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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  / 19 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  / 19 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  / 17 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  / 5 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  / 7 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  / 5 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  / 5 h ago

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

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  / 4 h ago

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

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  / 4 h ago

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

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  / 3 h ago

Massive Attack rocks Singapore stage, but Palestinian flag sparks investigation

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  / 18 h ago

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

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  / 5 h ago

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

Boats sail through the Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen’s coast on July 24, 2026, as Saudi Arabia forms a maritime alliance to secure the strategic Red Sea route. — AFP pic
World  / 3 h ago

Saudi Arabia rallies 14 nations to to protect key Red Sea shipping route

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  / 5 h ago

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

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  / 17 h ago

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

Tourists walk past a shop usings a portable cooling machine to keep the temperature down on a hot day in Tokyo on July 14, 2026. Credit cards failed to work at convenience stores and other merchants across Japan on Thursday following a system outage, with major credit card companies rushing to restore services, Kyodo News reported. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Credit card outage disrupts payments at stores across Japan

File picture of Rohingya refugees waiting to be rescued from the hull of their capsized boat as a National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) vessel approaches in waters some 16 nautical miles (29 kilometers) off west Aceh on March 21, 2024. The UN warned Thursday that more than 500 people were feared dead following reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

UN: More than 500 feared dead in Myanmar shipwrecks involving Rohingya refugees since late June

This screen grab taken on July 15, 2026, from video footage released by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)’s Sepah News website on July 14, 2026, allegedly shows missiles being launched from an undisclosed location towards US targets in Bahrain and Kuwait. — Sepahnews.com handout pic via AFP
World / 16 Jul 2026

Iran claims drone strikes on US facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain

File picture of members of the US Air Force (USAF) working on a USAF B-1 Lancer bomber parked on the tarmac at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 10. The US State Department has approved a potential US$1.96 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia and a separate US$484 million sustainment package for Kuwait, it said in a statement on Wednesday, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

US approves US$1.96b arms sale to Saudi Arabia, US$484m package for Kuwait

A firefighter operates during a fire in the Fontainebleau Forest, in Noisy-sur-Ecole, in the Paris’ Ile-de-France region on July 14, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Volunteer firefighter held over suspected blaze in France’s Fontainebleau forest

Rescue workers carry a body on the debris of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 15, 2026, following the June 24 twin earthquakes. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Venezuela quake death toll tops 4,800

This screen grab made on July 15, 2026, from a handout video released by US Central Command on July 13, 2026, shows what the US military says are missiles being launched to strike military targets across Iran. — US Central Command Public Affairs handout pic via AFP
World / 16 Jul 2026

US warplane fires on ship attempting to breach Iran ports blockade

This screen grab made on July 15, 2026, from a handout video released by US Central Command on July 13, 2026, shows what the US military says is a strike on a location in Iran. — US Central Command Public Affairs handout pic via AFP
World / 16 Jul 2026

US launches fresh Iran strikes as Trump warns of wider attacks

US President Donald Trump — who in recent days has ordered a resumption of strikes against Iran and reimposed a naval blockade of its ports — did not name the woman or describe why she had been held, other than to say she had been ‘wrongfully detained’. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Trump says Iran has freed a detained US citizen

Men armed with whips, sticks and clubs grab throw stones to protesters in an attempt to stop her from demonstrating during clashes sparked by the death of Kenyan blogger Albert Ojwang, who died in police custody, in downtown Nairobi on June 17, 2025. Kenyan politicians are buying armed thugs for as little as US$4 per day, as poverty and brutal political competition threaten to unleash uncontrollable violence ahead of elections next year. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Kenya’s hired ‘goons’: Poverty and politics fuel cycle of election violence

Precious, 30, sits on a bed inside her home in Benin City on May 21, 2026, after returning to Nigeria in 2021 following her trafficking to Italy in 2016. Desperate women in Africa’s most populous country — where rising poverty rates have ensnared 63 per cent of population — end up forced into prostitution across west Africa, along migrant routes toward Europe, and all the way up to Italy, Germany and France. — AFP pic
World / 16 Jul 2026

Nigerian women lured into sex trafficking by fake jobs, held by ‘juju’ fears

A rescuer walks amid rubble in front of a damaged building in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 13, 2026, following twin earthquakes that hit the region. The death toll from the deadly earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 has surpassed 4,500, and the number of injured remains at about 17,000, while more than 19,500 people were now living in camps due to the destruction, according to the latest government report released on July 13. — AFP pic
World / 15 Jul 2026

Venezuelan fashion house turns to making body bags for quake victims

An Israeli soldier was sentenced to five years in prison after the military said he shared missile interception videos with an alleged Iranian agent who first contacted him through Telegram. — AFP pic
World / 15 Jul 2026

Telegram chat lands Israeli soldier in prison for sending missile videos to alleged Iranian contact

A Kenyan High court tells Rastafarians that their ‘holy’ herb still off limits. — Unsplash pic
World / 15 Jul 2026

Kenyan judge tells Rastafarians their religious ‘high’ is still a crime

Authorities did not know if the boat was headed to Alcatraz, a major tourist attraction, where shuttered buildings of the famous former prison still stand. — Istock pic
World / 15 Jul 2026

One dead, three missing after boat carrying 20 sinks near San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island

The former head of Phu Nhuan Jewelry’s (PNJ) gem certification subsidiary was arrested earlier this month along with more than 30 others accused of involvement in a syndicate operating over several years. — AFP pic
World / 15 Jul 2026

Vietnam jewellery giant caught up in probe into alleged US$11m diamond smuggling ring