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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  / 14 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  / 13 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  / 17 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  / 17 h ago

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

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim acknowledged today that many of Malaysia’s poorest and most marginalised still lack meaningful access to justice, a gap his government aims to bridge. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Anwar admits justice still out of reach for many, vows reforms to close gap

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  / 10 h ago

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

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  / 18 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  / 16 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  / 17 h ago

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

A general view shows the new highway linking Nilai, Labu, and Bandar Enstek in Nilai on April 2, 2026. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

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

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  / 15 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  / 16 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  / 12 h ago

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

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  / 16 h ago

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

(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  / 16 h ago

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

Demonstrators hold placards as they demonstrate in solidarity with the Palestinian people amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group in the Gaza enclave, at the Galata Bridge in Istanbul on January 1, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

Thousands stage pro-Gaza rally in Istanbul

Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

Riyadh’s war on drugs drives record 356 executions in 2025

National Guard stand watch in New Orleans’ French Quarter as crowds move through the historic district, December 31, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

Chicago, LA, Portland see National Guard exit as Trump bows to court rulings

A man holds a plastic sheet beside a damaged car after a Russian strike near Kyiv, September 28, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

Peace agreement nearly ready, Zelensky cautions final 10pc crucial to deter Russia

A girl poses holding her phone in Sydney, Australia on November 22, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

France drafts law to ban social media for under‑15s by September

Authorities at the site of an explosion that ripped through a bar in Crans Montana January 1, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

Swiss police report multiple deaths after bar blast in luxury ski town Crans Montana

World / 01 Jan 2026

New York swears in Mamdani with Trump already circling

World / 01 Jan 2026

London stages the ‘greatest show’ to welcome 2026, dazzling 100,000 revellers with 12,000 fireworks

Palestinian children warm themselves by a fire beside a sand sculpture by artist Yazed Abo Jarad, as families in Deir El‑Balah in central Gaza prepare to usher in the New Year, December 30, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

Doctors Without Borders among 37 NGOs facing Israeli ban as UN chief slams ‘outrageous’ decision

Rail traffic through the Channel tunnel slowly resumed with more cancellations and delays Wednesday after an electricity failure stranded thousands of passengers and trapped some for a night in a powerless train. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

Overhead line fault traps Eurostar passengers overnight, services resume with lingering disruption

This screen grab from a video posted on the X account of US Southern Command shows a strike on one of three boats alleged to be trafficking drugs in international waters on December 30, 2025. — AFP pic/US Southern Command’s X Account
World / 01 Jan 2026

Another eight dead as US flexes military muscle with fresh boat attacks

Palestinians in Ramallah protest against the killing of journalists in Gaza, West Bank, August 11, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

Press freedom under fire: 128 journalists killed and 533 jailed across the globe in 2025

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends an event to celebrate the New Year, in Pyongyang. — Reuters pic/KCNA
World / 01 Jan 2026

North Korea’s Kim praises soldiers abroad, calling them heroes of Pyongyang and Moscow’s ‘invincible alliance’

Lawyers for Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro asked a court Wednesday to convert his prison sentence for plotting a coup to house arrest, as he prepared to leave hospital a week after surgery. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

Brazil’s far-right former leader Bolsonaro wants house arrest, citing fragile health after groin surgery

Palestinian fighters escort Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud to a Red Cross team in Khan Younis, Gaza, on January 30, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jan 2026

After 817 days, Israel’s hostage families forum bows out with one last mission unfulfilled

A Cambodian soldier, freed after months in Thai captivity, embraces his daughter upon arrival in Phnom Penh on December 31, 2025. — AFP pic/Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP)
World / 01 Jan 2026

Crowds line Phnom Penh streets as Cambodia’s captured soldiers come home in goodwill gesture from Thailand