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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  / 15 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  / 15 h ago

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

The Harumanis mango, a rare seasonal fruit that’s sweet, creamy, and fragrant. — Picture via Facebook/Harumanis Perlis
Life  / 18 h ago

Harumanis: The ‘Musang King of mangoes’ — taste, origin and why now is the time to buy

Tour buses around Kuala Lumpur June 21, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

We can’t pass on rising costs: Malaysia’s tourism industry pleads for urgent govt aid, subsidies

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  / 12 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  / 16 h ago

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

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki today declined to comment on recent reports by Bloomberg. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Azam stays tight-lipped on Bloomberg report: ‘I don’t want to comment’

Deputy Prime Minister and Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi delivers a speech during the ministry’s monthly assembly in Putrajaya on April 2, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Ahmad Zahid: Stop blaming government for fuel prices, Malaysia in ‘crisis preparation mode’

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  / 18 h ago

Trump vows to bomb Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ in prime‑time speech, but gives no timeline to end war

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  / 17 h ago

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

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. — Alex Brandon/Pool/Reuters pic
Money  / 18 h ago

Hopes dim for swift end to Iran war as markets roil after Trump speech, oil spikes

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  / 14 h ago

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

(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  / 17 h ago

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

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  / 18 h ago

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

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  / 17 h ago

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

People clear debris in a damaged private medical clinic following a drone strike in Kyiv, on January 5, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. — AFP pic
World / 06 Jan 2026

Ex-Canadian foreign minister steps down to aid Ukraine as economic adviser

Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok has drawn international backlash over sexualised deepfakes of women and minors. — AFP pic
World / 06 Jan 2026

‘Remove her clothes’: Global backlash over Grok sexualised images

This courtroom sketch shows deposed president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro (second left), and his wife, Cilia Flores, attending their arraignment at Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse on January 5, 2026 in New York, with defense lawyers Barry Pollack (left) and Mark Donnelly (second right). — AFP pic
World / 06 Jan 2026

Venezuela’s Maduro pleads not guilty in US court, judge orders him held without bail

People protest against American intervention in Venezuela and call for the release of President Nicolas Maduro outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York on January 4, 2026. — Getty Images/AFP pic
World / 06 Jan 2026

Venezuela oil grab: Why Trump wants to ‘be repaid’ with world’s biggest petroleum reserves

A couple visits a park in Beijing on January 3, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 06 Jan 2026

From one-child policy to no-child choice — Why Gen Z in China is opting out of parenthood

Condom packages are displayed among other products at a supermarket in Beijing on January 4, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 06 Jan 2026

China’s brilliant plan to boost birth rate: Make condoms expensive

A man sits outside an auto parts shop at a market near the zero-point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Spin Boldak district on December 29, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 06 Jan 2026

No food, no work, no way out — Afghans’ final journey ends in snowy death

DEA agents stand guard as they wait for the arrival of captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in New York City on January 5, 2026. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Jan 2026

Venezuela’s Maduro to appear in New York court after shocking US military seizure in Caracas

The vessel tanker Bella 1 is pictured in the Singapore Strait in this social media image taken on March 18, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Jan 2026

Venezuela oil blockade broken? Dozen tankers vanish in dark mode as Trump claims embargo ‘in full force’

Former education minister and Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim arrives for his corruption trial at the Central Jakarta District Court in Indonesia on January 5, 2026. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Jan 2026

Ex-Indonesian minister, Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim charged in RM509m laptop scandal

US President Donald Trump listens to a reporter’s question aboard Air Force One from Florida to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, January 4, 2026. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Jan 2026

‘Act of war’: Democrats accuse Trump of trampling Constitution with Venezuela raid

A photograph which US President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social account shows what he described as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima amphibious assault ship on January 3, 2026. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Jan 2026

China blasts US over Maduro seizure, says no nation can act as ‘world’s judge’

An activist in Seoul wears a Trump mask, holding a toy gun and ‘My Oil’ container during an anti US rally against the military raid to capture Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores, Jan 5, 2026. — Reuters pic
World / 05 Jan 2026

Global outrage as Trump boasts of Maduro capture, warns of new military raids in Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico

Cubans gather in support of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in Havana on January 3, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jan 2026

Havana blasts US raid after 32 Cubans killed in Maduro capture

Danish navy vessels P572 Lauge Koch is moored in the harbour in the capital Nuuk, Greenland, on March 11, 2025, on the day of Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory, legislative elections. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jan 2026

Denmark blasts Trump’s Greenland obsession: ‘Stop threatening your allies’

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a missile launch in Pyongyang on January 4, 2026, in images released by KCNA. — AFP pic/KCNA via KNS
World / 05 Jan 2026

Pyongyang flaunts hypersonic missiles, Kim warns nuclear forces primed after Venezuela fallout