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Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Zamzuri Mohd Isa conducts an inspection during Op Selamat 25 for Chinese New Year 2026 at Jalan Raja Laut in Kuala Lumpur on February 15, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Rider’s leg severed in early morning KL crash, Honda City driver arrested

The Ministry of Health (MOH) no longer permits the sale of two cosmetic products, Glowing Nite Treatment and Glowing Herbal Treatment, which have been found to contain scheduled poisons. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Toxic beauty: MOH bans two cosmetic products over mercury and other poisons

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. Civil servants in the federal territories, Selangor, and state capitals with commutes over eight kilometres can start working from home from April 15. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

WFH for civil servants: Those in FT, Selangor, state capitals with commutes over 8km eligible from April 15

A general view shows the new highway linking Nilai, Labu, and Bandar Enstek in Nilai on April 2, 2026. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

What is Malaysia Vision Valley 2.0? Inside Negeri Sembilan’s six-zone economic mega-project

File picture of Perdana Putra building, which houses the Prime Minister’s Office, in Putrajaya on March 3, 2025. nergy controls in government buildings will be tightened, including setting air-conditioning temperatures at no lower than 24°Celsius, following the global energy crisis, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Global energy crisis: Putrajaya to cap air-conditioning at offices to 24°C, tighten energy use in govt buildings, says DPM Fadillah

An Israeli man carries belongings at the site of a damaged residential building, after Iran launched missiles towards Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Bnei Brak, Israel April 1, 2026. — Reuters pic
World  / 18 h ago

Iran fires missiles at Israel after Trump vows ‘Stone Ages’ strikes

Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department (JKDNKA) Wildlife Crime Bureau (WCB) Commander, SAC Mohd Zaki Ashar, said the seizures followed raids on three separate premises in the area. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Police seize RM1.5m in non-halal chicken and pork in Kampung Baru Subang, 32 detained

(From left) Malaysia Aviation Group President and Group Chief Executive Officer Capt. Nasaruddin A. Bakar and Chief Financial Officer Boo Hui Yee at the MAG 2025 financial performance announcement in Kuala Lumpur, April 2, 2026. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Money  / 19 h ago

Malaysia Aviation Group profit more than doubles to RM137m as recovery strengthens amid cost discipline, travel demand

Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz speaks during a press conference at Wisma Bernama in Kuala Lumpur on December 2, 2025. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Zafrul: Govt needs standby stimulus ready to tackle sustained Middle East crisis

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. A tsunami alert following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia today has now been lifted, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. — AFP pic
World  / 19 h ago

Indonesia quake damages buildings; tsunami alerts lifted as disaster agency warns of aftershocks

While food supply remains stable for now, higher fuel costs are expected to raise the cost of transport and production, which could eventually push up prices at the checkout. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

US-Iran conflict: What it means for Malaysians’ consumption habits

In a war saturated with AI-generated content, even authentic images are increasingly met with doubt. — Picture from social media
World  / 3 h ago

‘AI slop’ floods Middle East war, blurring truth and fiction

Jafry Ariffin (centre) after the courtesy call from Jesselton International who presented a proposal for a cable car project in the Kundasang area. — Picture courtesy of Jafry Ariffin’s office
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Sabah mulls Mount Kinabalu cable car proposal, stresses conservation-first approach

Proton said March sales rose 15.4 per cent from February and were 12.8 per cent higher compared to the same month last year. Its market share for March is expected to reach 25.1 per cent, with year-to-date share forecast at 27.4 per cent — its highest level since 2017. — Reuters pic
Money  / 16 h ago

Proton says 2026 Q1 sales hit highest level since 2004, driven by EV growth

Darren Jack, a Canadian motorsports memorabilia collector from Toronto, poses with the racing helmet worn by late Formula One legend Ayrton Senna in Nagoya on March 30, 2026. — AFP pic
Sports  / 13 h ago

Canadian collector secures Ayrton Senna helmet, turns down million-dollar offers at Japan GP

Graffiti reading ‘ICE kills’ lines a building exterior, nearly two weeks after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on January 7, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 19, 2026. — Reuters pic
World / 20 Jan 2026

ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow

This photograph shows barriers blocking the plaza with the Louvre Pyramid, designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei, as the Louvre Museum is closed due a strike in Paris on January 12, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 20 Jan 2026

Louvre heist probe: What we know

Pakistani firefighters began searching the smouldering remains of ‌a sprawling Karachi shopping mall on Monday for more than 60 people still missing after a massive fire that killed at least 15 people. — Reuters pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

Karachi mall inferno kills 15, over 60 still missing as firefighters comb ruins

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’. — AFP pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

Putin also invited to Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’, says Kremlin

The Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary To Lam (centre) and President Luong Cuong (centre right), along with delegates, attend the 14th National Party Congress on January 19, 2026 as they pay their respects at the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Hanoi. — Picture by Vietnam News Agency/AFP
World / 19 Jan 2026

General secretary and president: To Lam aims for top two posts as Vietnam’s Communist Party meets

A group of children practise Chinese martial arts at a square in Beijing on July 16, 2025. China’s birth rate fell last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed on January 19, 2026, as its population shrank for a fourth year running despite authorities’ efforts to curb the decline. — AFP pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

Fewer babies, more elders: China’s population dips to lowest since 1949

Pictures of Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi feature on sweet gift boxes in a Nara shop. Riding high in polls weeks after taking office, Japan’s first woman PM is expected to call for an early election to push her agenda through parliament. — AFP pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

Takaichi moves fast: Japan’s first woman PM likely to call snap poll to cement Diet control as China looms

The ‘Board of Peace’ aimed at ‍resolving global conflicts was initiated and will be chaired by US President Donald Trump (right), who has extended an invitation to 60 other countries, including India; but the Narendra Modi (left) government did not respond immediately. — Reuters pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

Trump invites India to join ‘Board of Peace’ global conflict initiative despite bilateral trade tensions

A factory explosion at the Baogang United Steel in Baotou city in Inner Mongolia, northern China at about 3pm local time on January 18, 2026 resulted in two dead, 66 injured and five people reported missing. — Picture from X/Shaan
World / 19 Jan 2026

Steel factory explosion in Inner Mongolia leaves two dead, 66 injured; rescue efforts ongoing (VIDEO)

Jesper Toennesen, creator of the Anti-MAGA cap “Nu er det NUUK!”, poses in his Copenhagen store on January 13, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

‘Make America Go Away’: Europe pushes back as Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland

Guatemalan riot police officers guard the entrance to the men's Preventive Detention Center in Guatemala City on January 18, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

Guatemala prison gangs kill eight policemen in transfer retaliation

Firefighters try to extinguish a burning house during a wildfire in Concepcion, Chile, on January 18, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

Southern Chile burns as wildfires kill 18, force tens of thousands to flee

This video grab taken from UGC images posted on social media and verified by AFPTV teams in Madrid, shows emergency personnel working after a train accident in Adamuz, southern Spain, on January 18, 2026. — AFP pic/@eleanorinthesky via X
World / 19 Jan 2026

High-speed trains collide in southern Spain, 21 dead, dozens injured

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex walks with a security detail as he arrives at the the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London, on April 8, 2025 for the second day of his appeal hearing to over the downgrading of his personal security during visits in Britain. — AFP pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

From hacking to libel: Harry’s courtroom clashes with UK tabloids

A screengrab from a video posted on social media and shared with Reuters shows Rabbiatu Kuyateh, a Sierra Leonean woman who spent three decades in the United States before being deported to Ghana in November 2025, being dragged toward a van as Ghanaian authorities prepared to fly her to Freetown, Sierra Leone. — Reuters pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

Ghana took in Trump's deported West Africans, then forced them home

An activist blows a whistle and confronts a vehicle with federal immigration enforcement agents, after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, in Minneapolis, Minnesota January 17, 2026. — Reuters pic
World / 19 Jan 2026

Whistles and walkie‑talkies: Minneapolis keeps guard over schools as ICE raids intensify