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File picture of a man working from the comfort of home during phase three of the movement control order in Shah Alam April 15, 2020. The government today announced the implementation of work-from-home (WFH) arrangements for the public sector and government-linked companies (GLCs) effective April 15 as a proactive measure to address the global energy crisis. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Anwar announces WFH for public sector and GLCs from April 15 to ease energy strain

Lorries are seen on the Federal Highway in this file picture dated January 2, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

We cannot hold: Truckers warn of rising costs, halted projects as diesel surge

Nor Nadia Abdul Majid (right), wife of the late Amirul Hafiz Omar, 33, during a press conference at the Court compound in Klang, April 1, 2026. — Bernama pic
What You Think  / 16 h ago

What we owe Amirul and his family — Michelle Liu and Jia Vern Tham

The government has refrained from fully floating retail prices at the pump for three consecutive weeks following the outbreak of the crisis in West Asia. Instead, it continues to absorb a substantial portion of subsidy costs for petrol and diesel.. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Finance Ministry: Fuel subsidies maintained but BUDI95 quota reduced to 200 litres, as unsubsidised diesel breaches RM6 mark

File photo of Norhayati Mohd Arifin (right) and Susanna Liew Sow Yoke (left) during the announcement of Suhakam’s public inquiry findings into the disappearances of their husbands, Amri Che Mat and Pastor Raymond Koh, at the commission’s office in Kuala Lumpur April 3, 2019. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

‘A step towards truth’: Susanna Liew hails decision allowing access to special task force report

Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh said a viral press statement displaying the percentage of student achievement by race for the 2025 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) results is untrue. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

MOE denies viral statement on SPM 2025 achievement by race, says deputy minister

Sarawak United People’s Party president Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian said the sacking of Kuching chairman Datuk Lily Yong Lee Lee is currently under a ‘legal process’. — The Borneo Post
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

SUPP president: Lily Yong’s sacking under legal process

A member of staff poses with a painting entitled ‘Nympheas avec reflets de hautes herbes’ by French artist Claude Monet at Sotheby’s auction house in central London on January 31, 2013. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Authorities say Monet painting linked to 1MDB sold, funds to return to Malaysia

US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, D.C. April 1, 2026. — Alex Brandon/Pool/Reuters pic
World  / 2 h ago

In speech, Trump says Iran is ‘really no longer ⁠a ⁠threat’

Police officers look at a building of the North Sumatra's National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI) damaged following a severe 7.4-magnitude offshore quake in Manado, North Sulawesi on April 2, 2026. — AFP pic
World  / 3 h ago

Magnitude 7.4 Molucca Sea earthquake in Indonesia triggers tsunami alerts for Malaysia and the Philippines

An undated illustrative image shows detainees in handcuffs. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Army corporal arrested after seven soldiers assaulted at Bentong camp; one in ICU

The sources told Bernama that the suspect is believed to have submitted false claims for travel, transport, accounting fees, the purchase of generators and diesel, credit card payments, as well as claims for entertaining, property and personal protective equipment, petty cash, miscellaneous expenses, landscaping work, and salaries. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Who’s counting? MACC detains man after racking up RM4m in alleged fraudulent claims

The restriction on the purchase of RON95 petrol using foreign credit and debit cards at self-service terminals at petrol stations is being enforced in stages nationwide from today. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Malaysia enforces foreign card ban on RON95 fuel at self‑service terminals nationwide, effective today

Social Welfare Department tape blocks off a gate at the entrance to a care home in Subang Jaya September 12, 2024. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Unlicensed, unregistered, unchecked: The Selangor children’s home where boys were allegedly abused for 10 years

Smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran on April 1, 2026. An AFP journalist reported several huge explosions in the west of the Iranian capital Tehran on April 1 afternoon. — AFP pic
World  / 2 h ago

Latest in Middle East conflict: Trump to address nation, Iran calls US demands ‘irrational’, Iranian foreign minister wounded in strike

A giant screen shows a news report on China’s ‘Justice Mission 2025’ military drills around Taiwan, in Beijing December 30, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

China says live‑fire drills around Taiwan ‘completed successfully’ amid international criticism

Palestinian children wait for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

EU warns Israel NGO suspensions in Gaza would block ‘life-saving aid’

US President Donald Trump scrapped two bills this week, exercising his veto power for the first time during his second term to reject a water pipeline and the expansion of a Native American reservation. — Reuters pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

Trump issues first vetoes of his second term, blocks water pipeline and Native American reservation Bill

An activist shouts slogans during a protest as Indonesia is set to pass a new criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president, and expressing views counter to the national ideology, outside the Indonesian Parliament buildings in Jakarta December 5, 2022. — Reuters pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

Indonesia’s new criminal code criminalises premarital sex, insults to the state; minister warns of abuse risks

This photo illustration taken in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2025 shows redacted documents after the US Justice Department began releasing the long-awaited records from the investigation into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. — AFP pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

US Justice Dept: 5.2 million Epstein documents under review, release delayed beyond Congress deadline

A giant screen shows a news report on China's ‘Justice Mission 2025’ military drills around Taiwan, in Beijing, China December 30, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

Japan says China’s military drills around Taiwan ‘increase tensions’, urges peaceful resolution

South Korea is set to fully ban its decades-old controversial practice of bear bile farming next year, according to officials today, although about 200 bears are still in captivity, Yonhap News Agency reported. — Picture courtesy of Lalita Gomez
World / 31 Dec 2025

Controversial bear bile farming to be banned in South Korea from 2026, 199 bears still captive

Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov attends a meeting, chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin and dedicated to on the ‘special military operation’ amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Moscow December 29, 2025. — Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool pic via Reuters
World / 31 Dec 2025

Top Russian general says Putin orders expansion of Ukraine buffer zone in 2026

A firework explodes behind a police officer in riot gear during a protest in response to federal immigration operations in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, on June 9, 2025. The Trump administration in recent months has latched onto news of a large-scale public benefit fraud scandal to carry out immigration raids and harsher policies targeting Minnesota’s large Somali migrant community. — AFP pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

‘This is about purging people like me from this country’: Trump admin links US$300m fraud case to Somali community, ramps up immigration raids​​​​​​​

Colombian President Gustavo Petro yesterday said the United States bombed a suspected cocaine factory in the port city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. — AFP pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

Colombian president says US strike hit suspected cocaine facility in Venezuela

A bus carries 18 Cambodian soldiers repatriated from Thailand after being captured in July, following their release under the terms of a ceasefire agreement signed on December 27, 2025, at Prum International Border Checkpoint in Pailin province, Cambodia, December 31, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers captured in July after border ceasefire holds

One of the two trains affected after a head-on collision connecting Machu Picchu with Ollantaytambo is pictured in Pampacahua, Cusco Department, Peru, on December 30, 2025. At least one person died and 40 others were injured on December 30, 2025, in a head-on collision between two tourist trains on the route to Machu Picchu in south-eastern Peru, authorities said. — AFP pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

Head‑on train crash near Peru’s Machu Picchu kills conductor, injures 40 passengers

People gather behind barbed wires outside the Evercare hospital in Dhaka on December 30, 2025, following the death of Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia at age 80. — AFP pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

Crowds gather in Dhaka for Bangladesh’s ex-PM Khaleda Zia’s state funeral 

Magnus Carlsen of Norway (L) plays against Rudik Makarian of Russia in the 15th round of the Blitz Open during the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025 at Qatar University's Sports and Events Complex in Doha on December 30, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

Magnus Carlsen wins 20th world chess title with back-to-back blitz and rapid triumphs

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky following talks at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 28, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 31 Dec 2025

Tariffs, truce and turmoil: The highs and lows that shaped 2025

Residents charge their devices inside a support point, situated in a bomb shelter, during a long power blackout after critical civil infrastructure was hit by a Russian missile and drone strikes, in the town of Vyshhorod in Kyiv region, Ukraine, December 29, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 30 Dec 2025

Ukrainians withstand days-long power cuts in crowded ‘resilience’ shelters