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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

Iranian missiles and Israeli interceptor missiles streak across the night sky over Beirut, Lebanon, on June 14, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jul 2026

Where are America’s main bases under fire in the Middle East war with Iran?

Ships sailing near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan on July 13, 2026. — AFP file pic
World / 24 Jul 2026

UN pleads for stranded sailors’ rescue as Hormuz war leaves 6,000 trapped at sea

This picture taken on June 26, 2026 shows SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won arriving at a court to attend his retrial regarding the division of assets with his former wife Roh Soh-yeong, director of Art Center Nabi, at the Seoul High Court in Seoul. — Yonhap/AFP pic
World / 24 Jul 2026

SK Group chairman faces US$644m payout to ex-wife after appeal in South Korea’s ‘divorce of the century’

Students holding placards shout slogans during a protest in Amritsar on July 23, 2026 in solidarity with the ongoing protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged NEET examination irregularities. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jul 2026

India protest leaders from youth‑led ‘Cockroach’ movement to meet govt as Modi promises exam‑leak reforms

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham shakes hands with Scottish National Party (SNP) First Minister John Swinney in Glasgow, July 23, 2026. — Alastair Grant/Pool/AFP pic
World / 24 Jul 2026

UK PM Burnham heads north to open ‘No 10 North’ as he kickstarts English devolution plans

Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide in Pengshui County in Chongqing July 17, 2026. The death toll from a landslide in south-western China rose to 11, with rescuers still searching for 50 missing people in the rubble, where there are ‘no signs of life’, according to authorities. — CNS/AFP pic
World / 24 Jul 2026

‘No signs of life’ as China landslide death toll rises to 11, 50 missing, authorities say

The International Criminal Court on November 21, 2024 issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas' military chief Mohammed Deif. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jul 2026

ICC member states to decide fate of prosecutor Karim Khan after Malaysian staffer alleges sexual assault

This handout photo released on July 23, 2026 and taken on July 22, 2026 by Spain’s Military Emergencies Unit (UME) shows UME personnel fighting a wildfire near Almorox, 70 kilometers south-west of Madrid. — Spain’s Military Emergencies Unit handout pic via AFP
World / 24 Jul 2026

Spain declares national emergency after wildfires force 10,000 to flee near Madrid

A poster featuring Sonam Wangchuk (front, left) is seen as Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters rest during a sit-in protest demanding the resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged NEET examination irregularities in New Delhi July 18, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jul 2026

Indian activist ends 26‑day hunger strike, but youth‑led exam‑leak protests escalate across India

World / 24 Jul 2026

Trump: Frozen Iranian assets will be used to cover Gulf shipping losses

Two people were stabbed yesterday in New York by a man who shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ (‘God is the greatest’ in Arabic) during the attacks before being apprehended, officials said. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
World / 24 Jul 2026

Man shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ stabs two in New York, police probe hate‑crime motive

Firefighters move in a fire truck as a forest burns close to a residential area during a wildfire near Lege-Cap-Ferret, south-western France July 23, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jul 2026

Deadly wildfires in Europe trigger mass evacuations and destroy homes amid scorching heat and strong winds

The United States launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iranian military targets early today, marking the thirteenth night of active combat in the region as President Donald Trump vowed to use frozen Iranian assets to pay for any damage to shipping. — AFP pic
World / 24 Jul 2026

US strikes Iranian targets after Houthi attacks on tankers; Trump warns of ‘major punishment’

A woman uses an umbrella to shelter from the sun in Tokyo on July 23, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

Japan coins ‘Kokushobi’ term for ‘cruelly hot’ 40°C days behind skyrocketing hospitalisations

A Sudanese farmer plants seeds in Gedaref State on July 18, 2026 as the UN warns that 20 million people face acute food insecurity due to the country's war. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

Is Sudan setting itself up for another militia crisis?

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters eat beside a wall mural at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, July 22, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 23 Jul 2026

Pizza power: India’s ‘cockroach’ protesters fed by nationwide flood of fast food deliveries