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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

Peter Nygard, 84, built a retail empire hawking blouses and slacks across Canada and the United States but used that status to perpetrate sexual violence, sometimes luring women with a false promise of modelling work. — AFP pic
World / 14 Jul 2026

Peter Nygard guilty of fresh assault charge: Montreal court convicts disgraced mogul

A fire truck sprays fire retardant into the Fontainebleau Forest on the outskirts of a wildfire near Noisy-sur-Ecole in France's Ile-de-France region, on July 13, 2026. Emergency crews attempt to contain the fire - possibly deliberately set - that has swept across at least 1000 hectares of the Fontainebleau forest in under 24 hours; the blaze continues to spread despite the deployment of 500 firefighters on the ground and the use of unprecedented aerial resources over the Paris region. — AFP pic
World / 14 Jul 2026

Wildfires ravage over 1,300 hectares of historic forest near Paris

Anti-ICE protesters attend a vigil for a man that was killed in a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on July 13, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine. The victim has been identified as Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old man from Colombia. — Getty Images via AFP pic
World / 14 Jul 2026

US immigration agents involved in another fatal shooting

This picture shows ships sailing near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan on July 13, 2026. The United States is
World / 14 Jul 2026

US strikes Iran for third night as Trump says deal still 'possible'

José Contreras, 30, takes his four-month-old son to see his older brother play during a football tournament in Edinburg, Texas, on July 10, 2026. Contreras felt safe from deportation under a programme launched years ago under Barack Obama, but the Trump administration expelled him anyway. — AFP pic
World / 13 Jul 2026

Protected but deported anyway, as Trump goes after ‘dreamers’

This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on July 12, 2026 shows a ship sailing near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan. Tehran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz on July 12 and launched missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbours, in retaliation for new US strikes following an attack by Iranian forces on a merchant vessel that was abandoned in flames by its crew. — AFPTV/AFP pic
World / 13 Jul 2026

Middle East rocked by heaviest attacks since Iran-US ceasefire

Middle East Technical University students clash with Turkish anti riot police as they use tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters demonstrating against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. — AFP file pic
World / 13 Jul 2026

Turkiye prosecutors order nearly 1,000 arrests ahead of coup anniversary

South Korea's former impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol (right) arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul on July 9, 2025. — Kim Hong-ji/Pool/AFP pic
World / 13 Jul 2026

Former South Korean president Yoon jailed two years for illegally receiving free opinion polls

According to The Korea Herald, the mother received an 18‑month sentence suspended for three years, while the father was given a one‑year sentence, also suspended for three years, for violating the Child Welfare Act. — Pexels pic
World / 13 Jul 2026

Korean couple given suspended sentences for abandoning two infants who they said ‘looked like foreigners’

This screen grab taken from video footage shared by the US Central Command on social media platform X and made available via AFPTV on July 13, 2026 purportedly shows US strikes against Iranian military installations. — Picture via AFP
World / 13 Jul 2026

US-Iran tensions: What we know as strikes continue

President Lee Jae Myung said South Korea plans to channel a tax revenue windfall from AI chipmakers into strategic investment.
World / 13 Jul 2026

What comes next? South Korea eyes ‘golden window’ as AI chip boom promises unprecedented tax windfall

Officials from the Department of Public Works inspect the aftermath of a fire at the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar in Bangkok on July 13, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 13 Jul 2026

Investigators comb wreckage after Bangkok bar fire kills 27, injures 73

A senior UN official accused Hamas of obstructing aid deliveries and intimidating humanitarian workers in Gaza. — AFP pic
World / 13 Jul 2026

UN accuses Hamas of obstructing Gaza aid deliveries and intimidating workers

Heavy monsoon rains destabilised a garbage heap, causing it to collapse onto a waste-to-energy plant building near Pune, killing nine workers. — AFP pic
World / 13 Jul 2026

Nine die after rain-soaked garbage heap collapses at India waste plant

Japan acknowledged the need to strengthen counter-intelligence efforts amid reports of Russian espionage and technology procurement activities. — AFP pic
World / 13 Jul 2026

Accused of being a ‘den of spies’, Japan moves to strengthen counter-espionage

EU foreign ministers discussed banning imports from Israeli settlements amid concern over the worsening situation in the occupied West Bank. — AFP pic
World / 13 Jul 2026

EU weighs trade ban Israeli settlements amid mounting pressure