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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  / 18 h ago

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

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

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’

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

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 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

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

Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said that Petronas operations remain stable for the period between April and May. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Petronas operations stable, weekly fuel prices to be announced every Wednesday, says comms minister

Min Aung Hlaing, who seized power in the 2021 coup, says the election is for ‘the people of Myanmar’, despite widespread international criticism. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Myanmar’s election, explained: Why the junta is holding an election in the middle of a civil war

This image grab from a video filmed on December 23, 2025 and provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Office shows Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky addressing in Kyiv. Zelensky said the latest version of a plan to end the Russian invasion would freeze the front line, but still pave the way for Ukrainian withdrawals and the creation of demilitarised zones. — Ukrainian Presidential Office handout/AFP pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Ukraine’s Zelensky says draft peace plan freezes front line, opens path to demilitarised zones

Yip Ka-kui (centre) and his sons Yip Shun-ting (left) and Yip Shun-yin (right) look at old photographs of his wife Pak Shui-lin as they recall happy memories at their home, near the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Tai Po district, Hong Kong, December 10, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

‘The difference of a few minutes means I’ll never see her again’: Grief, trauma weigh on survivors of catastrophic Hong Kong fire

Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a Bhumjaithai Party leader and prime ministerial candidate, gestures during an event to unveil policies ahead of the general election in February, in Bangkok December 24, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Thailand’s Anutin picked as PM candidate in ‘consequential’ February polls

Eight people were killed after their vehicle fell into a pond in Pengze County, east China’s Jiangxi Province, Xinhua reported today, citing local police. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Eight killed after vehicle veers off rural road into pond in east China

The Australian and Aboriginal flags fly at half mast on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on December 21, 2025, as part of a national day of reflection honouring the victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. Australia cancelled the visa of a British national after he was charged with displaying a banned Nazi symbol as the country cracks down on antisemitism in the wake of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach. — AFP pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Australia cancels visa of Briton accused of displaying Nazi symbol, inciting hate

Firefighters respond at the site of a gas explosion that caused a partial building collapse at the Silver Lake Nursing Home in Bristol, Pennsylvania December 23, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Two dead, several missing in Pennsylvania nursing home blast, gas leak suspected

Rescuers work at the wreckage site as search and rescue operations continue following the crash of a Libya-bound business jet carrying Libyan Chief of Staff General Muhammad Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, found about 1.2 miles (2km) south of Kesikkavak village in the Haymana district of Ankara on December 24, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

‘I heard a big sound of explosion’: Libya’s top military chief killed in plane crash in Turkiye after Ankara talks

Former European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton attends the funeral of the late French journalist Philippe Labro at the Saint-Germain-des-Pres church in Paris, on June 13, 2025. On December 23, 2025, the United States announced sanctions against five European figures committed to strict regulation of technology, including French former European Commissioner Thierry Breton, who are now banned from entering the country. — AFP pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Ex‑EU tech regulator Breton denounces US visa ban as ‘witch hunt’

European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton looks on before French President Emmanuel Macron's speech on Europe in the amphitheatre of the Sorbonne University in Paris April 25, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Washington bars entry to EU ex‑commissioner, four activists in dispute over social media laws

Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta, Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, addresses a Security Council meeting to discuss ‘ongoing US aggression’ against the country, at UN headquarters in New York City December 23, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Venezuela accuses US of ‘greatest extortion’ over oil vessel blockade at UN

Firearms are displayed for sale in a gun store in Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, Arizona on September 17, 2025. Lawmakers in Australia’s most populous state today approved sweeping laws cracking down on guns and giving authorities the power to ban protests after the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in decades. — AFP pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Australian lawmakers approve sweeping NSW gun laws, protest ban after Bondi Beach mass shooting

National Guard members walk at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Illinois October 9, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

US Supreme Court ruling blocks Trump’s Chicago National Guard deployment amid immigration crackdown

Ghislaine Maxwell and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. — US Justice Department handout/Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Latest Epstein files renew scrutiny of Britain’s ex‑prince Andrew over links to Maxwell and US prosecutors

A view of drawers and framed photos, including of Donald Trump, in Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan home is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., US, on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. — US Justice Department handout/Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

New Epstein files dump reveals Trump jet trips, DOJ calls some claims ‘sensationalist’

In this photo taken in Gwangju on December 14, 2025, Lee Hyo-eun sits next to a photo of her three children, including her daugher Ye-won, who died along with 178 others in the Jeju Air Flight 2216 plane crash on December 29, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Families want answers a year after South Korea’s deadliest plane crash