinians return from a food distribution centre in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip June 1, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

Gaza rescuers say Israeli fire kills 22 near aid site as truce talks falter

Drone view of search and rescue operations in the aftermath of rock collapse at a quarry in Cirebon, West Java Province, Indonesia May 30, 2025 in this picture obtained from social media. — Picture by Andrea Ramadhan via Instagram/via Reuters
World / 01 Jun 2025

Indonesia quarry landslide death toll hits 17, eight still missing

Russian law enforcement officers work at the site of a bridge collapse in the Vygonichi district of the Bryansk region June 1, 2025. — Handout via Reuters
World / 01 Jun 2025

Russia blames ‘illegal interference’ after two bridges collapse near Ukraine, leaving seven dead

A man walks past a currency exchange in Seoul’s Daerim neighbourhood, home to thousands of ethnic Chinese, May 28, 2025. Ahead of election day on June 3, wild anti-Chinese misinformation has spread among South Koreans — online, at right-wing rallies and in Seoul’s Chinatown. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

China replaces Japan as top villain in South Korean minds before election

File photo is for illustration purposes only. The Association of Progressive Lawyers said on X that ‘at least 87 people were arrested’ in the Turkish city, scene of a fresh wave of protests in recent months. — Picture By Raymond Manuel
World / 01 Jun 2025

Dozens detained in Istanbul during Gezi Park anniversary protest, say lawyers

People check the site of an overnight Israeli strike, in Jabalia in the central Gaza Strip May 30, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jun 2025

Paris Holocaust memorial, synagogues hit with green paint amid rising anti-Semitism over Gaza war fallout