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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

This photograph taken on September 25, 2026 shows an aerial view of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant near the Padma river at Ishwardi in Bangladesh’s Pabna district. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Bangladesh’s first nuclear plant brings hope for power, worries for neighbours

US President Donald Trump departs after delivering remarks on stage at Tradepoint Atlantic on October 6, 2026 in Sparrows Point, Maryland. — Getty Images pic via AFP
World / 07 Oct 2026

Nobel Peace Prize haunted by Trump ‘spectre’ as he intensifies push for prize ahead of Friday’s announcement

Palestinian mourners pray during a memorial ceremony in Gaza City on September 30, 2026, following the recovery of the unidentified remains of over 100 people from beneath the rubble of destroyed buildings in the area of Yarmouk Street, which was bombed on October 25, 2023. Three years into Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian and UN data show sweeping consequences for women and girls, from deaths, injuries and disappearances to rising miscarriage rates, unsafe births and malnutrition, Anadolu Ajansi reported. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Three years into Gaza genocide, women face deaths, miscarriages and loss, data show

A man fixes a plaque reading in Russian ‘Anna Politkovskaya lived in this house and was villainously killed on October 7, 2006’ which originally was installed on the apartment building where she was killed before being vandalised, near her workplace turned into a memorial of the slain Russian reporter at the office of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, recently designated by authorities as a ‘foreign agent’, in Moscow October 6, 2026. Investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the fierce critic of the Kremlin’s wars in Chechnya, was shot dead on October 7, 2006, in the entrance hall of her apartment block in central Moscow. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Anna Politkovskaya, the slain reporter who ‘predicted’ Russia’s future under Vladimir Putin

A view of the entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in the city of Irkutsk on October 6, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Russia dismisses ‘false’ plague reports as second suspected case emerges in Siberia

Indonesia’s former top anti-graft prosecutor went on trial on money laundering charges today, months after he was arrested with millions of dollars in cash and 70 kilogrammes of gold bars found at his home and other properties. — Pexels pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Ex-Indonesian anti-graft chief on trial for corruption after US$19m and 74kg of gold bars seized

Ex-Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra told a court today that his life could be in danger if authorities seize assets including bullet-proof vehicles as part of a US$500 million (RM2.04 billion), decades-old tax dispute. ― AFP file pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Ex-Thai PM Thaksin fights US$500m tax bill, says seizure of bullet-proof cars could endanger his life

Officers have arrested a 19-year-old man after seven people were wounded in a knife attack at a high school in Poland, police said today. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
World / 07 Oct 2026

Seven wounded in Polish school stabbing, police arrest 19-year-old man

A girl looks at the temporary tents of displaced Palestinians along destroyed buildings in Gaza City October 7, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Israel army destroys Palestinian memorials across West Bank on October 7 anniversary

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran had ‘lost complete control’ of the Strait of Hormuz as oil flows through the key shipping route recovered. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Iran has lost control of Hormuz and its economy is in ‘freefall’, US Secretary of State Rubio says

Local residents and volunteers of the local fire brigade battle a peatland fire at Gambut village in Banjar, South Kalimantan, October 2, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Indonesia government faces ‘gross negligence’ lawsuit over Borneo haze

BTS Yellow Line Skytrain above flooded Lat Phrao Road in Bangkok September 28, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Floods kill 60 across Thailand as Bangkok races to clean up before IMF meetings

Police officers arrest a demonstrator while dispersing crowds at the end of a nationwide protest in Paris October 6, 2026, led by high school students and joined by teachers and unions demanding better learning conditions amid days of sporadic violent clashes. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

France suspends stun grenades at student protests after teen loses hand

Former Broome bishop Christopher Alan Saunders has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for sexual offences against young men. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Ex-bishop jailed in Australia over sexual offences after Vatican probe helped reopen police case

Australia’s High Court ruled against the proposed expansion of the Mount Pleasant coal mine, finding planners failed to properly consider emissions limits. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Australia’s top court blocks major coal mine expansion in landmark climate ruling

This screen grab taken from video footage released by the pro-Yemeni government Southern Giants Brigades on October 6, 2026 shows a fighter firing from the back of a ‘technical’ pickup truck during clashes with Houthis in Taiz province. — AFP pic
World / 07 Oct 2026

Saudi-led coalition downs Houthi ballistic missile amid fierce Yemen counter-offensive