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Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said these cases involved the seizure of 2,526.28 kilogrammes (kg) of drugs, with an estimated value of RM202.76 million. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

British nationals top KLIA drug mule arrests, drugs worth RM202.76m seized

People are seen at the site of a fatal accident on Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar here on Saturday (Oct 24). — PDRM pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Flight attendant charged over drunk driving crash that killed DBKL road crew on Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar

Transport Minister Anthony Loke delivers a speech during a special financial assistance presentation ceremony for taxi, rental car, and school bus drivers at the CMI Complex Auditorium in Ayer Keroh, Melaka on October 26, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Loke defends DAP’s seat reduction for Melaka poll as tactical shift for better odds

SMART’s strengths included high-capacity drones for aerial surveys, mapping disaster-hit areas and locating victims, as well as specialised equipment capable of detecting sounds and movement beneath mud deposits. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Nepal turns to SMART’s drones, detection gear after declining two Malaysian rescue offers

Tourists gather by the eagle statue at Dataran Lang in Langkawi on January 18, 2025. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Langkawi’s duty-free overhaul: RM300,000 vehicle price cap and RM10,000 spending limit

Licensed financial planner Rajen Devadason said creating pipelines of passive income would help reduce financial stress during retirement. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Want to plan your finances to have enough for retirement in Malaysia? Here are some tips

Malaysian Highway Authority chairman Datuk Seri Hasni Mohammad, who is also Umno’s Simpang Renggam MP, says TuJu is not a navigational app like Waze but a tool to aid stranded motorists on expressways. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

TuJu built for stranded motorists on expressways, not to rival Waze, says highway authority chief

Minister of State for Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash (second from right) and NTUC deputy secretary-general Desmond Tan (far right) touring the booths. — AsiaOne
Singapore  / 19 h ago

Singapore sets new retirement age at 65, re-employment at 70 from 2029

Former TVB actress Bernice Liu (right), 47, has seemingly confirmed that she’s dating Hong Kong tycoon Frederick Lui (left), 70. — Picture from Instagram/Bernice Liu via AsiaOne
Showbiz  / 19 h ago

Wedding bells? Not yet, says ex-TVB actress Bernice Liu, 47, after rumoured romance with Hong Kong tycoon 23 years her senior

Councillors of the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council meet at Menara MPAJ on Oct 22, 2026. — MPAJ pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Major legal win for Ampang Jaya residents as court allows challenge to council’s development plan

Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today dismissed claims that his ministry overspent by RM2.1 billion. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Zahid rejects RM2.1b overspending claims, says ministry underspent revised allocation

Bersatu’s supreme leadership council is set to meet tonight to finalise, among other matters, the party’s political cooperation plans ahead of the 16th Melaka state election. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Pakatan ties, Perikatan disciplinary action on agenda at Bersatu meeting tonight

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said further details, including the name of the company involved, could not be disclosed at this stage to preserve the confidentiality of the corporate transaction. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Abang Johari confirms AI data centre plan in Sarawak under US$50b investment

Racing Bulls’ New Zealand driver Liam Lawson steers his car during the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix in Sepang on October 4, 2026. — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Sepang eyes F1 return with Cabinet proposal due in November

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman speaks during the debate winding-up session at the Parliament building in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Malaysia targets bankruptcy discharges in under 36 days next year

Military policemen stand guard as voters wait for the polls to open during the presidential election in Brasilia, Brazil October 4, 2026. Police in Brazil yesterday rescued 13 children who had been taken hostage in their kindergarten and killed the assailant who threatened to set fire to the building, officials said. — AFP pic
World / 10 Oct 2026

Brazil police rescue 13 children after kindergarten hostage standoff, assailant dead

This aerial view shows the collapsed Cathedral (left) and the collapsed Penonome Governor’s Office building after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the country, in Penonome, Panama October 9, 2026. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Panama sparking panic in the capital, though no casualties or damage have been reported so far. — AFP pic
World / 10 Oct 2026

Powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake destroys buildings, roads in Panama; over 80 aftershocks recorded

An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said yesterday, criticising the company for taking two months to report the incident. — AFP pic
World / 10 Oct 2026

Anthropic AI model sent fake murder tip to unsolved killings website, Philadelphia police say

Nidal Hasan’s execution — scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down 13 people in 2009 — is set to be the first by US military firing squad since 1945. — Bell County Sheriff’s Department handout pic
World / 10 Oct 2026

Outrage mounts over plan to livestream US military's first firing squad execution since 1945, Vance voices doubt

Over the past two years, three international courts have affirmed in advisory opinions that countries have legal obligations to address climate change: the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the International Court of Justice (ICJ).. — AFP pic
World / 10 Oct 2026

Climate hopes shift from politics to the courts as legal battles heat up

South African judge Navanethem (Navi) Pillay said that her first reaction to hearing the news was that it must be a joke. — AFP pic
World / 09 Oct 2026

Nobel Peace Prize winner Pillay jokes about sharing prize with Trump

Fighters loyal to the Houthi authorities, take part in a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa October 7, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 09 Oct 2026

Saudia pilot among three dead after Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport

South African human rights lawyer and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her decades of work advancing human rights and international justice. — AFP pic
World / 09 Oct 2026

Nobel Peace Prize 2026 goes to Navi Pillay, South African lawyer who helped establish rape as an act of genocide

A man stands beside salvaged belongings as people search the rubble of a collapsed building following overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City October 9, 2026. The Israeli military had earlier warned residents to evacuate the area. — AFP pic
World / 09 Oct 2026

Nearly 1.8 million Gazans face fourth winter without adequate shelter, UN says

Air pollution in Bangkok exceeded Thailand’s safety threshold in five districts on October 9, 2026, prompting authorities to urge residents to wear protective masks and limit outdoor activities. — File pic
World / 09 Oct 2026

Bangkok air pollution breaches safety limit in five districts, residents urged to mask up

Congress party supporters shout slogans during a protest by leaders of India’s Opposition INDIA bloc in New Delhi October 8, 2026, calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. — AFP pic
World / 09 Oct 2026

New Delhi locks down ahead of mass protest over India’s voter rolls

This handout picture dated January 12, 2023 provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows convicted US murderer Christa Pike. — AFP pic/Tennessee Department of Correction
World / 09 Oct 2026

US death row inmate Christa Pike survived her execution — now she’s walking but ‘foggy’

Patricia Krenwinkel, a former follower of Charles Manson, has been preliminarily granted parole after nearly six decades in prison. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
World / 09 Oct 2026

Manson Family member Patricia Krenwinkel could walk free after nearly 60 years behind bars

French Republican Security Corps police officers clash with protesters during a demonstration of high-school students at Place de la Bastille, in Paris, October 8, 2026, as part of a nationwide protest movement over learning conditions. — AFP pic
World / 09 Oct 2026

France pledges 3,000 substitute teachers after 71,500 join school protests

US President Donald Trump said anyone who continues to use the term ‘artificial intelligence’ instead of ‘super intelligence’ would be treated as ‘THE ENEMY’. — AFP pic
World / 09 Oct 2026

Trump wants AI renamed ‘super intelligence’ — and calls holdouts ‘the enemy’

This handout photograph taken and released by Ukraine’s National Police on October 8, 2026, shows the scene where two buses were struck by projectiles in Kramatorsk, near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic
World / 09 Oct 2026

Russian strikes kill 30 in Ukraine frontline city, talks set in US