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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  / 17 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  / 18 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  / 16 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  / 4 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  / 6 h ago

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

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  / 4 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  / 3 h ago

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

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  / 3 h ago

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

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said he was consulting the State Legal Adviser to verify the allegations before any further action is taken. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Selangor Speaker to clarify assemblyman’s status on Aug 3, says MB

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  / 19 h ago

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

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  / 17 h ago

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

British trip-hop band Massive Attack is under investigation in Singapore for unlicensed public display of Palestine’s flag during its only concert in the country at the Star Theatre on July 29, 2026. — Picture from Instagram/massiveattackofficial
Singapore  / 2 h ago

Massive Attack rocks Singapore stage, but Palestinian flag sparks investigation

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  / 16 h ago

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

Normally, the bones in ‘ikan terubuk’ pose a challenge when eating. De Maw’s 10-hour preparation solves that problem. — Picture by Ethan Lau
Eat-drink  / 4 h ago

At De Maw Restaurant in Cheras, the bony ‘ikan terubuk’ is cooked soft enough to eat whole

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim poses with preacher Sheikh Khaleel Ismael Elias during the Kuala Pilah Berselawat and Negeri Sembilan Grand Munajat Programme at Dataran Melang in Kuala Pilah on July 30, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Anwar defends decision to release Tabung Haji RCI report as matter of ‘trust, not politics’

Smoke from massive wildfires in Canada and Minnesota engulfs the Washington, DC skyline, reducing visibility and casting a colored haze over the US Capitol Building on July 17, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2026

Trump threatens to raise Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke crossing into US

Yasuo Yamazaki, a representative of a citizens’ group expressing concerns about data centre construction, poses next to a protest flag reading, ‘Do Not Push Forward with the Data Centre Construction!’, in Hino, Tokyo prefecture on June 30, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2026

The new NIMBY: How data centres became the world’s most hated infrastructure of the AI era

A national flag is raised next to a statue of Myanmar’s independence General Aung San at Thu Mingalar Park in Yangon on July 16, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2026

Silent war on history: Myanmar’s coup leaders quietly remove national monuments

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke reacts as doctors check activist Sonam Wangchuk’s vital signs during a hunger strike in New Delhi on July 15, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2026

India police forcibly move activist Sonam Wangchuk to hospital as hunger strike hits day 20

A woman crosses Tehran’s Enghelab Square past a giant anti-US billboard featuring US President Donald Trump in a coffin on July 15, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2026

Iran strikes US bases in five countries as conflict spreads across the Gulf

This photo taken on June 29, 2023 shows barbed wire fencing with the Wan Chai district in the background in Hong Kong. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2026

Quietly shelved: Trump’s defiant Hong Kong policy comes to an abrupt end

This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on July 12, 2026 shows a cargo ship anchoring near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan. — AFP pic
World / 18 Jul 2026

Strait of Hormuz crisis: Iran claims tankers exploded after hitting mines

US Vice President JD Vance (centre) walks with Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir (left) and Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials. Pakistan has hired a US lobbying firm to seek greater security cooperation and minerals investment from Washington. — AFP poc
World / 18 Jul 2026

Defence and minerals: Inside Pakistan's lobbying push in Washington

Mexican Army personnel stand guard at the access roads to the Guadalajara International Airport in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco State, Mexico. — AFP file pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Cartel video fuels fears of drug violence reaching Mexico City

Rescuers enjoy the beach at sunset during a day off in Anare, La Guaira state, on July 14, 2026. The hillside town escaped major damage from twin earthquakes that devastated parts of Venezuela’s La Guaira state, leaving more than 4,700 people dead and nearly 17,000 injured, according to an official report. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Venezuela’s ‘blessed’ town that stood untouched after deadly earthquakes

Thick smoke and flames rise as a major fire engulfs several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on November 26, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Human errors, ignored risks led to Hong Kong fire disaster that killed 168, inquiry told

Chinese nationals would get just 90 days, with extensions of 90 days, under the rules proposed by Washington’s Department of Homeland Security. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

China warns of countermeasures after US tightens visa rules for journalists

The Philippine embassy in Beijing also wrote to the paper’s editor-in-chief, demanding the “immediate takedown of the offensive material. — File pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Philippines protests ‘racist’ China Daily video depicting Filipinos as cartoon monkeys

China's President Xi Jinping said AI development should not be a solo performance by a single country, but a symphony of international cooperation. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

China’s Xi warns against AI dominance by any one country, urges global cooperation

Emergency workers prepare to place the body of a victim into an ambulance in Bangkok early on July 13, 2026, after a fire in the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar that killed 33 patrons. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Autopsies reveal smoke inhalation claimed most lives in deadly Bangkok bar blaze

Andy Burnham, speaks to supporters and members of the media the morning after his by-election victory, at Ashton Town FC in Ashton in Makerfield, north-west England on June 19, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham takes charge of Labour, set to become Britain’s next PM