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Datuk Seri Najib Razak has maintained that the RM2.08 billion he received in 2013 was a Saudi donation and not 1MDB funds, and will learn his fate at the High Court today, nearly seven years after being charged in 2018. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 17 h ago

After six-year wait, Najib faces High Court judgment in RM2.2b 1MDB trial today — will the ‘Saudi donation’ defence hold?

The Federal Court also ordered that Najib’s application for judicial review be heard before a new High Court judge. Hence the matter before Justice Alice Loke.

What You Think / 15 h ago

High Court decision on addendum order is sufficiently supported by authorities but nonetheless stands corrected on appeal — Hafiz hassan

Supporters of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak gather outside the court compound during proceedings related to his 1MDB trial. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 7 h ago

1MDB verdict: High Court finds Najib guilty on all 25 charges

Supporters of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak outside the Federal Court in Putrajaya, December 26, 2025. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Judge: Najib no ‘country bumpkin’, attempts to paint him as ignorant doomed to fail

Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is pictured at the Federal Court during proceedings related to the 1MDB trial. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 9 h ago

‘Pure fantasy’ to suggest 1MDB’s officers colluded with Jho Low against Najib, High Court says

Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak seen entering court this morning. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 11 h ago

Three hours in, Najib’s 1MDB judgment adjourned — courtroom drama paused for Friday prayers

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak seen at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on Nov 25, 2025. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Prosecutors seek maximum 20-year term, RM11.3b fine for Najib in 1MDB case conviction

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex July 7, 2025. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 3 h ago

Ex-PM Najib gets concurrent 15-year jail terms, RM11.38b fine over 1MDB scandal

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is seen here at the Kuala Lumpur court complex on November 25, 2025. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 9 h ago

High Court throws out Najib’s ‘Saudi donation’ claim in 1MDB trial, finds defence untenable

Malaysia / 12 h ago

1MDB: Inside Malaysia’s extraordinary tale of missing billions and political downfall

Police display equipment seized in the raids during a press conference in Semenyih, December 26, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Police take down Malaysia’s largest international drug syndicate, seize RM1.04b in narcotics

MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki (pictured) said Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1MDB conviction reflected years of complex investigations and international cooperation since 2015. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 7 h ago

Azam Baki: Najib guilty verdict in RM2.2b 1MDB case shows strength of MACC probe, global cooperation

The suspect was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries a death sentence or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Body-in-bag case: Suspect charged with murder of Suri Narudin in Tampin

A woman and her son died in a fire at an apartment in Dato Senu People’s Housing Project (PPR) Sentul this morning. — Screengrab via video on social media

Malaysia / 10 h ago

Fatal fire at Sentul PPR claims lives of mother and son, bodies found in toilet

Negeri Sembilan police chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad identified the suspect as 62-year-old Yeoh Hock Sun from Kelantan, saying preliminary investigations indicate he acted alone. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Police hunt ‘highly wanted, dangerous’ suspect linked to Nilai apartment blast

World

3 h ago

A year after Jeju Air disaster, victims’ families say truth remains out of reach

Ryu Kum-ji who lost both parents in the Jeju Air plane crash, stages a solo protest near the Presidential Office in Seoul December 25, 2025. — Reuters pic

SEOUL, Dec 26 — A South Korean investigation into the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people is set to miss a one-year deadline to release a progress report, two officials said, as frustrated relatives of the victims continue to demand answers about what went wrong.The country’s accident investigation board...

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A worker points to the damage of the containment vessel following a drone attack on February 14, 2025, on the New Safe Confinement (NSC) which contains radiation from the remains of reactor 4 of the former Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, on December 22, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic

World / 3 h ago

Chernobyl’s safety shield was meant to last a century — war has changed that

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet shake hands and hold up a document, during the signing of a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand on the sidelines of the 47th Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Kuala Lumpur October 26, 2025. — Reuters pic

World / 4 h ago

‘Let this be the final signing’: Thailand pushes for truce as border fighting flares

This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on December 26, 2025, shows the aftermath of the explosion inside Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab neighbourhood of Homs. — AFP pic

World / 4 h ago

Explosion rips through mosque in Alawite area of Syria’s Homs, at least six killed

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The Ukrainian president said talks with Trump could come ‘in the near future’ as a 20-point peace plan is sent to Moscow. — AFP pic

5 h ago

‘A lot can be decided’: Zelensky says Trump meeting is imminent as war talks intensify

Members of Israeli forces take part in an Israeli raid in Qalandya, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 23, 2025. — Reuters pic

5 h ago

Israeli reservist rams vehicle into Palestinian man praying in West Bank

A missile is launched from a military vessel at an unidentified location, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released by the Department of War on December 25, 2025. — US Department of War Via X/Handout via Reuters

5 h ago

Nigeria signals more strikes likely in ‘joint’ US operations

Children look on from a shelter in the Nuseirat camp for displaced Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on December 22, 2025. — AFP pic

5 h ago

Fuel shortage forces Gaza hospital to suspend most services

A police officer adjusts a cordon tape at a rubber factory run by Yokohama Rubber Co in Mishima, Shizuoka prefecture, December 26, 2025. — AFP pic

6 h ago

Fifteen injured in stabbing, liquid spray attack at factory in central Japan

Individuals on the list, including the founder of defence firm Anduril Industries and nine senior executives from the sanctioned firms, are also banned from entering China. — Reuters pic

6 h ago

China hits US defence firms with sanctions over arms sales to Taiwan

People look at a damaged bridge after Thailand carried out air strikes in an area between Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap provinces on December 20, 2025. Cambodia accused Thailand today of intensifying its bombardment of disputed border areas, even as officials from the two countries attend a multi-day meeting aimed at negotiating an end to deadly clashes. — AFP pic

7 h ago

Cambodia alleges Thai F‑16 bombardment during ongoing border negotiations

A man makes his way in the heavy snow in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on December 20, 2022. Japan’s weather agency todayday warned of powerful winds, blizzards and high waves in western, eastern and north-eastern Japan, with the possibility of lightning, tornadoes, avalanches and widespread traffic disruption, Kyodo News Agency reported.— Reuters pic

8 h ago

Japan braces for weekend blizzards, powerful winds and heavy snowfall up to 80cm

Police officers keep watch during the anti-immigration 'Put Australia First' rally at Prince Alfred Park in Sydney on December 21, 2025, one week after the Bondi Beach mass shooting. — AFP pic

10 h ago

Australian police ban Sydney public gatherings for two weeks after Bondi Beach attack

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea, in this file picture dated July 9, 2025. — Reuters pic

11 h ago

South Korea prosecutors seek 10‑year jail term for ex‑president Yoon over martial law case

Heavy machinery tears down a section of the East Wing of the White House as construction begins on President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, in Washington, DC October 20, 2025. — AFP pic

11 h ago

Trump’s US$400m East Wing ballroom plan faces lawsuit, White House to unveil plans in January

An Indian army soldier keeps vigil from a bunker at the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India May 20, 2025. Indian security forces killed a senior Maoist rebel commander and three other fighters including two women in a raid yesterday, police said, as authorities push a major offensive against the guerrillas. — AFP pic

11 h ago

Indian forces kill Maoist leader with US$120,000 bounty, two women fighters in Odisha gunfight

Some 115 alleged members of the Islamic State group suspected of planning attacks during the end-of-year holidays have been arrested in Turkiye, Istanbul’s prosecutor general said yesterday. — AFP pic

12 h ago

Turkiye detains 115 suspected Islamic State members accused of planning holiday attacks

A no smoking sign (right) is displayed in a stairwell as the N Seoul Tower, aka the Namsan Tower, is seen in the horizon behind the Dongjak Bridge, which runs over the Han River in Seoul on November 28, 2024, as heavy snowfall blanketed South Korea. South Korea experienced its coldest morning of the season today as a continental cold wave swept across the country. — AFP pic

12 h ago

South Korea shivers as mercury drops to minus 11.8C in season’s coldest morning

A Powerball is displayed at a newsstand on December 23, 2025 in New York City. — AFP pic

12 h ago

US lottery player claims second‑largest US$1.8b Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve

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