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Panelist and Court of Appeal judge Datin Evrol Mariette Peters speaks at the ‘Children’s Rights in Malaysia: From Commitments to Monitoring and Accountability’ panel session during the Human Rights Day Forum 2025 in Kuala Lumpur December 11, 2025. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Malaysia / 7 h ago

How judges handle children in custody disputes: Court of Appeal judge shares personalised, child‑friendly approach

Luck did not favour former world champion Natasha Mohamed Roslan as she failed to win the women’s singles gold in bowling at the 2025 South East Asian (SEA) Games here today. — Bernama pic

Sports / 19 h ago

Bowling queen Natasha Roslan edged out, aims redemption in doubles and team events

The Inland Revenue Board has completed tax refund payments amounting to RM14.55 billion involving 3.47 million cases as of November 30, said Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying. — Picture by Hari Anggara

Malaysia / 18 h ago

IRB disburses RM14.55b in tax refunds to 3.47 million taxpayers, says deputy finance minister

The Malaysian Meteorological Department today issued a warning of continuous rain that is expected to hit several states until this Thursday. — Picture by Farhan Najib

Malaysia / 17 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of continuous heavy rain in several states until Thursday

A customer buys fish at the Section 6 wet market in Shah Alam on February 16, 2023. — Yusof Mat Isa pic

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Why are fish prices so high in Malaysia? LKIM claims wholesalers are hoarding, manipulating market

A damaged luxury car rests on a roadside embankment in Kuala Langat after the driver allegedly lost control while reaching for his mobile phone. — PDRM pic

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Costly distraction: Man crashes Porsche in Kuala Langat after dropping phone

Subang MP Wong Chen today said the Subang Jaya City Council has agreed to fund an independent Traffic Impact Assessment for the proposed Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover in SS14. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Wong Chen: MBSJ agrees to independent traffic study on Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover

A man pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court here today to a charge of dangerous driving and causing the death of a married couple last week. — Reuters pic

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Mercedes-Benz driver pleads not guilty to dangerous driving that killed married couple in Bentong

People react in front of a flower tribute near Bondi Pavilion following a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

World / 17 h ago

What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Jewish event

Malaysia’s rhythmic gymnastics squad leapt, twirled, and danced their way to a team gold at the SEA Games Thailand 2025, today. — Reuters pic

Sports / 18 h ago

Malaysia’s rhythmic gymnastics squad dazzles with routines to clinch SEA Games gold

Rain clouds are seen over the city centre in Kuala Lumpur in this file picture dated December 8, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 3 h ago

Brace for rain: Thunderstorm alert until noon for Selangor, KL, N. Sembilan and Sabah

A handout photo taken and released by the Australian Prime Minister's Office on December 15, 2025 shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (2nd left) walking with police officers after laying flowers at the Bondi Pavillion at Bondi Beach, the scene of a shooting where 15 people were killed. — Australian Prime Minister's Office handout/AFP pic

World / 5 h ago

Father, son behind Bondi Beach mass shooting linked to Islamic State ideology, says Albanese

In this picture taken on June 16, 2020, media tycoon Jimmy Lai poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. US President Donald Trump said yesterday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction. — AFP pic

World / 4 h ago

‘I feel so badly’: Trump says he asked Xi to release Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Negara that the police report on the case will be submitted to the Attorney-General today for further action. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 3 h ago

‘No compromise’: Police assure full, transparent probe into Durian Tunggal triple shooting in Melaka, says Anwar

Undated photo from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate shows Donald Trump with a group of women; released by House Oversight Democrats on December 12, 2025. — Handout photo from House Oversight Democrats via AFP

World / 7 h ago

Countdown begins for Trump and Co: Decades of Epstein sex-trafficking files set for release this Friday

World

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Bondi Beach shooting suspects spent November in Philippines, father entered as ‘Indian national’, immigration says

This screen grab made from UGC handout video footage courtesy of Timothy Brant-Coles shows two gunmen dressed in black firing multiple shots on a bridge at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. The father and son behind one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings spent nearly the entire month of November in the Philippines, Manila’s immigration department confirmed on December 16, with the father entering the country as an ‘Indian national’. — Timothy Brant-Coles/UGC handout/AFP pic

MANILA, Dec 16 — The father and son allegedly behind one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings spent nearly the entire month of November in the Philippines, authorities in Manila confirmed today, with the father entering as an “Indian national”.Sajid Akram and his son Naveed, who allegedly killed 15 people and...

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France’s first lady Brigitte Macron apologised yesterday for using a slur against activists that sparked a feminist backlash, trying to quell an incident that generated a social media trend against her. — Eliot Blondet/Pool/AFP pic

World / 39 m ago

French first lady apologises after activist slur fuels social media backlash

A JetBlue Airlines plane flies over the Queens borough of New York City November 5, 2025. — Reuters pic

World / 1 h ago

‘They don’t have their transponder turned on’: JetBlue pilot says flight nearly collided US military plane off Venezuela

FBI said four people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot by a ‘far-left’ anti-government group to stage bomb attacks on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles. — Reuters pic

World / 1 h ago

FBI disrupts alleged New Year’s Eve bomb plot by ‘far-left’ group in Los Angeles

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The new head of Britain’s MI6, Blaise Metreweli makes her first public speech in London, on December 15, 2025. The new head of Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service used her maiden speech yesterday to warn that Russia is ‘exporting chaos’ in a ‘new age of uncertainty’. — AFP pic

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UK spy chief: Russia driving world into new ‘age of uncertainty’ through cyberattacks, hybrid warfare

US President Donald Trump insisted yesterday that a deal to end the Ukraine war was closer than ever, after Washington said it offered Kyiv Nato-like security guarantees and voiced confidence Moscow would accept. — AFP pic

3 h ago

Trump says Ukraine peace deal closer as US offers ‘Nato-like’ security guarantees

US President Donald Trump shows a signed executive order classifying fentanyl as ‘weapon of mass destruction’ during a Mexican Border Defence Medal presentation in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

3 h ago

Trump signs executive order designating fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’

US President Donald Trump yesterday filed a lawsuit seeking at least US$10 billion (RM40.9 billion) from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the US Capitol riot. — Reuters pic

3 h ago

Trump sues BBC for US$10b over alleged doctored Capitol riot speech

In this photo illustration, a phone shows U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social post on the death of actor and director Rob Reiner on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Brentwood home on December 14. — Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP

4 h ago

Trump condemned over ‘perverse’ remarks linking filmmaker Reiner’s criticism to his murder, critics say he has ‘lost it’

In this picture taken on June 16, 2020, media tycoon Jimmy Lai poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. US President Donald Trump said yesterday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction. — AFP pic

4 h ago

‘I feel so badly’: Trump says he asked Xi to release Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai

Australia痴 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during an official function to mark the start of Australia痴 social media reform at Kirrilbilli House in Sydney December 10, 2025. — AFP pic

4 h ago

Australia vows stricter gun laws as nation mourns Bondi Beach shooting victims

Flowers and an Australian flag are laid in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach outside the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney December 16, 2025. — AFP pic

4 h ago

Bondi Beach shooting victims include Slovak-Australian woman, two Hungarians

A handout photo taken and released by the Australian Prime Minister's Office on December 15, 2025 shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (2nd left) walking with police officers after laying flowers at the Bondi Pavillion at Bondi Beach, the scene of a shooting where 15 people were killed. — Australian Prime Minister's Office handout/AFP pic

5 h ago

Father, son behind Bondi Beach mass shooting linked to Islamic State ideology, says Albanese

Undated photo from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate shows Donald Trump with a group of women; released by House Oversight Democrats on December 12, 2025. — Handout photo from House Oversight Democrats via AFP

7 h ago

Countdown begins for Trump and Co: Decades of Epstein sex-trafficking files set for release this Friday

Press cutouts hang on a wall as Lilli Malone, a student at Loyola University and editor in chief of The Loyola Phoenix newspaper, looks at a screen during the closing night at the university newsroom in downtown Chicago, Illinois November 11, 2025. — Reuters pic

7 h ago

‘Pins on a Map’: Chicago student journalists track ICE raids with data tools

People react in front of a flower tribute near Bondi Pavilion following a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

17 h ago

What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Jewish event

Under international law, sovereign assets cannot be confiscated, so the European Commission has put forward a plan to allow EU governments to use up to €165 billion (RM791 billion) — most of the €210 billion worth of Russian sovereign assets currently frozen in Europe — without confiscating them. — Reuters pic

17 h ago

How does the EU want to use Russia’s frozen assets for Ukraine?

This picture taken on December 13, 2025 and released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 14, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting the newly-completed Kusong City Hospital in Kusong. — AFP pic/KCNA via KNS

20 h ago

North Korea’s gadget elite: Kim Yo‑jong seen with foldable phone despite sanctions

People pause outside of the engineering and physics building at Brown University, the site of a mass shooting that left at least two people dead and nine others injured, on December 14, 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island. — Getty Images pic via AFP

20 h ago

Wrong guy: US police release ‘person of interest’ in Brown University shooting during exams; gunman still at large

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