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His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, today granted an audience to Independent Police Conduct Commission chairman Datuk Zolkopli Dahalan and deputy chairman Martina@Kartina Zamhari at Istana Negara October 8, 2026. — Picture via Facebook/Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar

Malaysia / 16 h ago

King grants audience to IPCC chairman at Istana Negara

A thick layer of haze envelops the Kuala Lumpur skyline, reducing visibility. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 15 h ago

Hazy math: DoE explains why your AQI says 250 when the official API is 175

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives for a plenary session of the House of Representatives at the National Diet in Tokyo on October 5, 2026. — AFP pic

World / 19 h ago

Japan tells China to ‘show respect’ after PM Takaichi addressed by name only

Schools in areas where the Air Pollutant Index (API) exceeds 180 must close from October 9, the Education Ministry announced today. — Bernama file pic

Malaysia / 11 h ago

Schools in Malaysia to close from tomorrow if haze index tops 180, Education Ministry says

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has been granted leave by the Federal Court in Putrajaya to appeal a ruling allowing the Malaysian Bar to challenge the discontinuation of his Yayasan Akalbudi corruption case. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Federal Court allows Zahid, AG to appeal Malaysian Bar’s challenge of DNAA in Yayasan Akalbudi case

Singapore Airlines’ female cabin crew will switch to new closed-toe footwear from January, phasing out the open-toed sandals synonymous with the airline’s iconic image. — Pictures from Singapore Airlines website/social media

Singapore / 17 h ago

Goodbye, Singapore Girl sandals: SIA cabin crew to get new closed-toe wedge shoes

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim has called for schools in haze-affected areas to close if Air Pollutant Index (API) readings remain above 150 to 180 for a prolonged period. — Picture via Facebook/Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar

Malaysia / 15 h ago

King calls for schools to close if API stays above 150-180 for prolonged period

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing following an official welcoming ceremony at Perdana Putra. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Anwar personally contacts Indonesian President Prabowo over haze crisis

— A property agent was fined RM4,000 by the Magistrates’ Court here today after pleading guilty to disobeying a police order by following the convoy escorting Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday. — Pexels pic

Malaysia / 12 h ago

SUV driver fined RM4,000 for tailing Zahid Hamidi’s police convoy on Kesas

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing after their joint press conference at Perdana Putra, during the Myanmar leader’s two-day official visit to Malaysia October 8, 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Myanmar willing to accept repatriation of nationals in large numbers at own expense, says Anwar

A search‑and‑rescue team member with a sniffer dog scours the Trishuli River banks in Nepal’s Rasuwa district on Sept 28, 2026, for people missing after the Aug 26 flash flood triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal–China border. — AFP pic

Malaysia / 11 h ago

Families of 54 Malaysians missing in Nepal floods welcome 45‑day declaration proposal

This picture taken on October 7, 2026 shows hazy conditions around Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, Selangor, reducing visibility. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Haze disrupts five flights at Senai Airport, forces diversions to KLIA and Changi

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is expected to announce good news regarding an initiative to make the KTM Komuter Southern Shuttle service more affordable said Transport Minister Anthony Loke. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 11 h ago

Budget 2027: Anwar to announce cheaper KTM Southern Shuttle fares, says Loke

A ‘tonto’ pleads not guilty to 55 charges of giving RM62,900 in bribes to three traffic police officers between January 2022 and February 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 12 h ago

‘Tonto’ pleads not guilty to 55 bribery charges totalling RM62,900 involving traffic police

Lim Guan Eng has urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to use Budget 2027 to deliver tangible economic relief, calling it the administration’s final realistic opportunity to win over voters before the next general election. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Lim Guan Eng urges Anwar to deliver tangible economic relief, raise tax threshold to RM12,000 in likely ‘final’ pre-election Budget

World

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Toxic dust, blackened lungs and ghost incinerators put Albania’s EU accession hopes at risk

Protesters in Albania holding a signboard reading ‘Albania not for sale’ during a recent rally. — AFP pic

ELBASAN (Albania), Oct 9 — For several days this summer the Albanian city of Elbasan choked in a dense cloud of stinging smoke coming from the direction of its notorious steelworks.Environmental inspectors who rushed to two fires discovered 318 tonnes of toxic industrial dust that had been stored for months...

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This screen grab taken from video footage released by Ansarullah Media Centre on October 7, 2026 shows a fighter affiliated with the Houthi authorities firing a truck-mounted machine gun as they advance against Saudi-backed Yemeni government troops in Taiz Governorate, according to Houthi media. — AFP pic

11 h ago

Riyadh on alert after explosions, with diplomats told to shelter in place

The World Health Organisation has asked Moscow for more information as concern continues over an unexplained death at a Russian plague research facility. — AFP pic

13 h ago

Quarantine, unease and rumours: Russian city grapples with plague scare

File picture of a Chinese navy ship with bow number 525 monitoring Philippine navy ship Andres Bonifacio near the Philippine-occupied island of Thitu during a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea on June 6, 2025. China’s military and coast guard presence in South China Sea waters claimed by the Philippines nearly doubled last month, Manila said Thursday. — AFP pic

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Chinese vessels surge around Philippine-held outposts in South China Sea

This combination of pictures created on October 8, 2026, shows the visitors’ entrance to the British consulate in Jerusalem on September 8, 2026 (left) and on October 8, 2026. The Israeli foreign minister said that the British consulate in Jerusalem ended its functions on October 8 but that seven diplomats would be allowed to remain in a limited capacity. — AFP pic

14 h ago

Israel cuts UK diplomatic presence in Jerusalem over sanctions on West Bank settlements

Residents navigate floodwaters and heavy rain in Bang Kapi district in Bangkok on September 28, 2026. Flooding across 21 Thai provinces and parts of Bangkok has affected more than 3.13 million people, with the cumulative death toll rising to 44 since September 16. — AFP pic

14 h ago

Thailand floods since Sept 16 leave 44 dead as more than 3.1 million people affected

The proposed rule would establish a US$70,000 (RM286,300) fee per F-1 non-immigrant student for initial OPT and a US$30,000 per F-1 non-immigrant student for any subsequent OPT, according to a statement on the department’s website. — Unsplash pic

14 h ago

US proposes US$70,000 fee for international students seeking OPT work authorisation

A flyer with an image of Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old pensioner whose eviction triggered nationwide protests over Spain’s chronic housing crisis and a political debate that culminated in early elections, is seen at an impromptu protest vigil after she died in hospital in Madrid on October 7, 2026. — AFP pic

14 h ago

Madrid pensioner whose eviction sparked Spain housing protests dies at 87

Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing reviews honour guards during a welcome ceremony at the prime minister’s office in Putrajaya on October 8, 2026. Min Aung Hlaing said Thursday that migrants from his war-torn country held in Malaysian detention centres will be returned home ‘as soon as possible’. — AFP pic

17 h ago

Myanmar leader vows to take back migrants from Malaysia ‘as soon as possible’

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives for a plenary session of the House of Representatives at the National Diet in Tokyo on October 5, 2026. — AFP pic

19 h ago

Japan tells China to ‘show respect’ after PM Takaichi addressed by name only

Students backing Brazil’s President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the runoff election take part in a march against the far right in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 7, 2026. — AFP pic

19 h ago

‘Never again Bolsonaro’: Thousands march in Brazil ahead of election runoff

Rescuers and volunteers carry a body of a local resident as they conduct search and rescue operations at the site of a Russian aerial strike at a multi-floor residential building in Pryluky on October 7, 2026, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic

21 h ago

Five children among 28 killed as Russian strikes hit Ukraine

Christa Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death for a murder she committed when she was a teenager, received two supposedly lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital at a Tennessee prison last Wednesday. — Tennessee Department of Correction handout pic via AFP

22 h ago

Botched US execution survivor woke after being declared brain dead, lawyer says

SpaceX CEO Elon Muskspeaks to the press next to US President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johanson and Nvidia CE Jensen Huang after a meeting of technology executives about artificial intelligence at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2026. Trump will present close ally Musk and other tech bosses with the top US scientific award at a ceremony on Thursday, the White House said. — AFP pic

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Trump to honour Musk, tech chiefs with top US science awards

Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores both already face drug trafficking and firearms charges in the United States after they were snatched from their Caracas compound in an extraordinary US military raid in January. — AFP pic

22 h ago

US weighs torture charges against Venezuela’s Maduro, wife over alleged abuse of Americans

Fighters loyal to the Houthi authorities, take part in a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa on October 7, 2026. — AFP pic

22 h ago

Saudi-led coalition says 82 Houthi targets destroyed across Yemen

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