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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

This handout photograph taken on September 25, 2024 and released by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army News and Communication Centre on September 26, 2024, shows the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force launching an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean, at an undisclosed location. — Chinese People’s Liberation Army News and Communication Centre handout pic via AFP
World / 06 Jul 2026

China preparing to test-fire ICBM in Pacific Ocean, says PNG foreign minister

A public survey released in late May showed Duterte as the front-runner in the 2028 race, with 51 percent of respondents saying they planned to vote for her. — AFP pic
World / 06 Jul 2026

Philippine Senate trial to decide VP Duterte’s political future

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologised today for suggesting in a recent interview that he would “shag” pop star Kylie Minogue. — AFP pic
World / 06 Jul 2026

Australia PM apologises for Kylie Minogue comments deemed ‘disrespectful’

Wearing a uniform of tan pants and hats and dark blue shirts, and apparently led by the neo-fascist group's founder Thomas Rousseau, the masked men crowded onto the city's Metro system, gathered outside Union Station train station and marched towards Capitol Hill. — Getty Images via AFP pic
World / 06 Jul 2026

White supremacist march in DC just ‘messy’ democracy, official says

A worker paints graves for unidentified victims of the June 24 earthquake at La Esperanza Cemetery in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, northeast of Caracas, on July 5, 2026. Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes killed nearly 3,000, updated official figures showed on July 4, as international rescue teams began winding down search operations for survivors in the rubble of the disaster. — AFP pic
World / 06 Jul 2026

As Venezuela quake deaths pass 3,000, attention turns to mourning, burials

This picture taken on June 27, 2026 shows relatives mourning during a memorial vigil marking the killing of Arab-Israli teenager Ahmad Jabari in Jaffa. Jabari, 17, was gunned down while working at his after-school job in a supermarket in the coastal city of Jaffa. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jul 2026

Children grow up in grief as violent crime surges in Israel’s Arab communities

Italian farmer Sharon Angoli, 22, inspects rice plants struggling to grow in a paddy field overrun by weeds during a drought in Torre Beretti, near Pavia, on July 3, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jul 2026

No rice, no life: Italian farmers fear another devastating drought as heatwave dries up paddies

Nepal’s rapper Prime Minister Balendra Shah (centre), 36, moves fast on reforms but keeps a low public profile to the point local journalists say they know little about him even after three months in office. — Picture from Instagram/balenshah
World / 05 Jul 2026

From rapper to reformist: Nepal’s young PM tests limits of power in first 100 days

A Canadair CL-415 plane of France's Civil Security services fights against a wildfire at the Col des Auzines, near Trevillach, southern France, on July 5, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jul 2026

Wildfires rage across France, Spain and Portugal as Europe braces for fresh heatwave

This picture taken on July 3, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on July 5, 2026 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) observing performance tests of the main weapons systems of the destroyer Kang Kon at an undisclosed location in North Korea. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jul 2026

After botched launch, North Korea’s Kang Kon destroyer fires missiles in fresh weapons test

This satellite image handout from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) in partnership with the Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (RAMMB/NOAA) and the Colorado State University (CSU) taken on July 5, 2026 at 01:20 UTC shows the super typhoon Bavi as it develops and nears Guam and the Northern Mariana islands in the western Pacific Ocean. —NOAA handout via AFP pic
World / 05 Jul 2026

‘Very dangerous’ super typhoon nears US Pacific islands

Mourners gather at the Grand Mosalla to pay their final respects to Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on July 5, 2026. Iran officially began on July 4 morning six days of public funeral ceremonies for late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, state television reported, with processions due to continue in Iraq before his burial. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jul 2026

Prayers offered for Iran's Khamenei on day two of funeral ceremonies

Kai Trump and US President Donald Trump watch the fireworks display during the
World / 05 Jul 2026

Trump hails US, blasts ‘communists’ in 250th anniversary speech

This aerial photograph shows protesters as they demonstrate in central Tirana against the construction of a luxury resort near a protected natural area on Albania's southern coast, in Tirana, on July 4, 2026. Since late May 2026 protesters have gathered every evening to oppose the construction of a luxury hotel linked to US President's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The demonstrators argue that the estimated $4 billion project, led by Kushner and his wife Ivanka, will harm the environment, with plans for luxury hotels in the protected area of Vjosa-Narta on the southern coast. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jul 2026

Tens of thousands rally in Albania against Trump-linked resort project

The initial deal struck between Iran and the United States to end their war stipulated that commercial ships would transit the strait free of charge for 60 days, but it remains unclear what will be in place after that period. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jul 2026

Iran envoy says friendly nations to get ‘special’ Hormuz fee treatment

Seven million tourists pay to see the 324-metre tower each year. — AFP pic
World / 05 Jul 2026

Man climbs Eiffel Tower, hangs US flag on America's big birthday