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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

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea, in this file picture dated July 9, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

South Korea prosecutors seek 10‑year jail term for ex‑president Yoon over martial law case

Heavy machinery tears down a section of the East Wing of the White House as construction begins on President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, in Washington, DC October 20, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

Trump’s US$400m East Wing ballroom plan faces lawsuit, White House to unveil plans in January

An Indian army soldier keeps vigil from a bunker at the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India May 20, 2025. Indian security forces killed a senior Maoist rebel commander and three other fighters including two women in a raid yesterday, police said, as authorities push a major offensive against the guerrillas. — AFP pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

Indian forces kill Maoist leader with US$120,000 bounty, two women fighters in Odisha gunfight

Some 115 alleged members of the Islamic State group suspected of planning attacks during the end-of-year holidays have been arrested in Turkiye, Istanbul’s prosecutor general said yesterday. — AFP pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

Turkiye detains 115 suspected Islamic State members accused of planning holiday attacks

A no smoking sign (right) is displayed in a stairwell as the N Seoul Tower, aka the Namsan Tower, is seen in the horizon behind the Dongjak Bridge, which runs over the Han River in Seoul on November 28, 2024, as heavy snowfall blanketed South Korea. South Korea experienced its coldest morning of the season today as a continental cold wave swept across the country. — AFP pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

South Korea shivers as mercury drops to minus 11.8C in season’s coldest morning

A Powerball is displayed at a newsstand on December 23, 2025 in New York City. — AFP pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

US lottery player claims second‑largest US$1.8b Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve

A blanket of snow covers the Yushan Weather Station December 26, 2025. — Picture courtesy of Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration
World / 26 Dec 2025

Continental cold surge brings subzero temperatures and snowfall to Taiwan’s tallest peak Yushan

File photo of a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot ground-attack plane flying in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict near the settlement of Olenivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine July 29, 2022. Poland sent fighter jets to intercept a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying near its airspace over the Baltic Sea and said dozens of objects entered from Belarus overnight, warning the incidents during the holiday season may signal a provocation. — Reuters pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

Polish jets intercept Russian reconnaissance aircraft, report mass airspace violations from Belarus

A general view on Mount Kilimanjaro taken July 21, 2022 from the Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Five people were killed, including two Czech tourists, after a helicopter crashed on Mount Kilimanjaro, the authorities in Tanzania announced yesterday. — AFP pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

Helicopter crash on Mount Kilimanjaro kills five, including two Czech tourists

Pedestrians wait to cross a road under national flags displayed ahead of Myanmar's general election in Yangon on December 23, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

Myanmar to hold third and final election round on Jan 25, commission says

A US Airman attaches a GBU-31 munitions system to an F-15E Strike Eagle in the US Central Command area of responsibility, December 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike as the US military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria in retaliation for an attack on US personnel, US officials said. — US Air Force handout/AFP pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

Syria announces killing of senior IS leader, multiple arrests in coalition-backed raids

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 26, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting major munitions industry enterprises to acquaint himself with the missile and shell production at an undisclosed place in North Korea.
World / 26 Dec 2025

North Korea’s Kim says missile production ‘of paramount importance,’ orders new munitions plants in 2026

Newspapers with articles reporting US President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hang at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

Trump announces ‘powerful and deadly’ US strikes on Islamic State militants in Nigeria

Dilek Imamoglu, the wife of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), holds the book ‘Millete Emanet’ (‘Entrusted to the Nation’) written by journalist Yavuz Oghan about Imamoglu, in Istanbul September 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 26 Dec 2025

‘We hold onto one another and keep fighting’: Wife of jailed Istanbul mayor on family, faith and democracy

US President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick look on as White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington December 11, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 25 Dec 2025

The man who outlasted Musk: How David Sacks became Trump’s most influential AI power broker

EU commissioner for internal market and consumer protection, industry, research and energy Thierry Breton addresses a press conference. The EU’s digital rules — which have seen US tech giants such as Apple, Meta and X fined under new regulations — have drawn sharp criticism from the administration of Donald Trump, which accuses Brussels of censorship. — AFP pic
World / 25 Dec 2025

Explained: The European laws curbing Big Tech... and irking Trump