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The Attorney-General’s Chambers has asked the courts to issue a new order for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s house arrest in line with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s September pardon, the attorney general said today. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 12 h ago

AG: Courts asked to issue new house arrest order for Najib

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the department, as the implementing agency, needed to ensure that its actions did not result in wrongful detention. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Najib house arrest: Home minister says court must clarify Prisons Dept’s authority

Electric vehicles (EVs) may resemble conventional cars, but drivers switching to them must adapt to differences in how they accelerate and slow down when the accelerator is released. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Instant torque, heavier batteries: What Malaysian motorists need to know before driving an EV

File picture of a vehicle believed to be carrying Datuk Seri Najib Razak leaving Kajang Prison, November 6, 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Vehicle believed to be carrying Najib seen leaving Kajang Prison amid court proceedings over house arrest order

Former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex on November 10, 2026. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Najib to serve remaining jail term at home after High Court issues new warrant

DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook has resigned as transport minister with immediate effect following the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision allowing former prime minister Najib Tun Razak to serve his sentence under house arrest, according to a statement issued today. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia / 7 h ago

Anthony Loke officially resigns as transport minister following court decision on Najib

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s admission of an extramarital affair has raised questions over a potential US$75 billion divorce settlement involving his wife, Lori. — AFP pic

Life / 11 h ago

US$75b divorce? Nvidia boss Jensen Huang’s affair raises prospect of split dwarfing Jeff Bezos’ payout

Firefighters who arrived at the scene found the car, a Mercedes, believed to have skidded and overturned by the roadside, about 90 per cent burnt. — Screengrab from social media

Malaysia / 15 h ago

Two burnt to death, two injured as Mercedes catches fire after crash in Johor Bahru

Hannah Yeoh said Anthony Loke wanted DAP ministers to remain in the Cabinet to fulfil their promises to the people, despite stepping down himself. — Picture via Facebook/Hannah Yeoh

Malaysia / 4 h ago

‘I should have stepped down today’: Hannah Yeoh says Anthony Loke paid the price instead

File picture for illustration purposes. — Bernama file pic via The Borneo Post

Malaysia / 15 h ago

Gardenia East Malaysia issues corporate clarification amid food poisoning case

A shopper browses through produce at the Chow Kit wet market in Kuala Lumpur in this file picture dated June 25, 2025. Frequently purchased items such as food and beverages have a stronger influence on how households perceive inflation, even as the overall rate of price increases eases. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Malaysians still feel prices are high despite easing inflation, Bank Negara explains why

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) assistant operations director, Asrul Riezal Asbar, said the victim was discovered about 2.7 kilometres from the spot where he was swept away at Lata Jebus. — Picture from Facebook/Adam Wong Jr

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Pertak river surge: One body recovered, seven still missing in Kuala Kubu Bharu

File picture of Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his daughter Nooryana Najwa Najib at the Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur August 9, 2019. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Najib in court as lawyers, AGC discuss fresh house arrest order

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang’s reported affair with Alice Huang, an executive linked to data centre firm Megaspeed, has drawn scrutiny amid allegations that she worked for Chinese intelligence. The controversy has revived debate over the use of sex and seduction in espionage. — AFP pic

Life / 15 h ago

The spy who loved me? Nvidia boss Jensen Huang’s affair puts the ‘honey trap’ back in the spotlight

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks during International Construction Week & BuildXPO Malaysia 2026 at Mitec, Kuala Lumpur on November 10, 2026. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Malaysia aims to build one million affordable homes by 2035 using advanced construction technology, says Anwar

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Ritz among Paris sites searched over alleged trafficking network linked to late billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed

This file picture taken on October 18, 2008 in London shows Fulham’s Chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed arriving at Craven Cottage in London. — AFP pic

PARIS (France), Nov 11 — French police have searched two Paris properties linked to Mohamed Al-Fayed, the Ritz and Villa Windsor, as part of an investigation into an alleged international network trafficking women for the late billionaire, prosecutors told AFP today.The operations in mid-October at the swanky hotel and the onetime...

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Posters of former Israeli Chief of General Staff and Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot (right) and Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu (left) are seen as election campaigns intensify two days before the vote as campaign posters of candidates are displayed on billboards and buildings across the streets ahead of the Knesset elections scheduled for October 27, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 25, 2026. — Nir Keidar/Anadolu pic via AFP

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The hardliner who blinked: To unseat Netanyahu, Israel’s once-unyielding Liberman turns to compromise

France yesterday said Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were behind cyberattacks on supermarket fridges in the country last month, vowing sanctions on a European level against Tehran over the first such large-scale cyber sabotage on French territory. — Picture by Raymond Manue

14 h ago

France blames Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for ‘unprecedented’ supermarket fridge cyberattacks

News coverage showing file footage of a North Korean military drill is seen on a screen at a train station in Seoul November 4, 2026. North Korea test-fired a new high-speed torpedo system, state media reported today. — AFP pic

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North Korea test-fires new high-speed torpedo as navy buildup continues

This screengrab from video footage by CTI obtained via AFPTV on November 9, 2026 shows Alice Huang (centre, partially obscured), a Chinese executive linked to the data centre company called Megaspeed, attending a dinner hosted by Nvidia’s chief executive and co-founder Jensen Huang (right in black) at a restaurant in Taipei on May 22, 2025, during Computex, the island’s top tech expo. — CTI pic via AFPTV/AFP

15 h ago

Trump believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had ‘no idea’ lover was an alleged Chinese spy

This handout photograph taken and released on November 9, 2026 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows first responders following an explosion at the Habas Demir Celik factory in Aliaga, 60 kilometres north Turkey’s western resort city of Izmir. — Demiroren News Agency/AFP pic

15 h ago

‘Enough is enough, we don’t want to die!’: Anger as 17 killed in Turkiye steel factory blast

US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks during a news conference to discuss articles of impeachment he introduced against US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth outside the US Capitol on November 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary Hegseth over the US war with Iran. — Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP pic

16 h ago

Republican moves to impeach US defence chief Hegseth for waging Iran war without Congress

US President Donald Trump said yesterday there was ‘positive momentum’ toward ending the war with Iran after meeting Qatar’s prime minister at the White House. — AFP pic

16 h ago

Trump cites ‘positive momentum’ on Iran after White House meeting with Qatar PM

This photograph taken on July 27, 2026 shows Abdul Khalique Laghari (right), one of the 39 Pakistani farmers pursuing a climate lawsuit in Heidelberg against German energy firm RWE and cement producer Heidelberg Material for climate-warming emissions and over losses incurred during the 2022 floods, walking across his agricultural field at Baid Sharif village in the Dadu district of Pakistan's Sindh province. 39 farmers from Pakistan's southern Sindh province who were devastated by ‘apocalyptic’ flooding in 2022 are suing German corporations in a rare bid to make big polluters pay damages for climate impacts. — AFP pic

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‘We had nothing left’: Pakistan farmers fight to make German firms pay for ‘apocalyptic’ flood damage

Pope Leo XIV talks with faithful during a ceremony to receive the keys to the city outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires November 8, 2026. Pope Leo XIV told men to treat their wives with respect yesterday, as he concluded the first leg of his tour of Latin America, which is plagued by gender-based violence. — AFP pic

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In Latin America, Pope urges husbands to ‘treat your wives with respect’ amid femicide crisis

France’s judo mixed team and individual 100kg gold medallist, Teddy Riner poses for a portrait during a photo session at the Champions Park at the Trocadero in Paris on August 5, 2024 during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Five-time Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner, an icon of French sport, announced today his candidacy for the 2027 presidential election, in a video posted on his social networks. — AFP pic

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Five-time Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner enters 2027 French presidential race

Commuters ride along a street amid dense smog, a day after Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights in Amritsar November 9, 2026. — AFP pic

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Indian capital air turns toxic, soaring past 58 times WHO limit after Deepavali fireworks

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‘Get serious’: COP31 opens in Antalya with leaders under pressure to tackle climate crisis

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio disembarks from his plane after landing at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris on November 9, 2026 to attend the G7 foreign ministers summit. Foreign ministers of the G7 group meet in Paris from November 9 for two days of talks expected to see European powers press the United States to seek a fair settlement for Ukraine in the war against Russia and deter Washington from further military action against Iran. — Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AFP pic

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G7 to Rubio: No Ukraine deal without Europe, steer clear of Iran escalation

The world is entering a new reality where climate extremes are the norm, the United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned today, urging leaders at the COP31 climate conference in Turkey to “get serious”. — AFP pic

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World enters ‘new age of climate extremes’, UN chief tells COP31

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang arrives ahead of a state banquet for US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People Beijing on May 14, 2026. Chip giant Nvidia's board announced November 8, 2026 it opened a probe into Chief Executive and co-founder Jensen Huang after he acknowledged an affair with a woman US officials say was working for Chinese intelligence. — AFP pic

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Beijing refutes allegations linked to Nvidia probe into Jensen Huang

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