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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim addresses UiTM alumni and students in Shah Alam on September 26, 2026. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 12 h ago

‘Not a zero-sum game’: Anwar says he wants to help Malays, but not by denying others’ rights

Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir (center) speaks to the media during a press conference at the Read Institute Youth Initiative held at Monash University Malaysia in Bandar Sunway, Selangor, September 26, 2026. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Akmal Nasrullah: Removing 30pc Bumiputera equity rule for private education will not weaken empowerment agenda

Hannah Yeoh suggests standardising routes to reduce road closures for KL running events Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh answers media questions after officiating the Mega Cleaning Programme under Hari Cuci Malaysia and conducting a walkabout at PPR Batu Muda September 26, 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Hannah Yeoh suggests standardising routes to reduce road closures for KL running events

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim addresses UiTM alumni and students in Shah Alam September 26, 2026, where he took a swipe at the Opposition over questions about his refusal to draw a prime ministerial salary. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 12 h ago

Anwar questions Opposition priorities: ‘No salary, they’re angry; those who steal, they don’t mention’

Malaysian doubles women pair M. Thinaah (left) and Pearly Ta beat Indonesia’s Rachel Allessya Rose-Febi Setianingrum 21-13, 21-11 in the Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya in Japan on Seotember 25, 2026. — AFP file pic

Sports / 18 h ago

Pearly Tan-Thinaah, Aaron Chia-Tee Kai Wun and Fei-Din lead Malaysia’s winning start in Nagoya Games

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the principles of the rule of law and good governance must continue to be upheld in administrative affairs to ensure that every action is carried out within prescribed jurisdictions. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Home minister: Good governance and rule of law must be upheld as AGC affirms limits on Negeri Sembilan exco powers

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on December 6, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Even unfrozen assets won’t immediately cover Najib’s RM50m house-arrest fine, says son

A farmer and agricultural product trader lost more than RM1.15 million after falling victim to a love scam syndicate. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Woman loses RM1.15m after falling for love scam syndicate in Kuantan

Education Minister Datuk Seri Fadhlina Sidek is briefed by Kuala Pilah district police chief Superintendent Muhamad Mustafah Hussin during her visit to the school in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, following the death of a Form Two student.

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Education Ministry orders immediate audit after Kuala Pilah Form Two student’s death, pupil detained to assist probe

Malaysia’s national professional men’s doubles pair, Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani, are one step away from securing a medal at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Goh Sze Fei‑Nur Izzuddin storm into quarterfinals as Pearly Tan‑Thinaah sparkle with straight‑set wins

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi cautioned against rushing to label actions ‘treasonous’ or ‘disrespectful’ without first understanding the constitutional roles of the institutions involved. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Zahid: Understand Constitution before branding actions ‘treasonous’ or ‘disrespectful’

Soldiers keep watch as voters head to a polling station in Marawi City, Mindanao, on September 14, 2026, for the first elected parliament in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). — AFP pic

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Moro Islamic Liberation Front says Malaysia’s role ‘indispensable’ to Philippines’ Bangsamoro peace process

Cambodian chain Legend Cinema signs a deal to screen Cambodian movies in Malaysia from December 2026, starting with its first outlet at the Sunshine Mall in Air Itam, Penang. — Picture from Facebook/Cambodian Cinema Department

Money / 16 h ago

Cambodia’s Legend Cinema picks Penang for first Malaysian outlet, opening in Sunshine Mall by December

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim addresses UiTM alumni and students at Dewan Agung Tuanku Canselor in Shah Alam September 26, 2026. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Anwar says company losses are not a crime — fraud, abuse and ‘sakau’ are another matter

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a warning of thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds in Kuala Lumpur and 12 states until 8pm today. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 10 h ago

Storm clouds gather: MetMalaysia issues urgent alert for Kuala Lumpur and 12 states

World

8 h ago

Concerns over ‘missing’ UK explorer Ranulph Fiennes

Fiennes, the first person to cross the Earth pole to pole in the early 1980s, was last seen publicly nearly two years ago, months after opening up about a Parkinson’s diagnosis he received years earlier. — AFP pic

LONDON, Sept 26 — Mystery has engulfed the fate of legendary British adventurer Ranulph Fiennes, after relatives and friends went public claiming he was missing and his wife was isolating him — with one reportedly even asking King Charles for help.Fiennes, the first person to cross the Earth pole to pole...

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Pope Leo XIV (left) blesses six-months old baby Sophia and her mother Alessia Premru (right) as he leaves the Catholic Institute at the end of a meeting with members of France's Provincial Synodal Assembly, catechumens and neophytes, in Paris on September 26, 2026 on the second day of his visit to France. — AFP pic

10 h ago

Pope to celebrate giant Paris mass after ‘peace’ appeal

This photograph shows the Nahr Bin Umar gas field in southern Iraq on September 17, 2026. Basra has long been a key cog in Iraq's economy but, after months of Iran choking off Gulf oil exports with its blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the city is suffering. Fuel trucks stand idle and workers face pay cuts and lay-offs. Many Basra residents have lost their jobs or taken heavy pay cuts as private contractors, as oil fields and the Umm Qasr cargo port scale back operations. Crude oil exports account for almost 90 percent of Iraq's foreign revenue, and are primarily shipped through Hormuz via the cluster of facilities around Basra, the country's only gateway to the Gulf. — AFP pic

10 h ago

Iran president says supreme leader backs new plan to reopen Hormuz

An ambulance transports the body of a person found dead during a search and rescue operation after an old building partially collapsed following an explosion in the Plaka area of central Athens on September 26, 2026. The bodies of an American couple visiting Greece were pulled on September 26, 2026 from an Athens building that collapsed following an explosion, officials said. — AFP pic

10 h ago

Killed American couple recovered from collapsed Athens building

Nancy Masha shows her knife and peeper spray she carries for protection during her daily runs in Irene, south of Pretoria on September 21, 2026. Gender-based violence remains endemic in South Africa, despite years of government pledges to tackle the problem and declaration it as a national disaster. The discovery of nine bodies of women has triggered vigils, protests and solidarity runs across South Africa, drawing hundreds of people from Kempton Park to Cape Town to honour the victims and demand action. — AFP pic

11 h ago

Tenth woman found dead in South Africa’s string of killings

A Spanish woman of Pakistani descent has been rescued from a forced marriage to a cousin after allegedly being tricked into travelling to the Indian sub-continent in September 2025. Her boyfriend filed a police report with Spanish authorities in April 2026. — Unsplash pic

11 h ago

Woman allegedly forced to marry cousin in Pakistan returns home to Spain after year-long ordeal

A man pushes through chest-high flood waters after heavy rain in Bangkok on September 26, 2026. — AFP pic

12 h ago

Bangkok underwater: All 50 districts now flood disaster zones as 300mm rain fills canals, submerges roads

Scandals, scandals, then an airport: Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who died in 2023, gets the Milan terminal named in his honour in September 2026. — AFP pic

12 h ago

From ‘bunga bunga’ to boarding passes: Berlusconi lands a Milan airport

US President Donald Trump (second left) talks to Xi Jinping and first lady Peng Liyuan as they view the US Constitution during a tour of the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2026, at the end of the Chinese president’s three-day state visit. — Getty Images via AFP

14 h ago

Trump, Xi keep talks going as US, China agree to AI incident channel

Mary Jane Veloso, who was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to death in Indonesia, sheds tears as she speaks during a press conference inside a school campus in Quezon City suburban Manila on September 26, 2026, a day after she was released from the correctional institution for women where she stayed following a 2024 transfer from Jakarta to Manila, after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr granted her an ‘absolute pardon’. — AFP pic

15 h ago

Filipina mother of two Mary Jane Veloso walks free after 15 years on Indonesia death row

Vehicles are seen stranded in flood waters along Phetchaburi Road in Bangkok on September 26, 2026. Bangkok authorities declared on September 26 a disaster across all 50 districts of the Thai capital after continuous rain caused heavy flooding. — AFP pic

16 h ago

Heavy floods force Bangkok to declare three districts disaster zones

Saudi Arabia’s Chief of the General Staff General Fayyadh Bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili (centre), Turkiye’s Chief of General Staff Selcuk Bayraktaroglu (right) and Pakistan Defence Forces Commander and Army Chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir meet in Riyadh (left) on September 25, 2026. The three countries held talks between their military chiefs as Saudi Arabia faces escalating attacks by Yemen’s Houthis. — AFP pic

14 h ago

Saudi coalition says intercepted Houthi drones headed for Riyadh

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his country is ready to restore normal maritime passage in the Hormuz Strait so long as the US does not make any further threats, intimidation, coercive moves or pressure it. — AFP pic

20 h ago

Iran says Hormuz can reopen in seven days if US agrees to newest deal

Emergency personnel operate at the site of an old building that partially collapsed following an explosion in the Plaka area of central Athens on September 25, 2026. — AFP pic

19 h ago

Athens building blast leaves six missing as rescuers search rubble, gas leak suspected

People wait amidst rain to cross the Trishuli river via a zip line, in the aftermath of August 26 flash flood, at Devighat in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on September 24, 2026. The catastrophic August 26 flood was triggered by a Himalayan glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border, that scientists have linked to climate change. The tsunami-like floodwaters tore through mountain districts, destroying roads, bridges and hydropower dams, and killed at least 1,446 people. — AFP pic

22 h ago

Rich nations must pay their share, says Nepal minister as glacial‑collapse floods expose climate risks

National Akali Dal party activists hold placards to protest against the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh state, demanding justice against the accused during a demonstration in New Delhi October 4, 2020. A string of rape cases in India has reignited debate over women’s safety and raised questions about why sweeping legal reforms and tougher punishments have failed to curb sexual violence. — AFP pic

1d ago

New rape cases revive questions over why India’s tougher laws have not curbed sexual violence — and why women remain at risk

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