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Fifteen Bangladeshi men who tried to enter the country by posing as members of a cricket team were detained during an inspection at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) yesterday. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Malaysia / 19 h ago

No match scheduled: 15 Bangladeshi men posing as cricketers detained at KLIA after attempting entry into Malaysia with fake letter

Malaysia Airlines flight MH720 from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur made an emergency landing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport this evening after declaring an emergency. — Picture via Facebook/Flightradar24.com

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Malaysia Airlines flight from Jakarta declares emergency near KLIA, lands safely with rescue vehicles on standby

Singer and actress Bella Astillah was spotted in court today, showing support for Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman in his appeal against his conviction and sentence related to the Armada funds at the Court of Appeal. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 3 h ago

Bella Astillah spotted at court in show of support for Syed Saddiq in appeal against Armada funds conviction

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia will help those in Gaza in any way it can such as sending humanitarian assistance and aid. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

‘They do not have a shred of humanity’: Anwar pledges aid for Gaza as truce collapses during Ramadan, claiming hundreds of lives

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said Malaysia is ready to accept 15 Palestinian freedom fighters released by Israel as part of the conditions for the Gaza ceasefire agreement. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

‘What is accepting 15 people?’: Malaysia to take in Palestinian fighters freed by Israel, says foreign minister

An elderly man who allegedly slapped a non-Muslim man for eating in public during Ramadan on Sunday has been granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) by the Johor Bahru Magistrates’ Court today. — Picture via X

Malaysia / 1 h ago

Johor court grants DNAA to elderly man in Ramadan slap incident, case to be recharged later

In a Facebook post, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said these development initiatives are crucial for improving the well-being of the people, especially the urban poor and rural residents who stand to benefit in the long term. — Picture via Facebook/Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysia / 18 h ago

PM Anwar urges swift action on Penang development projects

Shan Shan Beef Noodle offers a thicker, beefy broth to slurp down with their wider, flat rice noodles. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

Eat-drink / 4 h ago

Make a trip to Subang Jaya’s Shan Shan Beef Noodle to satisfy your ‘ngiu chap’ cravings

Revamping the company’s manufacturing operations, which at one time only made chips for Intel but have been repurposed to make semiconductors for outside clients such as Nvidia, is one of Tan’s core priorities, these sources said. — Picture from Celesta Capital

Money / 16 h ago

Intel’s new CEO plots overhaul of manufacturing and AI operations

Malaysia Airlines flight MH720 from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur made an emergency landing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport yesterday evening after declaring an emergency. — Picture via Facebook/Flightradar24.com

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Malaysia Airlines: Cargo fire alert behind flight MH720’s emergency landing in KLIA

The Sarawak-Malaysia My Second Home (S-MM2H) programme continues to see strong international interest, with China emerging as the top applicant country over the past two months, said Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 4 h ago

China tops list of applicants for Sarawak’s MM2H programme

Mohammad Nor Farhan of Mac Mafia firing up his cheese wheel’s spectacles. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Life / 6 h ago

From cheese wheel pasta to beef roti: The rollercoaster ride of viral Ramadan bazaar food

This photo provided by Nasa shows astronaut Suni Williams being helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. — AFP

World / 4 h ago

Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for ‘stranded’ Nasa astronauts

The Civil Defence Force has shot a crocodile along Tanjung Aru beach 3, but authorities have kept warning flags up following information that there might be more than one in the area. — Picture via Facebook/APM Kota Kinabalu

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Crocodile shot at Tanjung Aru beach but search continues for more, public warned to stay out of water

Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder turned global health philanthropist, met with the National Security Council as well as Republican and Democratic lawmakers in recent weeks to press that case, the sources said. — Reuters pic

World / 19 h ago

Bill Gates warns White House he can't fill shortfalls in US global health funding

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China sentences ex-engineer to death for selling classified information to foreign spies

The man, surnamed Liu secretly copied, duplicated, and sold a large volume of state secrets to a foreign espionage and intelligence agency. — Reuters pic

BEIJING, March 19 — A former Chinese engineer has been sentenced to death for leaking state secrets to a foreign power, Beijing’s spy agency said today.The man, surnamed Liu, “secretly copied, duplicated, and sold a large volume of state secrets to a foreign espionage and intelligence agency”, China’s Ministry of...

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This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on March 18 shows President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) posing for a photo with students during a visit at the Kruty Heroes Lviv Lyceum for Advanced Military and Physical Training in Lviv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic

World / 1 h ago

Zelensky accuses Russia of rejecting ceasefire as fresh strikes hit Ukraine

Residents walk amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an overnight Israeli strike in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday. — AFP pic

World / 4 h ago

Netanyahu vows ‘this is only the beginning’ as Israeli strikes on Gaza kill over 400

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Treasury is working with Congress on further outbound investment rules. — AFP pic

World / 4 h ago

US to reveal country-specific tariffs on April 2 as Trump vows ‘Liberation day for America’

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This combination of pictures shows, L-R, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump and Putin agreed to a 30-day pause in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure but failed to secure a full ceasefire during a 90-minute phone call. — AFP pic

4 h ago

Putin agrees to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy for 30 days, but demands end to Western military aid

A balloon bearing an image of Pope Francis floats by the statue of the late Pope John Paul II at the main entrance of The Gemelli Hospital in Rome yesterday. — AFP pic

4 h ago

Pope Francis stable after third night without oxygen mask, Vatican says recovery gradual

This photo provided by Nasa shows astronaut Suni Williams being helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. — AFP

4 h ago

Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for ‘stranded’ Nasa astronauts

Cranes at the construction site of a 50-floor luxury tower, south of Athens, Greece. — AFP pic

18 h ago

'More and faster': UN calls to shrink buildings' carbon footprint

A view of the European Southern Observatory (ESO). — Picture via Facebook

18 h ago

European star-gazing agency says Chile green power plant will ruin its view

US President Donald Trump has also promised to release documents on the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy, both of whom were killed in 1968.

19 h ago

Trump to release 80,000 pages on JFK assassination

Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder turned global health philanthropist, met with the National Security Council as well as Republican and Democratic lawmakers in recent weeks to press that case, the sources said. — Reuters pic

19 h ago

Bill Gates warns White House he can't fill shortfalls in US global health funding

Yemenis brandish rifles and chant during a demonstration called for by the rebel Houthi movement in Sanaa on March 17.— AFP pic

21 h ago

US strikes Yemen as Houthis launch third attack on warships in 48 hours, sparking mass protests

Cambodia's President of Senate Hun Sen walks past the honour guard at the Senate building after the first meeting of the Senate in Phnom Penh on April 3, 2024. — AFP pic

22 h ago

Cambodia’s Hun Sen praises Trump’s move to shut down US-funded critical broadcasters VOA, Radio Free Asia

A firefighter stands near the burning vehicles set on fire following clashes at the Chitnavis Park Square area, in Nagpur on March 17, 2025. — AFP pic

22 h ago

Nine injured in India clashes over Hindu nationalist calls to demolish Muslim emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb

A woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her house, destroyed in an Israeli strike, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. — AFP pic

22 h ago

Israel launches heaviest Gaza strikes since truce with Trump’s approval, over 220 killed as Hamas vows retaliation

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said they will raise concerns directly with Chinese and Hong Kong authorities. ― AFP pic

1d ago

Australian govt denounces Hong Kong-linked reward for activist Kevin Yam, vows to protect citizens

Handout picture released by Honduran Police shows rescue teams carrying an injured man out of the water after a plane crash in Roatan, Honduras yesterday. — AFP pic

1d ago

Seven dead as plane crashes into sea off Honduras’ Roatan island, officials cite mechanical failure

This screengrab made from a NASA livestream shows the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft that reached the International Space Station on Sunday. — AFP pic

1d ago

Astronauts Wilmore, Williams prepare for Florida splashdown after extended ISS stay, resilience praised

This handout photo taken and released by Taiwan's Coast Guard on December 12, 2024 shows a Taiwanese coast guard ship monitoring a Chinese coast guard ship, a few nautical miles from Taiwan's northeastern coast. — AFP pic

1d ago

China sends 59 warplanes near Taiwan in largest show of force since October, Taipei warns of rising tensions

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