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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’

Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for securing the United States the right to co-host the 2026 World Cup along with Canada and Mexico, a decision made by Fifa in his first term.— AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Trump to make first World Cup appearance at grand finale

Under a change by US president Donald Trump's administration that could be implemented as soon as September, foreigners on student visas would be admitted for the length of their academic program up to a maximum of four years. — AFP file pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

US to cap student visas at four years, journalist stays at 240 days under new rules

The wreckage of a helicopter is removed from the water after crashing into the Hudson River, in the Newport neighborhood of Jersey City, on April 10, last year. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Investigators find signs of bird strike in deadly Hudson River helicopter crash

This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on July 12, 2026 shows cargo ships anchoring near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

US launches fresh strikes on Iran as fighting over Strait of Hormuz escalates

Trump has promised “big news” on a topic that he has revived ahead of crucial midterm elections in November in which his Republican Party could lose control of Congress. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Trump to unveil election ‘revelations’ in primetime address amid scepticism

A French firefighters operates during a fire in the Fontainebleau Forest, in Noisy-sur-Ecole, in the Paris' Ile-de-France region on July 16, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Macron vows ‘zero tolerance’ for arson as France battles devastating wildfires

This picture taken on September 4, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. — AFP/KCNA via KNS pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

Kim vows deeper China ties as North Korea marks friendship treaty anniversary

This picture taken on November 17, 2022 shows shark fins laid out on a tarp outside a shop in Hong Kong. In the ocean off west Africa, a fisherman on a Chinese longline tuna vessel cuts the fins off a live shark before throwing it back in the water to suffocate and drown. — AFP picture
World / 17 Jul 2026

Illegal shark fins flood Senegal port as Chinese vessels flout bans, conservationists alarmed

Picture for illustration purposes only. In Kashmir, the wives of the missing men are known as ‘half-widows’ — unable to mourn fully until they know their husbands are dead. — AFP pic
World / 17 Jul 2026

From midnight knock to unmarked graves: Kashmir families fight decades‑long battle for vanished loved ones

Fruit is displayed at a grocery store in Brooklyn on July 13, 2026, in New York City. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Billions priced out of nutrition as UN says cost of healthy diet soars 25 per cent

Alexander Quesada was gifted a tractor for turning a Cuban rubbish dump into a model farm, but these days he is using oxen to pull his plough as a severe energy crisis worsened by a US blockade hobbles food production. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Tractor sits idle, oxen pull plough as Cuba’s energy crunch cripples small farms

Thousands of Thai civil servants face suspension over an exam cheating scandal, authorities said Thursday, as investigators widened a probe that has already led to three arrests. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Thousands of Thai civil servants face suspension as exam fraud uncovers bribes of 800,000 baht

The Jiji Press survey put backing for Takaichi’s cabinet at 49 per cent, with the sharpest drop among voters in their 60s, whose support went from 63.7 per cent last month to 39.9 per cent. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Japan PM Takaichi’s approval rating slips below 50pc for first time

Ezaki Glico, known for popular snacks like Pocky, said some of its ice cream products rely on refrigerated warehouses owned by Nichirei, the target of the latest hack on a Japanese firm’s computer systems. — Picture from social media
World / 16 Jul 2026

KFC, sushi chain and now ice cream: Japan cyberattack widens fallout

Israeli security personnel walk along the road leading to the al-Tireh neighbourhood at the western entrance of the city of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on July 14, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Israel says troops to remain in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza ‘security zones’ despite US push for pullback

Kweon Seong-dong, a five-term lawmaker from the opposition People Power Party (PPP), was sentenced to two years in prison by a lower court for accepting 100 million won in illegal political funds in exchange for helping the church, often condemned by critics as a cult. — Picture from 국민의힘TV, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
World / 16 Jul 2026

South Korea MP loses seat after top court upholds jail term over church bribes