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Businessman Albert Tei is pictured alongside his lawyer Latheefa Koya (right) at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex in Kuala Lumpur December 4, 2025. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

‘Go after the big fish’: Latheefa questions charges against client Albert Tei and lack of whistleblower protection

Bung Moktar, seen here in a recent file photo, died at Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu at age 66 early today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Sabah BN chairman Bung Moktar dies at 66 after lung, kidney complications

Sabah BN secretary Datuk Jafry Ariffin said party chairman Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin is resting and undergoing light medical treatment under doctors’ supervision. — Daily Express pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Bung Moktar taking time off for light medical treatment, says Sabah BN secretary

At 6pm, the ringgit bounced to 4.1115/1165 versus the greenback compared to yesterday’s close of 4.1200/1235. — Picture By Choo Choy May
Money  / 16 h ago

Ringgit hits highest level since June 2021 as US rate cut hopes grow

Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chung said scrapping the PTPTN loan waiver for top graduates sends the wrong message to Malaysia’s best students. — Picture via Facebook/Lee Chean Chung
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

PTPTN incentive rollback leaves top graduates demoralised, risks talent flight, says MP

US president Donald Trump has authorised the production of compact cars in the United States, citing models he observed in Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. — Reuters pic
Money  / 18 h ago

‘They’re very small, really cute’: Trump approves US production of compact cars inspired by those in Malaysia, Japan, S. Korea (VIDEO)

The Malaysian Bar has called for an urgent, independent investigation into the Durian Tunggal police shooting following conflicting accounts of the incident. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

‘Transparency is a necessity’: Malaysian Bar calls for urgent inquiry into Durian Tunggal triple police shooting

Kuala Lumpur has recorded a total of 1,863 mm of rainfall up to September, roughly half of its average annual rainfall over the past five years. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

KL’s flood-defence trio: How the city manages heavy rainfall and avoids major floods

Eight Bersatu division chiefs in Sabah said the coalition’s state election defeat stems from state-level leadership decisions, rejecting attempts to blame party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Sabah Bersatu division chiefs say poll rout blame lies with Kiandee and Hamzah, not Muhyiddin

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks at a press conference after attending the 12th Malaysia–Singapore Leaders’ Retreat in Singapore today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Anwar acknowledges Sabah’s concerns, says ‘legacy issues’ hinder full delivery of federal aid

The Court of Appeal struck out the Raub durian farmers’ appeals after they withdrew their challenge against eviction notices issued by the Pahang government and state agencies. — Photo by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Raub durian farmers withdraw eviction appeals, ending long-running legal battle

New housing aid recipient Mohmad Johar Misri (centre) stands with his family at the key-handover ceremony for victims of the Putra Heights gas explosion in Kampung Sungai Baru, Subang Jaya December 4, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Housing minister: 18 families return to new homes after Putra Heights gas blast

Malaysia’s mixed doubles champions Chen Tang Jie (left) and Toh Ee Wei (centre) share a light-hearted moment with BAM president Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz (right) at his office on December 3, 2025. — Picture from Facebook/Tengku Zafrul
Sports  / 17 h ago

BAM says Malaysia’s best line-up ready to chase seven badminton medals at SEA Games 2025 in Thailand

Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin died at age 66 at a private hospital in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah at 1.46am December 5, 2025. — Picture from Facebook/Zahid Hamidi
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Zahid mourns ‘true friend’ Bung Moktar after Sabah BN chief dies at 66

An aerial view shows a motorist driving on a road surrounded by flood waters in Kangar in northern Malaysia’s Perlis state on November 28, 2025, as severe flooding affected thousands of people in the region following days of heavy rain. The Works Ministry estimates that RM327.8 million is needed so far to repair public infrastructure damaged by the North-east Monsoon. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Nearly RM330m needed to repair Malaysia’s monsoon-hit infrastructure, says Works Ministry

Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants transport a white body bag believed to carry the remains of an Israeli hostage in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on December 3. — AFP pic
World / 2 h ago

Thai hostage remains returned to Israel while final Gaza captive yet to come home

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in August that the country would this year meet a Nato target of spending two percent of GDP on defense, years ahead of schedule. — AFP pic
World / 2 h ago

US approves massive bomb sale to Canada amid Nato and Arctic concerns

Heavy machinery demolishes part of the White House East Wing as work begins on President Donald Trump’s planned US$350 million ballroom, in Washington, DC, October 20, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 2 h ago

Trump brings in new architect amid disputes over White House ballroom design

US President Donald Trump participates in a peace accord signing ceremony with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.— AFP pic
World / 2 h ago

Trump slaps his name on US peace institute as he touts global peacemaker role

New Orleans police officers carry a man out of City Hall after he participated in a protest against the deployment of federal agents in the city during a city council meeting on December 4. — AFP pic
World / 2 h ago

Trump cuts migrant work permit validity to 18 months in latest immigration crackdown

A truck loaded with humanitarian aid awaits permission on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip, to drive toward the besieged Palestinians territory on July 27, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 4 h ago

Rafah crossing: What to know about Gaza’s vital but long-shut gateway

Palestinian couples attend a mass wedding in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip December 2, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 4 h ago

‘Joy will rise again’: Mass wedding brings hope to war-scarred Gaza

Amneh Khoulani, human rights defender and member of the National Commission for the Missing and Disappeared in Syria, inspects the ruins of her family’s house in Daraya, a suburb that lies just south-west of the centre of the capital Damascus on October 28, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 14 h ago

Daraya rises from ruins: Rebels return to rebuild Syria’s emptied city

A picture taken on July 6, 2025 shows the peak of Mount Sinai (also known as Jebel Moussa) at the Saint Catherine valley, where mountain hotels under construction as part of Egypt’s new tourism megaproject. — AFP pic
World / 14 h ago

As Egypt builds big in Sinai, St Catherine’s heritage and Bedouin land are pushed to the brink

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with volunteers during a volunteer organisations forum in Moscow on December 3, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 14 h ago

UK inquiry says Putin bears ‘moral responsibility’ for 2018 Novichok death

The men range in age from 18 to 75 and two were charged with rape of minors while one was said to be among ‘the 10 most active producers and distributors of paedophile content in Poland’, a statement read. — Reuters pic
World / 15 h ago

‘Game Over’: Poland detains 100 men in major child sex abuse probe

Other concerns clogging up the system between November 2024 and March 2025 were blocked noses, earaches and nearly 100,000 visits for sore throats. — IStock.com pic
World / 15 h ago

Hiccups to ingrown toenails: Minor ailments are jamming up Britain’s A&Es, NHS warns

Passengers line up at an Indigo Airlines kiosk at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on December 4, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 15 h ago

India’s biggest airline cancels 1,200 flights, unleashing airport chaos

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (centre) meets a UN Security Council delegation at the Presidential Palace in Damascus on December 4, 2025, during the council’s first-ever visit to the country. — AFP pic
World / 18 h ago

UN Security Council makes historic first visit to Syria ahead of Assad ousting anniversary

The two people in France reported to have contracted MERS – a more deadly but less contagious variation of the SARS that spread from China in the early 2000s – had been on a joint trip to the Arabian Peninsula. — AFP pic
World / 18 h ago

MERS alert in France as two hospitalised after Middle East trip

A photo taken on November 18, 2025 shows 12-year-old Australian Ava Jones who uses Instagram to document her cheering, dancing, modelling and brand promotions that has drawn her a following of more than 11,400 people, enough for a monthly income from Meta, free products from brands and to even launch her own clothing line now at risk as the government bans under-16s from social media from December 10, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 21 h ago

Meta starts booting under-16s off Instagram, Facebook, Threads in Australia ahead of Dec 10 deadline