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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyer Datuk Sankara Narayan Nair said he had acted on Anwar’s instructions to issue a letter of demand today to PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man over a ‘series of allegedly defamatory statements made outside Parliament on June 14, 2026 against the prime minister and subsequently republished on social media’. — Pictures by Bernama/Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Lawyer: Anwar will sue for defamation if PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim fails to respond in 48 hours

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim delivers his speech during the launching of the new Menara Merdeka Maybank in Kuala Lumpur, July 30, 2026. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

‘This is even fancier than the PM’s office’: Anwar launches Maybank’s new headquarters at Menara Merdeka Maybank

Customers at Muiz Hot Chicken restaurant in Pagoh Jaya, which serves fried chicken, burgers and nasi lemak, July 30, 2026. — Bernama pic
Life  / 15 h ago

Muiz Hot Chicken founder turns RM20 profit into RM45m business, eyes Brunei and Singapore

In a statement posted late last night on Facebook, TH said it undertook the restructuring after facing what it described as a widening financial deficit that required urgent government intervention to ensure the fund remained solvent and could continue declaring profit distributions under the Tabung Haji Act. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

Tabung Haji defends 2018 restructuring, says RM10b asset sale prevented insolvency

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the programme was inspired not merely by statistics, but by what he repeatedly witnessed during constituency programmes with taxi drivers. — Picture via Facebook/JPJ
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

A fresh start: Teksi Madani policy looks at uplifting taxi drivers

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that good governance is an ongoing moral and institutional effort and pointed out that systems cannot rely on policies alone. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Special Parliament sitting on Tabung Haji RCI report set for Aug 11, says Anwar

PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said he has yet to receive any legal notice from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over alleged defamatory remarks and will refer the matter to his lawyers once received. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim says he has yet to receive Anwar’s legal notice, will consult lawyers

Ipoh district police chief ACP Muhammad Najib Hamzah said initial checks at the scene found that the victims — a 46-year-old local woman and her two daughters aged 12 and 11 — had died inside a room of the house. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Mother and daughters, aged 11 and 12, found dead in Ipoh home as police investigate

Bursa Malaysia expects one or two large initial public offerings in the second half of 2026 after raising its full-year IPO market capitalisation target to RM34 billion. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Money  / 19 h ago

Big listings incoming: Bursa expects up to two major IPOs before year-end

R. Alex, 28, was charged in the Teluk Intan Magistrates’ Court with four offences, including two counts of murder, over a crash that killed two teenage girls. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Driver charged with murder over Teluk Intan crash killing two teenage schoolgirls

Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil said the MCMC had been asked to invite telecommunications companies (telcos) to meet with Starlink to explore opportunities for deploying the technology, which does not necessarily depend on existing telecommunications infrastructure. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Starlink to trial satellite-to-phone internet service in Malaysia, says Fahmi

File picture of a 99 Speedmart outlet. Police are investigating two conflicting reports over an incident at a 99 Speedmart outlet in Bangsar involving a trader who claimed he was assaulted and the store’s allegation that he attempted to steal items. — Picture from Facebook/99 Speedmart
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Bangsar 99 Speedmart dispute: Police probe two conflicting accounts over alleged theft, assault

In a statement today, the AGC said the move was aimed at ensuring that all aspects of investigations by the relevant enforcement agencies are carried out thoroughly and comprehensively, enabling due consideration to be given to whether any breaches of the law warrant prosecution. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Tabung Haji RCI report: AGC to assess findings for possible prosecution

Astronomer Daniel Mello uses a laser to point out the Milky Way during a stargazing event at Desengano State Natural Park, Rio de Janeiro, June 26, 2023. — AFP pic
Life  / 15 h ago

Argentine astronomer Amina Helmi wins Kavli Prize for uncovering Milky Way’s violent past

Nova Widianto will leave his role as Malaysia’s mixed doubles head coach at the end of July after more than three years with BAM. — Image via Facebook/Badminton Association of Malaysia
Sports  / 19 h ago

Nova Widianto to leave BAM after guiding Malaysia to historic mixed doubles badminton world title

A Chinese Coast Guard ship fires a water cannon at a Philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessel near Scarborough Shoal on July 23, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

China fires water cannon at Philippine coast guard vessels near Scarborough Shoal

China’s Vice Foreign Minister Hua Chunying, Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun attend the 27th ASEAN Plus Three Ministers’ Meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila on July 23, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

Asean foreign ministers to demand freedom of navigation in Hormuz strait

A Cockroach Janta Party supporter sits at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 23, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

Modi finally breaks silence on India exam scandal as Cockroach Party protests intensify

The old Khao Tanyong police station in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat on July 22, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

Five soldiers killed in Thai checkpoint ambush, six civilians wounded

South Korean investigators enter the National Election Commission headquarters in Gwacheon on July 23, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

South Korean police raid country’s election commission over alleged vote rigging

The residence of model agent Daniel Siad in Colombes, a north-western suburb of Paris, on July 22, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

Jeffrey Epstein’s Paris recruiter found dead before he could be questioned

Armed Yemeni supporters of the Iran-backed Houthi movement brandish their weapons during a protest in Sanaa on July 17, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

Houthis attack Saudi oil tankers as US-Iran War explodes into new front

US President Donald Trump prepares to speak during the Saudi-US investment forum at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riyadh on May 13, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

US signs nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions, sparks proliferation fears in Gulf

This photograph taken on July 3, 2026 shows employees of the on-demand home-services platform Snabbit, heading to work in Bengaluru. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

From word of mouth to app: India’s domestic workers embrace the gig economy

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on October 4, 2024, shows Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky visiting the 82nd Air Assault Brigade at an undisclosed location in the Sumy region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic
World / 22 Jul 2026

Ukraine’s new army chief: Who is Mykhailo Drapaty?

The multi-billion dollar meal programme is one of Prabowo's signature policies, but its implementation has been marred with mass poisonings and corruption. — AFP pic
World / 22 Jul 2026

Indonesia cuts more than US$2b in free meal budget

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. Members of the Trump administration appeared before the committee to request supplemental funding amid a recent escalation in the war with Iran. — Getty Images via AFP pic
World / 22 Jul 2026

US hits Iran, says war cost at US$37.5b

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky (R) speak next to the first batch of Ukrainian made drone missiles
World / 22 Jul 2026

Zelensky sacks army chief Syrsky after days of protests

Colombia will join the association of anti-cartel countries pushed by US Donald Trump. — AFP pic
World / 22 Jul 2026

Colombia president-elect confirms country to host office of Trump’s anti-cartel alliance

The fire swept through wooded hills in the Var region, burning 1,700 hectares in just a few hours and prompting the evacuation of nearly 400 people, the area’s top official said. — AFP pic
World / 22 Jul 2026

Water-bombing aircraft deployed as wildfire rips through southern France, hundreds flee

Pedestrians walk past a giant anti-US billboard featuring US President Donald Trump in a coffin with text in Persian reading
World / 22 Jul 2026

US military says begins 11th straight night of strikes on Iran