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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  / 15 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  / 15 h ago

‘This is even fancier than the PM’s office’: Anwar launches Maybank’s new headquarters at Menara Merdeka Maybank

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak gets a temporary reprieve in his lawsuit against former Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, but the Federal Court warned him that it will not allow any more delays next time. — Bernama file pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Heart op recovery keeps Najib from court in bid to revive suit against ex-AG Thomas, but majority grants delay — with a warning

Benteng Ampangan, a food court and local hangout for Ampangan folks and others in the vicinity, right opposite of it is the Ampangan UTC. — Picture by Soo Wern Jun
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

As polling day nears, what’s on Negeri Sembilan voters’ minds?

Customers at Muiz Hot Chicken restaurant in Pagoh Jaya, which serves fried chicken, burgers and nasi lemak, July 30, 2026. — Bernama pic
Life  / 14 h ago

Muiz Hot Chicken founder turns RM20 profit into RM45m business, eyes Brunei and Singapore

A Malaysian official screens a Rohingya refugee ahead of repatriation to Myanmar. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Home Ministry starts refugee checks as Malaysia prepares to send back 5,000 Myanmar nationals

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  / 17 h ago

Special Parliament sitting on Tabung Haji RCI report set for Aug 11, says Anwar

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  / 2 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  / 4 h ago

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

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  / 17 h ago

Driver charged with murder over Teluk Intan crash killing two teenage schoolgirls

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  / 18 h ago

Big listings incoming: Bursa expects up to two major IPOs before year-end

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  / 16 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  / 15 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  / 14 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  / 18 h ago

Nova Widianto to leave BAM after guiding Malaysia to historic mixed doubles badminton world title

As of January 1, the population of Japanese residents in Japan stood at 119.74 million, down 0.76 percent from the previous year, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Japan’s fertility rate hits new low as births drop to historic level

Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN’s deputy special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, warned the UN Security Council yesterday that the situation in the West Bank was “rapidly deteriorating”. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

West Bank settlements hit record high as UN warns of ‘rapidly deteriorating’ crisis

A security officer carries recovered seized arms taken from killed Maoist insurgents to display at a police facility in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division in this file picture dated March 30, 2026. Indian security forces have arrested a Maoist leader believed to be one of the last senior members of a decades-long insurgency in the country, officials said Wednesday. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

India captures top Maoist figure as security forces pursue remnants of insurgency

A robot competes in 1,500m run during the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing August 15, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

China accuses US of ‘suppressing’ firms after humanoid robot import ban

File picture of a herd of elephants consisting mainly of females and their young arrive at a watering pond for a drink at the Ngutuni Wildlife Conservancy on the outskirts of Voi town in Taita Taventa County in Kenya on October 29, 2024. An investigation has been opened into the unexplained death of 15 elephants in one month at a Kenyan nature park, the Kenyan Wildlife Service said Tuesday. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Toxic substance suspected after 15 elephants die in Kenya’s Amboseli park

The 373 passengers and crew members were eventually kept on the aircraft for 17 hours, with the time spent waiting on the tarmac exceeding the duration of the original flight from Dubai. — Picture from social media
World / 1d ago

Storm forces Dubai-Shanghai Emirates A380 to land in Hangzhou, passengers stuck onboard for 17 hours

The change could leave some 25 million senior citizens facing serious cost increases for prescription drugs, the report said. ― Unsplash pic
World / 1d ago

Trump administration to end Medicare drug subsidies, putting millions of Americans over 65 at risk of higher costs

Photo shows the entrance to Greenfield Book Store on July 29, 2026 which announced it would close when the current rental period expires. A Hong Kong bookshop raided by national security police this month announced on Wednesday that it would close after 50 years in business, while another shut down ahead of schedule. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Hong Kong bookstores close as crackdown on ‘seditious’ material widens

Toppled in August 2024 by a student-led uprising that ended her 15-year, iron-fisted rule, Sheikh Hasina fled by helicopter to India as crowds stormed her palace. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

‘I may be killed’: Ex-premier Sheikh Hasina vows return to Bangladesh despite risks

A firefighting helicopter drops water to refresh a burnt area affected by wildfires near San Martin de Valdeiglesias, some 70 kilometres west of Madrid, Spain on July 28, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Spain wildfires: Thousands return as crews battle to contain flames

Russian-born Pavel Durov — a serial tech founder who has lived outside Russia for years and holds French and UAE passports — has frequently clashed with the Russian authorities as Moscow has tightened its grip on the internet space. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Russia issues international wanted notice for Telegram founder Pavel Durov

Of the cases, seven were found in the state’s South East and four on Kangaroo Island, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. — Unsplash pic
World / 1d ago

South Australia probes local spread of H5 bird flu after 11 suspected cases

A protester holding a placard celebrates the resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Mumbai on July 25, 2026, in solidarity with the ongoing nationwide protests over alleged NEET examination irregularities. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

India proposes 10-year jail term for exam paper leaks amid student unrest

A member of the March and March movement waves a South African flag as demonstrators gather around the rubble of Living Waters Church International after it was demolished during a weekly protest in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, on July 23, 2026. The group claimed the church belonged to a foreigner. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Ghana repatriates hundreds as South Africa migrant attacks escalate

Members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Special Rescue Team and Air Unit board a helicopter to head out to Kumamoto Prefecture to search for missing persons following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake, in Tokyo on July 29, 2026. — JIJI Press handout pic via AFP
World / 1d ago

Japan quake kills 13 as rescuers race to find survivors trapped in rubble

The suspects face charges of purchasing low-volume or highly volatile stocks in advance before inflating their prices by publishing favourable news articles and then selling them. — AFP pic
World / 1d ago

Six S. Korean journalists, two others charged over alleged stock manipulation scheme