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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

Fresh lava fountains spewed in spectacular fashion from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Saturday, US vulcanologists said, marking nearly a year since one of the world’s most active volcanoes began erupting. — Screengrab of video from X/USGSVolcanoes
World / 07 Dec 2025

USGS says Hawaii’s Kilauea roars back, firing 100‑foot lava fountains in fresh eruption (VIDEO)

Mourners pay their respects to victims at a makeshift memorial outside the Wang Fuk Court apartment blocks in the aftermath of the deadly November 26 fire in Hong Kong. — AFP pic
World / 07 Dec 2025

Turnout fears loom as Hong Kong heads to polls amid grief over deadly housing‑block blaze

A handout photo taken on and released by Take Back Power on December 6, 2025, shows supporters of the civil resistance group. — AFP pic/Take Back Power handout
World / 07 Dec 2025

Custard‑splattering activists target Crown Jewels in a sticky show of dissent, ending in four arrests

Eighteen people were killed in an airstrike on a town in central Myanmar, according to a local official, a rescue worker and two residents who spoke to AFP on Saturday. — AFP pic
World / 07 Dec 2025

Airstrike kills 18 in Myanmar teashop horror as crowded hangout is blown apart

A fire at a nightclub in the west Indian state of Goa has killed at least 23 people, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other officials said early Sunday. — Screengrab of video via social media
World / 07 Dec 2025

Tourists among dead as Goa nightclub inferno kills 23 in midnight chaos

This photograph shows Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral illuminated on the eve of its official reopening, after more than five-years of reconstruction work following the April 2019 fire, in Paris December 6, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 07 Dec 2025

Notre-Dame draws 11 million visitors a year after Paris blaze restoration

Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, adjusts his agal as he attends a session on the opening day of the Doha Forum. — AFP pic
World / 06 Dec 2025

Qatar warns next phase of Gaza truce hinges on Israel’s full troop withdrawal

The attack is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have shocked the crime-weary country of 63 million people, which suffers one of the highest murder rates in the world. — Reuters pic
World / 06 Dec 2025

Mass shooting at illegal hostel outside Johannesburg leaves 11 dead and 14 injured

Cars for export wait to be shipped at a port in Lianyungang, eastern China's Jiangsu province on December 4, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 06 Dec 2025

Will EU give ground on 2035 combustion-engine ban?

Air travel across India has been in turmoil this week after IndiGo cancelled thousands of flights, prompting the government to announce special relief for the carrier and the operation of additional trains to help clear the backlog. — Reuters pic
World / 06 Dec 2025

India caps airline fares as IndiGo crisis leaves hundreds stranded for fifth day (VIDEO)

A bushfire destroys homes along Glenrock Paradein Koolewong on the Central Coast, north of Sydney, Saturday, December 6, 2025. — AAP via Reuters pic
World / 06 Dec 2025

Hot winds fan dozens of bushfires across eastern Australia

Passengers wait outside the IndiGo airlines ticketing counter at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, after several IndiGo airlines flights were cancelled, in Mumbai, India, December 6, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 06 Dec 2025

India air travel chaos eases but IndiGo crisis still leaves hundreds stranded

A man evacuates his cat while wading through a flooded road in Bandung, West Java on December 5, 2025, after heavy rain caused the Citarum river to overflow, submerging homes and the main road. — AFP pic
World / 06 Dec 2025

Starvation fears as more heavy rain threaten flood-ruined Indonesia

Myanmar nationals living in Thailand enter the Myanmar Embassy for early voting ahead of the Myanmar general election, in Bangkok on December 6, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 06 Dec 2025

Myanmar citizens head to early polls in Bangkok

Flavio Bolsonaro declared on social media that he will carry forward the political legacy that reshaped Brazilian politics. — AFP pic
World / 06 Dec 2025

Brazil’s Bolsonaro taps son as political heir

The International Atomic Energy Agency said an inspection last week of the steel confinement structure completed in 2019 found the drone impact in February, three years into Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, had degraded the structure. — Reuters pic
World / 06 Dec 2025

UN agency says Chernobyl nuclear plant’s protective shield damaged