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Under the Sumbang Tunai Rahmah (STR), eligible recipients receive direct cash assistance from the government to help cover living costs. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia / 4 h ago

With Sara closing, Malaysians can access alternative govt cash and subsidy programmes

BAM doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky said he is ready to step down as part of taking responsibility for the four-gold shortfall in Malaysia’s 2025 SEA Games badminton results. — Bernama pic

Sports / 15 h ago

One gold, two silver, six bronze: Malaysia’s badminton chief admits shortfall, open to stepping down after SEA Games results

Malaysia’s sepak takraw team celebrates their historic 2-1 victory over Thailand in the men’s team regu final at Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium, ending a 34-year gold drought. — Bernama pic

Sports / 16 h ago

Malaysia ends 34-year drought with SEA Games team regu gold over Thailand

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic

World / 17 h ago

Bloodshed at Bondi: 11 killed as gunfire tears through Sydney beach

After four records and the 2025 SEA Games gold in Thailand, the Malaysian and Sarawak governments are lining up rewards for hammer thrower Grace Wong. — Picture from X/Bernama_Radio

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Sarawak, Putrajaya to reward record-breaking SEA Games gold medallist Grace Wong

Soh Wooi Yik (left) and Aaron Chia took the silver in the men’s doubles badminton final at the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok on December 14, 2025. — Reuters pic

Sports / 16 h ago

SEA Games heartbreak for Malaysia’s Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik as Indonesia claims men’s doubles gold

In a statement uploaded on his Facebook page, Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said the declaration was made in compliance with the decree of the Regent of Johor, Tunku Mahkota Ismail, as a mark of celebration for the team’s outstanding achievement in continuing its dominance in Malaysian football. — Picture from Facebook/Onn Hafiz Ghazi

Malaysia / 2 h ago

Johor declares special public holiday after JDT’s FA Cup 2025 win, SPM exams to proceed as scheduled

Despite nearly 80 per cent of speed tests being conducted on 5G-capable devices, most Malaysian users still spend two-thirds of their time on 4G networks due to coverage gaps. — Picture by Mukhriz Hashim

Malaysia / 2 h ago

Malaysia’s 5G speeds have nearly halved as network comes under strain, Ookla reports

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur, on Dec 8, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 1 h ago

METMalaysia issues thunderstorm warning for Klang Valley, six states until 1pm

Personal belongings lie at the scene of a deadly shooting during a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

Bondi shooting leaves 16 dead as Australian police identify father-and-son gunmen in alleged antisemitic attack

Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen said the latest victim, identified as Hong, had invested RM300,000 in the investment fund proposed by the BSN employee in question in 2024 and only realised he had been scammed after news reports emerged in 2025. — File picture by Miera Zulyana

Malaysia / 17 h ago

BSN payouts coming next week for victims of employee-linked investment scam, says Sarawak DAP chief

People hold placards during a Hanukkah menorah lighting in Berlin, Germany on December 14, 2025, in solidarity with Australians after the Bondi Beach shooting. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

Fruit seller disarms Bondi Beach gunman, now hospitalised with gunshot wounds as world hail him as ‘hero’

People cross a street next to police vehicles after the shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic

World / 15 h ago

Bondi Beach massacre draws international outrage, leaders vow to fight antisemitism

Mosti is holding STI Madani Carnivals nationwide to empower young Malaysians and boost the country’s chances to reach developed nationhood. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Malaysia needs 70pc of jobs in STEM to reach developed nation status, says Mosti official

This screen grab of UGC video taken on December 14, 2025 and received courtesy of Mike Ortiz shows beach-goers fleeing Bondi Beach after gunmen opened fire. — AFP pic

World / 16 h ago

Israel says Sydney Bondi shooting was antisemitic attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah

World

20 m ago

Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai found guilty under Hong Kong security law, faces possible life sentence

Police lead former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai away from his home after his arrest under the national security law in 2020; Lai was found guilty on December 15, 2025, of collusion and sedition. — AFP pic

HONG KONG, Dec 15 — Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, was found guilty on Monday on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of sedition under a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.The verdict is...

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Security volunteer Narongchai Putthet checks on a neighbour’s cows as he remains in the evacuation zone to protect villagers’ homes and livestock during the conflict in the Thai province of Buriram, 10km from the border with Cambodia on December 13, 2025. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

‘We do it with a volunteer’s heart’: Thai farmers turn frontline amid deadly border clashes with Cambodia

People hold placards during a Hanukkah menorah lighting in Berlin, Germany on December 14, 2025, in solidarity with Australians after the Bondi Beach shooting. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

Fruit seller disarms Bondi Beach gunman, now hospitalised with gunshot wounds as world hail him as ‘hero’

An Australian flag flies at half-mast at Bondi Beach following a shooting that left 16 people dead on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

Albanese orders Australian flags at half-mast after Bondi Beach massacre

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Personal belongings lie at the scene of a deadly shooting during a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic

2 h ago

Bondi shooting leaves 16 dead as Australian police identify father-and-son gunmen in alleged antisemitic attack

Six-year-old US citizen Andy looks on as he is escorted, along with six other children, at Miami International Airport before flying to Guatemala, where they will reunite with their recently deported parents, in Miami, Florida. — AFP pic

4 h ago

Too young to choose: Migrant children caught in US’s deportation drive

Belarusian 2022 Nobel Peace laureate Ales Bialiatski speaks to journalists at the US embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, after his release on December 13, 2025, alongside 121 other political prisoners. — AFP pic

14 h ago

Teachers, dissidents, and a Nobel laureate: The 123 prisoners freed in Belarus-US sanctions deal

People cross a street next to police vehicles after the shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic

15 h ago

Bondi Beach massacre draws international outrage, leaders vow to fight antisemitism

Police walk on a street after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney earlier today. — AFP pic

16 h ago

Police find improvised explosive device in car linked to Bondi beach shooter

This screen grab of UGC video taken on December 14, 2025 and received courtesy of Mike Ortiz shows beach-goers fleeing Bondi Beach after gunmen opened fire. — AFP pic

16 h ago

Israel says Sydney Bondi shooting was antisemitic attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic

17 h ago

Bloodshed at Bondi: 11 killed as gunfire tears through Sydney beach

A Buddhist monk leads a procession as soldiers carry the flag draped coffins of four Thai servicemen killed in border clashes with Cambodia. — Reuters pic

18 h ago

Thailand locks down border districts as fierce clashes with Cambodia escalate

A screengrab from a video on X that reportedly shows two men firing shots.

18 h ago

Two in custody as police respond to reports of gunfire at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

Hong Kong’s last major opposition party holds a final vote on Sunday on whether to disband, as China ratchets up pressure on the city’s remaining liberal voices in a years-long national security crackdown. — Reuters pic

19 h ago

End of an era as Hong Kong’s last major opposition party votes on disbanding after sustained security crackdown

Displaced residents at a temporary camp in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province on December 14, 2025. — AFP pic

19 h ago

Border clashes grind into a second week as Cambodia and Thailand dismiss talk of a truce

A United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Tokyo had to turn back to Washington’s Dulles International Airport on Saturday after an engine failed during takeoff, igniting a brush fire near the runway, officials said. — AFP pic

1d ago

Fiery engine blast forces United Flight 803 back to Washington minutes after takeoff for Tokyo

Visitors crowd the Christmas market on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin, on December 13, 2025. — AFP pic

1d ago

German police arrest five men over suspected Islamist plot to attack Christmas market in Bavaria

A police vehicle near the site of a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, US, December 13, 2025. — Reuters pic

1d ago

Brown University campus on lockdown after gunman kills two and critically injures eight

Agence France-Presse (AFP) video journalist Dylan Collins speaks about his experience being wounded during an Israeli attack on a group of seven journalists in Southern Lebanon on October 13, 2023. — AFP pic

1d ago

Proposed Israeli media laws spark outrage over threat to press freedom

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