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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  / 16 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  / 6 h ago

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

Kim Na Eun (centre) with her parents and two younger siblings during her Form 5 graduation ceremony last year. — The Borneo Post pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

First South Korean in Malaysia to ace SPM: Kim Na Eun scores 10 A+ including BM

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  / 17 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  / 18 h ago

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

Transport Minister Anthony Loke paid a visit to the family of the late Amirul Hafiz Omar. — Picture via Facebook/Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Anthony Loke visits grieving widow, offers comfort and support after tragic crash in Klang

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  / 4 h ago

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

Social Welfare Department tape blocks off a gate at the entrance to a care home in Subang Jaya September 12, 2024. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

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

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  / 4 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  / 4 h ago

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

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  / 4 h ago

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

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  / 18 h ago

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

A combination photo shows two individuals being questioned over a fake news incident. — MCMC pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Fake news, real trouble: MCMC tracks down five users behind TV3-style fuel price hoax

Muar MP Syed Saddiq shared a video of his proposal to actress-singer Bella Astillah atop Mount Kinabalu. — Facebook screenshot
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Peak romance: Why Syed Saddiq’s proposal left Bella Astillah breathless at 4,000 metres

The Johor Immigration Department detained four Chinese nationals for using fake passports and overstaying in the country. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Johor immigration swoops on luxury apartment, detains Chinese nationals with fake Mexican passport

Hong Kong’s last major opposition party holds a final vote on Sunday on whether to disband, as China ratchets up pressure on the city’s remaining liberal voices in a years-long national security crackdown. — Reuters pic
World / 14 Dec 2025

End of an era as Hong Kong’s last major opposition party votes on disbanding after sustained security crackdown

Displaced residents at a temporary camp in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province on December 14, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 14 Dec 2025

Border clashes grind into a second week as Cambodia and Thailand dismiss talk of a truce

A United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Tokyo had to turn back to Washington’s Dulles International Airport on Saturday after an engine failed during takeoff, igniting a brush fire near the runway, officials said. — AFP pic
World / 14 Dec 2025

Fiery engine blast forces United Flight 803 back to Washington minutes after takeoff for Tokyo

Visitors crowd the Christmas market on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin, on December 13, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 14 Dec 2025

German police arrest five men over suspected Islamist plot to attack Christmas market in Bavaria

A police vehicle near the site of a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, US, December 13, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 14 Dec 2025

Brown University campus on lockdown after gunman kills two and critically injures eight

Agence France-Presse (AFP) video journalist Dylan Collins speaks about his experience being wounded during an Israeli attack on a group of seven journalists in Southern Lebanon on October 13, 2023. — AFP pic
World / 14 Dec 2025

Proposed Israeli media laws spark outrage over threat to press freedom

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court during an evidentiary hearing in the murder case of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in New York, on December 12. — AFP pic
World / 14 Dec 2025

Five takeaways from evidence hearings in Manhattan insurance executive shooting case

This screen grab from a video posted by US Attorney General Pam Bondi on her X account on December 10 shows the execution of
World / 14 Dec 2025

How US targeting of Venezuela’s oil exports puts Maduro and the economy at risk

Displaced people set up a temporary camp in Banteay Meanchey province amid Cambodia-Thailand border clashes on December 13, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 13 Dec 2025

Cambodia halts all entry and exit at Thailand border as fighting continues

Damage to a casino in Pursat Province after Thai strikes amid Cambodia-Thailand border clashes on December 13, 2025. — Agence Kampuchea Press handout pic via AFP
World / 13 Dec 2025

‘Our actions this morning already spoke’: Thai jets strike against Cambodia despite Trump’s ceasefire claim

Naser Atabati, the chief justice of West Azerbaijan province – where the crime took place – said the execution was carried out at dawn on December 13, 2025, adding that Ava’s mother “had firmly demanded” retribution. — Unsplash pic
World / 13 Dec 2025

Iran hangs stepmum, convicted of killing four-year-old girl, after birth mum demanded retribution under Islamic law

File photo of Iranian rights campaigner and Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi whose whereabouts are unknown though she was reportedly arrested on December 12, 2025 after after denouncing the suspicious death of lawyer Khosrow Alikordi at his memorial ceremony in the northeastern city of Mashhad. — AFP pic/Narges Mohammadi Foundation
World / 13 Dec 2025

Where is Narges Mohammadi? Human rights groups ask Iran after Nobel laureate goes missing amid beating reports

Aerial view of uprooted trees at an Islamic boarding school after flash floods in Aceh Tamiang, northern Sumatra, Indonesia on December 10, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 13 Dec 2025

Indonesia counts losses after deadly rains and landslides kill over 1,000 in Sumatra

Bangkok’s joint press centre confirmed that Thai forces had “retaliated” against Cambodian military targets at 5:50 am (2250 Friday GMT). — AFP file pic
World / 13 Dec 2025

Thailand to continue military action on Cambodia until no more ‘threats’, says acting PM

This undated handout photograph released by the National Police of Ukraine on December 12, 2025, shows an aerial view of heavily damaged residential buildings and a church in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion. — AFP pic
World / 13 Dec 2025

Ukraine could join EU by January 2027 under US plan to end war with Russia

Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) minister Alexandre de Moraes gestures during the voting session to convict or acquit far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) in a coup trial at the Federal Supreme Court in Brasilia on September 10, 2025. — AFP file pic
World / 13 Dec 2025

US lifts sanctions on Brazil Supreme Court justice who oversaw Bolsonaro trial