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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

Transport Minister Anthony Loke paid a visit to the family of the late Amirul Hafiz Omar. — Picture via Facebook/Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

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

US auto safety officials have opened a preliminary investigation into Tesla’s door design following a complaint from a driver who said poor labelling worsened an emergency, authorities said this week. —- SoyaCincau pic
World / 25 Dec 2025

US safety officials probe Tesla door release after reports of trapped occupants in accidents

A couple watches the high water level of the Los Angeles river after heavy rains on December 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. A major winter storm rolled into California on December 23, forcing hundreds of evacuations in burn areas while threatening flooding and travel delays through Christmas for much of the state, officials said. — AFP pic
World / 25 Dec 2025

Christmas storm batters Southern California with floods, power outages, mudslide fears

Newly constructed buildings are pictured in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on October 24, 2025. Fourteen countries, including France, Britain, Canada and Japan, condemned on December 24, 2025, Israel's recent approval of new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. — AFP pic
World / 25 Dec 2025

France, Britain, Germany among 14 nations denouncing Israel’s West Bank settlement expansion

This photo illustration taken in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2025 shows court 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 / 25 Dec 2025

US Justice Dept uncovers over a million Epstein case documents, release delayed for weeks over redactions

This picture taken on May 29, 2024, shows a general view of the border between Thailand (left) and Cambodia (right) at Khao Phra Viharn national park in the Kantharalak district of Thailand's Sisaket province. A Cambodian official accused Thailand of destroying a statue of the Hindu god Vishnu in a disputed border area, after more than two weeks of military clashes between the neighbours. — AFP pic
World / 25 Dec 2025

Cambodia condemns Thai army for demolishing Hindu statue near disputed border

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on December 25, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting the manufacturing site of an 8,700-tonnage nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine at an undisclosed location in North Korea. — KCNA pic via KNS/AFP
World / 25 Dec 2025

KCNA: North Korean leader visits nuclear sub site, warns of ‘threat’ from US‑South Korea nuclear sub deal

An Australian man has been charged and detained after allegedly posting a message on social media backing the mass shooting on Bondi Beach. — Reuters pic
World / 25 Dec 2025

Australian charged with racial harassment after online support for Bondi Beach shooting

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square during the Angelus prayer in The Vatican December 21, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 25 Dec 2025

Pope says Christmas should bring silence to the front lines, even if briefly

A woman poses for a photo inside a Christmas decoration at Los Proceres boulevard in Caracas December 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 25 Dec 2025

Under holiday glow, Venezuelans try to shut out anxiety over US threats

Tourists visit the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province December 18, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Quiet temples, empty tuk-tuks: Thailand-Cambodia clashes empty Angkor at the worst time

Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chant slogans as they gather in front of the stage ahead of a rally to be attended by BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman after his return from London, in Dhaka December 23, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

After 17 years in exile, scion of Zia dynasty Tarique Rahman returns to a changed Bangladesh

A partial lunar eclipse is seen over the towers of the Kremlin in Moscow. The proposed reactor is meant to fuel Russian and Chinese lunar projects, as Moscow doubles down on its moon ambitions. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

A little light lunar fission: Russia plots nuclear power for its moon base by 2036

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet shake hands and hold up a document, during the signing of a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand on the sidelines of the 47th Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Kuala Lumpur October 26, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Thai and Cambodia militaries hold talks on resuming ceasefire

A magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck Taiwan on Tuesday, according to Germany’s geoscience centre GFZ. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

South-eastern Taiwan hit by 6.0-magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage

A house in Or Meir, an Israeli settler outpost near the Palestinian village of Deir Dibwan, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 16, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

As settler outposts spread, violence surges and the West Bank map is redrawn by force

Investigators work at the scene where two traffic police officers and another person were killed in a blast in Moscow December 24, 2025. — Russia’s Investigative Committee handout/AFP pic
World / 24 Dec 2025

Two police officers among three killed by bomb near site of Russian general’s assassination