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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  / 18 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  / 19 h ago

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

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  / 15 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  / 19 h ago

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

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  / 3 h ago

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

Licensed financial planner Rajen Devadason said creating pipelines of passive income would help reduce financial stress during retirement. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

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

For illustration only. A CEO of a produce export company previously arrested by the MACC over a durian orchard scam involving about RM1.65 million, is expected to face corruption charges in Shah Alam, Selangor on October 27, 2026. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Durian orchard that never was: CEO to face charge over RM1.65m scam in Shah Alam court today

Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today dismissed claims that his ministry overspent by RM2.1 billion. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

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

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  / 16 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  / 19 h ago

Sepang eyes F1 return with Cabinet proposal due in November

GSC is set to open its second IMAX screen in the Klang Valley, after IOI Mall Damansara, at Hall 18 Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur with ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ on November 5, 2026. — Picture courtesy of GSC
Showbiz  / 19 h ago

Another IMAX screen is coming to the Klang Valley Nov 5 — and Godzilla gets first roar

A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal ruled on October 26, 2026 that JMBs can’t bar owners from their units over unpaid fees. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 1 h ago

Locked out over maintenance fees? Court says JMBs can’t do that

Live pig imports from Sarawak to Selangor have been conducted under approved import licences and strict controls since July 2025 to stabilise supply and prices following disruptions to the pig farming industry caused by African Swine Fever (ASF). — AFP pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Live pig imports from Sarawak to Selangor subject to strict controls since July 2025, says deputy minister

A three-man bench comprising Datuk Ismail Brahim, K. Muniandy and Datuk Dean Wayne Daly also set aside nearly RM50 million in pre-judgment interest previously imposed by the Shah Alam High Court on the local authority. — Unsplash pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Court of Appeal slashes Klang council’s RM117m dumpsite damages bill to RM3m

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) forecasts indicated that three to five episodes of prolonged heavy rainfall could occur between November 2026 and January 2027. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Zahid urges public to stay alert as northeast monsoon begins today

A volunteer from the Central Kalimantan Forest and Land Fire Smoke Response Coalition provides mobile oxygen relief to a firefighter battling fires in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on October 22, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 2d ago

Indonesia still fighting over 22,500-ha fires with central Kalimantan worst hit

French High Commissioner for Children Sarah El Haïry calls for a Malaysia-France alliance on online safety at the World Summit on Investing in Children’s Wellbeing in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on October 24, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 2d ago

Malaysia and France should team up to protect kids online, says French official

SF-260 aircraft of the Philippine Air Force land on the runway at Fernando Air Base in Batangas province, the Philippines. Two planes of the same model collided mid-air at the base on October 23, 2026, killing four pilots. — AFP file pic
World / 2d ago

Two Philippine air force trainers collide mid-air near Manila, four pilots dead 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (centre) waves to supporters at a Likud Party campaign meet-and-greet in Netanya on October 22, 2026, days before its October 27 national election and before he vowed a massive military response to the killing of two Israeli soldiers near Hebron. — AFP pic
World / 2d ago

Netanyahu promises Palestinian Authority a ‘big surprise’ after soldiers killed near Hebron

US Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton attends a White House roundtable on cybercrime in Washington, DC, on October 21, 2026, three days before his memo warning that Iran has ‘substantially increased’ efforts to target Americans. — Getty Images pic via AFP
World / 2d ago

US spy chief says Iran is stepping up plots targeting Americans, Trump hints at ‘another little Epic Fury’

Demonstrators gather in heavy haze outside the Central Kalimantan governor’s office in Palangkaraya, Indonesia on October 23, 2026, demanding authorities to declare a national emergency to free up more aid. — AFP pic
World / 2d ago

‘The officials are morons’: Haze that reached Malaysia now has Indonesian students protesting in central Kalimantan

A student (left) learns a Chinese dance at the Confucius Institute. The US says it is shutting down such centres as it deems them ‘propaganda tools of the Chinese Communist Party’. — Xinhua pic via AFP
World / 2d ago

Pentagon puts China-funded Confucius Institutes on US security threat list

A video grab from the webcam of the Kehlsteinhaus, known as the Eagle’s Nest and formerly Adolf Hitler’s mountain retreat, shows a large fire at the site, 1,834 metres up in the mountains over Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, early on October 24, 2026. — AFP pic
World / 2d ago

Hitler’s mountain retreat in Bavarian Alps ‘completely ablaze’, German police detain suspect

Saudi Arabia says it shot down a Houthi missile aimed at Riyadh after explosions rock its capital on October 24, 2026. — AFP file pic
World / 24 Oct 2026

Riyadh wakes to blasts as Houthis keep up missile strikes on Saudi Arabia

Workers install a wooden panel to board up the window of a Samsung store on Boulevard Malesherbes in central Paris on October 23, 2026, ahead of protests planned for October 24, after last weekend’s demonstrations descended into the worst street violence in years. — AFP pic
World / 2d ago

Le Pen congress, student protests and 70,000 police: France on edge

A structure built for a traditional Taoist religious ceremony collapses after strong winds from Typhoon Champi in Keelung, northern Taiwan, on October 24, 2026, as the storm swept past the island’s northeast on its way to China and Japan. — AFP pic
World / 24 Oct 2026

One dead, 500 hurt as Champi batters Taiwan, then turns towards Shanghai

People and security forces gather outside a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud in Jordan’s Karak governorate on October 23, 2026, after gunmen killed at least seven people during a funeral procession. — AFP pic
World / 24 Oct 2026

Jordan king vows ‘harshest retaliation’ after gunmen attack church, leaving seven dead

People walk past the Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja on October 21, 2026, after Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case, a Swiss woman who is the wife of a staff member at Switzerland’s embassy and who had travelled from Uganda. — AFP pic
World / 24 Oct 2026

Nigeria’s Ebola case is Swiss, and she never went near the DR Congo

US First Lady Melania Trump signs an executive order as US President Donald Trump looks on at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 19, 2026, days before she announced a ceasefire in Oleshky. — AFP pic
World / 24 Oct 2026

Melania Trump says she brokered Oleshky ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine

A man grabs packets of pasta from above empty shelves in a supermarket in Quarto, near Naples, on October 21, 2026, as road blockades by Italy’s truck drivers protesting against rising fuel costs disrupted food supplies. — AFP pic
World / 24 Oct 2026

Rome and Milan send in more soldiers, tells shops to stay open as Italy braces for fresh protests

US President Donald Trump’s administration lifted some tariffs on Canadian imports, including plywood sheets, on October 23, 2026. — Pexels pic
World / 24 Oct 2026

Plywood, paper and fridges: Trump lifts some Canada tariffs two weeks before US midterms