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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

A “Bear in Area” warning sign is displayed near a forest in Akita Prefecture in this screen grab taken from AFPTV video footage filmed on October 25, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jul 2026

Five in hospital after foreigner sprays bear repellent in Japanese post office

Volunteers and rescuers help to find survivors in a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela on June 30, 2026, following twin earthquakes on June 24. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jul 2026

‘No one is coming out alive’: Venezuela’s rescue phase ends as food crisis begins

A member of the Australian Tibetan community wears a mask as he stands next to fellow protesters holding placards and flags during a protest in Sydney on July 1, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jul 2026

China enacts controversial ethnic unity law despite global backlash

The TikTok app icon is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken on October 27, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 02 Jul 2026

TikTok settles lawsuit with US teen accusing platform of causing social media addiction

This photograph taken on June 8, 2026 shows Afghan woman farmer Habiba (right) working at a field in the Eshtiwi village of Afghanistan’s Parun district. In a remote province of north-eastern Afghanistan, women farmers are playing a vital role in their community’s survival among the snow-capped mountains. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jul 2026

Against the odds: Afghan women farmers keep remote village alive under Taliban rule

This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026. Indian sailors shaken by war have finally cleared the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there for months, but some fear they have little choice but to return to make a living. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jul 2026

‘Never going back to Hormuz again’: Indian sailors fear return to Gulf after Middle East war

A hat reading ‘United States of America, 250th Anniversary’ sits in front US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 02 Jul 2026

‘American dream’ under strain but still alive as US marks 250 years of independence

A woman stands near a South Asian store in the Okubo亡hin area, one stop north of Shinjuku metro, in Tokyo on June 12, 2026, a neighbourhood known for its large immigrant communities, including Korean, Southeast Asian and South Asian residents. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jul 2026

‘My dream is broken’: Japan’s tougher visa rules leave foreign business owners fearing deportation

The law formalises long-standing policies to promote Mandarin as the language of education, official business and public spaces, and also contains provisions on social cohesion and preventing terrorism and separatism. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jul 2026

Taiwan condemns China’s unity law as threat to freedom and sovereignty

The watchdog pointed to “potential failures by the officers to recognise that Henry needed urgent medical attention, to immediately act after he said he had been stabbed and he couldn’t breathe,” the statement said. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jul 2026

Watchdog probes two police after dying UK student handcuffed

Mexican fans cheer as they gather to watch the Fifa World Cup round of 32 football match between Mexico and Ecuador at the Fan Fest in Guadalajara, state of Jalisco, Mexico June 30, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jul 2026

Two die of asphyxiation as more than a million celebrate Mexico’s World Cup knockout win over Ecuador

Xi Jinping underscored the importance of a “strong military” in a speech to political and military leaders as well as Chinese Communist Party members gathered at the Great Hall of the People for the party’s 105th founding anniversary. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jul 2026

Xi pledges stronger military, renewed anti-corruption push on Communist Party anniversary

This photo taken on June 29, 2026, shows a woman carrying a child on her back while walking in a flower garden in Hanoi. One year after lifting its longstanding two-child limit, Vietnam is actively encouraging people to have more babies as the communist country risks getting old before it gets rich. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jul 2026

Vietnam unveils ‘baby bonus’ after scrapping two-child policy amid fears it may age before it grows rich

This photo taken on December 10, 2023 shows female members of the Mandalay People Defense Forces (MDY-PDF) heading to the frontline amid clashes with the Myanmar military in northern Shan State. More than 100,000 people have been killed across all sides in Myanmar since a military coup five years ago triggered civil war, a conflict monitor said today. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jul 2026

‘The pain is just endless’: Myanmar mourns as post-coup conflict death toll hits 100,000

Rescue workers clear a damaged room after a tutoring centre’s roof collapsed, on the outskirts of Lahore on June 30, 2026. The roof of a tutoring centre collapsed, killing at least 14 children and injuring five in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore yesterday, officials said. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jul 2026

Roof collapse at Pakistan tutoring centre kills 14 children, injures five

The United States has started deporting migrants to a sparsely populated archipelago in the tropical Pacific, the island nation of Palau told AFP today. — AFP pic
World / 01 Jul 2026

First US deportee arrives in Pacific nation Palau but leaves after two weeks, officials say