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The dispute could directly affect Thailand’s representative, Tharina Botes, with the organisation saying contestants representing the six countries — Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore — would not be eligible for the 75th Miss Universe competition. — Screengrab from X/@MissUniverse

Showbiz / 17 h ago

Miss Universe row: Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore contestants declared ineligible for 2026 pageant, Thailand franchise hits back

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi delivers his speech during a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony at the Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions office in Jakarta on September 17, 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Zahid announces Umno donation drive to pay Najib’s RM50m fine following conditional pardon

A former gold shop supervisor was sentenced to 16 months’ jail and three strokes of the cane for pawning three gold bars to buy cryptocurrency at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on September 18, 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 15 h ago

Gold shop supervisor pawns RM176,200 in gold bars for cryptocurrency, gets 16 months’ jail

The Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council says it is determined to continue efforts to eradicate corruption, promote the reform agenda, and cleanse the country of elements of corruption and abuse, following the issuance of a conditional royal pardon for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 12 h ago

Pakatan backs PM’s stance on Najib pardon, says no one is above the law

DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke speaks during the DAP National Congress 2026 at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre on August 16, 2026. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Najib’s house arrest: DAP leadership to decide party stance tomorrow, says Loke

Goh Yin Zun arrives at the Magistrate’s Court in Batu Pahat on June 2, 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Teen driving Mercedes charged over crash that killed four family members in Kluang

A view of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s residence following the announcement that he would serve the remainder of his SRC International sentence under house arrest in Kuala Lumpur on September 18, 2026. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 15 h ago

From 1MDB appeal to billion-dollar civil claims: Najib’s legal battles continue despite conditional pardon

Umno started a Najib Razak Solidarity Fund on September 18, 2026 to help the former prime minister pay the RM50 million fine required as part of his conditional royal pardon that would enable him to serve the remainder of his prison sentence at home, just hours after the government made the announcement. — Picture from Facebook/DR ASYRAF WAJDI DUSUKI

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Najib solidarity fund raises RM165,645 in first hour, says Umno sec-gen

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks to reporters after Friday prayers at Surau Nur Perdana in Putrajaya on September 18, 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Anwar: Najib house arrest does not weaken govt’s fight against corruption

Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir receives a memorandum from non-governmental organisations, presented by Prof Dr Mohd Aluwi Sari, after Friday prayers at the Tuanku Munawir Royal Mosque in Seri Menanti on September 18, 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

‘Thank you’: Negeri Sembilan ruler Tuanku Muhriz receives memorandum of loyalty

Nikmatullah Seri, spokesman for the Barisan Revolusi Nasional peace negotiation delegation, gestures during an interview with AFP in Kuala Lumpur on September 14, 2026. The BRN says it remains committed to its goal of political power in southern Thailand as Malaysia-mediated peace talks with Bangkok remain stalled. — AFP pic

World / 12 h ago

Southern Thailand’s insurgent group wants power, not just peace talks — even with Malaysia at the table

The High Court ruled that the issues raised by Albert Tei (right) were not complex and could be adequately dealt with by the Sessions Court. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Albert Tei fails in bid to move five corruption charges to High Court

Plaintiff’s lawyer Sofian Azmir (left) speaks to reporters after the High Court dismissed his client’s RM1 million suit in Shah Alam on September 18, 2026. The suit was filed by a girl with cerebral palsy and her parents over an incident in which she fell after a fellow student allegedly pulled away a chair as she was about to sit on it at a school in Shah Alam on October 12, 2023 when she was 12. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Girl with cerebral palsy in Shah Alam loses RM1m suit over school chair-pulling incident, family to appeal

Media personnel gather outside the private residence of Datuk Seri Najib Razak in Langgak Duta, Kuala Lumpur, on Sept 18, 2026. — Picture by Mohd Yusry

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Press swarm Kajang Prison and Langgak Duta after Najib’s pardon news

Signages of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 on display in Nagoya, central Japan May 21, 2026. — Reuters pic

Sports / 18 h ago

‘Asian Games absurd’: Athletes say they ‘can’t take it any more’ amid delays, shortages and warlord row

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‘The new Dubai’? Oil discovery fuels hopes and fears in Brazil’s Amazon town

An aerial view of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil on September 3, 2026. Caught between hopes of an economic boom and fears of an oil spill, the residents of a small town in the far north of Brazil, on the border with French Guiana, are closely following the oil exploration off the coast of the Amazon, a controversial project promoted by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is seeking reelection in October 2026. — AFP pic

OIAPOQUE, Sept 19 — Indigenous chief Wagner Karipuna gazes worriedly at the tranquil river flowing past his village in the Brazilian Amazon as he imagines the nightmare scenario of an oil spill being carried here by the tides.His village, Manga, is located around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the centre...

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This handout picture shows the passenger ship Virgo Transport 8 which capsized in the Java Sea waters September 17, 2026. — AFP pic/Indonesian Navy

12 h ago

Salvage mission begins as navy battles to raise capsized Java Sea ferry

The burnt-out wreckage of a ferry that caught fire in Coron, Palawan on September 13, 2026. — AFP pic

13 h ago

Philippine Coast Guard seizes 12.5 tonnes ammonium nitrate, dynamite aboard Palawan ferry

Residents walks along the shoreline as northern Sydney beaches are closed following a shark attack at Long Reef Beach September 6, 2025. A shark killed a man as he swam off a popular beach near Perth in Western Australia today, police said. — AFP pic

16 h ago

Witness says attack was ‘like a scene off Jaws’ as shark kills swimmer in Western Australia

At least two people were killed in a school shooting in the southern Philippines today, a regional disaster agency worker told AFP, the country’s third deadly campus incident since June. — Picture By Raymond Manuel

16 h ago

Third deadly campus attack since June kills at least two in southern Philippines, rescuer says

Sydney was battered by heavy rains and flash floods on Christmas eve. — AFP pic

19 h ago

Australia to detain visa overstayers under new migration crackdown, drawing concern from tourism sector

This handout photo taken on September 16, 2026 and provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry shows two South Korean Air Force F-35A fighter jets (front) and two French Air and Space Force Rafale fighter jets (rear) flying in formation over the South Korean Peninsula during a ROK-France joint aerial exercise. The United States has approved a US$24.3 billion (RM99.5 billion) sale of 48 F-35 stealth warplanes to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said yesterday. — South Korean Defence Ministry handout/AFP pic

21 h ago

US clears US$24.3b sale of 48 F‑35 jets to Saudi Arabia amid Iran war

South Korean tanks are seen near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing South Korea and North Korea, in Paju September 12, 2026. — AFP pic

23 h ago

N. Korea leader’s sister blasts US‑led drills, threatens ‘more offensive’ nuclear‑deterrence steps

Picture for illustration purposes only. A policeman who follows ‘a violent radical far-right ideology’ has been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack. — AFP pic

23 h ago

France arrests far‑right policeman suspected of plotting terrorist attack and making 3D‑printed weapons

US President Donald Trump said yesterday there had been major progress towards establishing an American military base in Poland, after Warsaw said it was holding talks with Washington on the issue. — AFP pic

23 h ago

Trump says ‘major progress’ on US base in Poland despite wider review of Europe deployments

This photograph shows the Ro-Ro cargo ship named ‘Lider Bordo Mavi’ at the Port of Trabzon, north-eastern Turkiye on September 15, 2026 after being hit in August in the Black Sea. Turkey has sent a proposal to Russia and Ukraine that would end attacks on civilian ships in the Black Sea, a Turkish diplomat told AFP yesterday. — AFP pic

23 h ago

Turkiye proposes Russia‑Ukraine deal to curb Black Sea attacks, eyes a revived safe‑passage mechanism for civilian ships

This screen grab taken from video footage released on July 20, 2026 by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)’s Sepah News shows what they say a missile being launched from an undisclosed location towards US targets in the Gulf. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said today they struck an oil tanker sailing under the Togolese flag in the Strait of Hormuz. — AFP pic

23 h ago

Iran says it struck and detained Togo‑flagged oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

OpenAI committed ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ when it used millions of news articles to train its artificial intelligence models, the New York Times alleged in a court document unsealed yesterday. — AFP pic

23 h ago

NYT alleges Microsoft, OpenAI knowingly used news articles in ‘largest labour theft in human history’

US President Donald Trump (right) is set to host China President Xi Jinping (left) at the White House again after 11 years, with trade and tariffs very much on the table. — AFP file pic

1d ago

Tariffs, rare earths and Iran: What could make or break the Trump-Xi summit on Sept 24

Pakistani journalists hold a vigil for five Indonesian journalists who went missing while they were covering the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau from a speedboat that also vanished into the waters between Java and Sumatra. — AFP pic

1d ago

Indonesia ends two-week search for missing eight, including five journalists, after speedboat vanishes

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front row, centre) and members of her reshuffled Cabinet pose for a photo at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on September 17, 2026. The reshuffle aims to solidify the ruling coalition and advance a food tax cut despite concerns over how it will be financed. — AFP pic

1d ago

Japan Cabinet reshuffle keeps Takaichi’s top team intact as food tax cut looms

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