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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

People walk on a beach with debris from Typhoon Noul which passed close to Hong Kong July 26, 2026. A flash flood caused by heavy rain struck a tourist site in north-west China today, killing 10 people and injuring 23 while large swaths of southern China are on high alert for floods today after Typhoon Noul made landfall early in the morning. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Flash flood at north-west China tourist site kills 10, injures 23 as heavy rain triggers alerts across southern region

A firefighter of Paris Fire Brigade sprays water on hotspots in Marcheprime west of Bordeaux on July 26, 2026 as a wildfire has been ravaging the forest north of the Arcachon Basin (Gironde) since July 22. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

France’s wildfire front ‘very unfavourable’, interior minister warns as blazes threaten Unesco‑listed Bordeaux

View taken on July 26, 2026 shows the front of the car that alledgedly was driven into people killing one person and injuring 16 before crashing on a tree in the Tiergarten park on the outskirts of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin held the day before. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Armed and dangerous: Suspect on the run after deadly Berlin Pride car‑ramming, police warn public

Palestinian men put out a fire started after Israeli forces fired teargas and stun grenades during clashes in the town of Sarra in the occupied West Bank on July 25, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Palestinians report Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques amid surge in West Bank violence

Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the Philippines will consider replicating or improving Australia’s social media ban for minors to counter online radicalisation and prevent future school shootings. — Picture by Yusof Isa
World / 26 Jul 2026

Philippines considers Australia‑style social media ban for minors after deadly school shooting

A Chinese university is looking into reports that a gene-editing trial caused the death of a six-year-old girl, which was not disclosed in the published research, the school said today. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Chinese university investigates six‑year‑old’s death allegedly tied to experimental gene‑editing therapy

This screen grab made on July 26, 2026 from undated handout video footage released by the US Central Command (Centcom) on July 25, 2026 shows what Centcom says are operations enforcing its naval blockade against Iran. — US Central Command handout/AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Iran army warns Middle East war will ‘expand further’ if US airstrikes resume

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands after a welcoming ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Russia eyes North Korean reinforcements, missile launchers — Zelensky warns Asia in danger

Iran said on Sunday it had made progress in talks with Oman on management of the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway crucial for oil and gas trade that both countries border. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Iran and Oman report progress in Hormuz talks after US strikes paused for negotiations

This screen grab made on July 23, 2026 from handout video footage released by the US Central Command (Centcom) on July 22, 2026 shows US forces launching what the military says are precision strikes against Iran for the twelth consecutive night. — US Central Command handout/AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

US holds fire against Iran as Washington weighs escalation risks and dwindling weapons stockpiles

File photo of an Ukrainian flag. Iran accused Ukraine yesterday of attacking one of its merchant vessels in the Caspian Sea, killing a sailor and wounding another, and warned it would not leave the incident unanswered. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Tehran says Ukraine attacked its ship in Caspian Sea, killing sailor, and vows it won’t leave incident unanswered

Ambulances line up on a pier to help victims of a boating accident after a tourist vessel capsized off Phu Quoc Island in southern Vietnam’s An Giang Province July 11, 2026. Rescuers were searching for 17 missing people today after a Vietnamese cargo ship carrying 62 sank during stormy weather in the contested South China Sea, Vietnam’s foreign ministry said. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Vietnam reports 17 missing after cargo ship sinks amid joint China–Vietnam rescue

The race to become the next leader of the United Nations yesterday added a seventh candidate: Uganda’s Olara Otunnu, a former opposition presidential candidate and onetime high-ranking UN official. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Uganda’s Olara Otunnu becomes seventh contender in race to succeed UN chief Guterres

People evacuated due to the wildfires shelter at the Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, on July 25, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

Thousands pack shelters as wildfires trigger 300,000‑strong evacuation in France and Spain

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to staff during the opening of No. 10 North in Manchester, north-west England, on July 24, 2026. The new office is part of his push to devolve power away from London. — AFP pic
World / 26 Jul 2026

New UK PM Burnham moves quickly to ease cost pressures and reset Labour’s image

Satellite imagery showing Typhoon Noul making landfall in Guangdong, southern China on July 26, 2026. — Screenshot from video on X/Zoom Earth
World / 26 Jul 2026

China’s strongest typhoon of 2026 so far makes landfall in Guangdong (VIDEO)