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Pictures of trash littering Jalan Bukit Bintang and a garbage truck arriving in the area. — Picture from Instagram/DBKL

Malaysia / 15 h ago

Festive fun, not trash: DBKL urges responsible celebration as Jalan Bukit Bintang gets littered

Gold jewellery and small savings, long held by Malaysian families as a form of financial protection, have gained new significance as rising prices quietly strengthen household balance sheets and offer a buffer against the cost-of-living squeeze. — AFP pic

Money / 17 h ago

As gold prices climb, many Malaysian families find a hidden financial cushion

Sanglang assemblyman Mohd Shukri Ramli said he was not angry with the assemblymen but acknowledged he may have been ‘too kind’ and placed too much trust in the friendships he had formed. — Screengrab from Facebook/Mohd Shukri Ramli

Malaysia / 13 h ago

‘We never expected this from our friends’, says Mohd Shukri Ramli amid Perlis political turmoil

Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh has urged for Perikatan Nasional to be dissolved following fresh cracks in the coalition after PAS expelled three Perlis assemblymen. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 18 h ago

‘Perlis, oh Perlis’: Umno Youth chief calls out betrayal, urges end of Perikatan

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 / 2 h ago

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

Perlis Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli Mohd Shukri speaking at an event October 20, 2023. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Perlis assemblyman insists actions justified, vows PAS remains in his heart

Mohd Shukri Ramli said he had informed the Ruler of Perlis of his decision to resign due to health reasons. — Picture via Facebook/Mohd Shukri Ramli

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Mohd Shukri Ramli resigns as Perlis menteri besar over health reasons

Container cranes are pictured at the Port of Singapore June 10, 2018. Singapore port operator PSA is preparing for a possible increase in vessel traffic should shipping lines resume using the Suez Canal after nearly two years of diversions around Africa. — Reuters pic

Singapore / 19 h ago

Singapore port braces for surge if Red Sea shipping resumes in 2026

Peng Peiyun, a former head of China’s family planning commission, died this week, prompting renewed anger online over the one-child policy. — Reuters file pic

World / 18 h ago

‘They are waiting for you over there’: No tributes, only anger after architect of China’s one-child policy dies

Slow-moving traffic at the Sungai Besi Toll Plaza Traffic in Kuala Lumpur as the public began entering the capital for the end-of-year school holidays, December 24, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 15 h ago

Christmas getaway snarls traffic on Malaysia’s major highways

Director-General of Education Dr Mohd Azam Ahmad said that the reports are meant only to guide the management of receiving schools. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Schools barred from rejecting pupils over health or discipline records, says Education DG

Indonesia has lodged a complaint in the UK after controversial British adult film star Bonnie Blue allegedly desecrated its flag in London. — AFP pic

Showbiz / 18 h ago

Adult actress Bonnie Blue back in trouble with Indonesia after ‘desecrating’ flag in London

Three PAS state assemblymen in Perlis whose positions were automatically vacated following the immediate termination of their party membership have been instructed to promptly return all state government assets in their possession. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Expelled Perlis reps told to return state assets immediately

Earlier, a drone video uploaded on TikTok by ‘Mummy Naura’ went viral, showing what appeared to be soil erosion beside the dining area at the popular eatery on Jalan Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands. — Picture from social media

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Landslide risk: Perak Forestry Dept to close popular Jalan Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands eatery for a month following JKR advice

Almost 1,400 staff from a cleaning company were attending the event when smoke and flames were spotted from the roof at the rear of the hall, prompting the emcee to order an immediate evacuation. — Picture from Facebook/Kelab Info Malaysia

Malaysia / 15 h ago

Hotel banquet hall fire in Melaka forces guests to evacuate, one hospitalised (VIDEO)

World

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North Korea’s Kim says missile production ‘of paramount importance,’ orders new munitions plants in 2026

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 26, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting major munitions industry enterprises to acquaint himself with the missile and shell production at an undisclosed place in North Korea.

SEOUL, Dec 26 — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the “expansion” and modernisation of the country’s missile production next year and the construction of more factories to meet growing demand, state media said today.In a visit to munitions factories accompanied by top officials, the state-run Korean Central News...

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Newspapers with articles reporting US President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hang at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2025. — Reuters pic

World / 13 m ago

Trump announces ‘powerful and deadly’ US strikes on Islamic State militants in Nigeria

Dilek Imamoglu, the wife of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), holds the book ‘Millete Emanet’ (‘Entrusted to the Nation’) written by journalist Yavuz Oghan about Imamoglu, in Istanbul September 19, 2025. — AFP pic

World / 2 h ago

‘We hold onto one another and keep fighting’: Wife of jailed Istanbul mayor on family, faith and democracy

US President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick look on as White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington December 11, 2025. — AFP pic

World / 12 h ago

The man who outlasted Musk: How David Sacks became Trump’s most influential AI power broker

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EU commissioner for internal market and consumer protection, industry, research and energy Thierry Breton addresses a press conference. The EU’s digital rules — which have seen US tech giants such as Apple, Meta and X fined under new regulations — have drawn sharp criticism from the administration of Donald Trump, which accuses Brussels of censorship. — AFP pic

12 h ago

Explained: The European laws curbing Big Tech... and irking Trump

Kilimanjaro Regional Police Commander Simon Maigwa said the crash occurred Thursday at about 11.30am (East African Time), as the helicopter was flying to pick up patients who had been climbing the mountain through the tourism company Boby Camping. — Picture from social media

13 h ago

Tragedy on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro: Five killed in rescue helicopter crash

This picture taken on May 29, 2024, shows a general view of the border between Thailand (left) and Cambodia (right) at Khao Phra Viharn national park in the Kantharalak district of Thailand’s Sisaket province. A Cambodian official accused Thailand of destroying a statue of the Hindu god Vishnu in a disputed border area, after more than two weeks of military clashes between the neighbours. — AFP pic

14 h ago

Thailand says Hindu statue was removed to assert control in disputed area

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Christmas Holy Mass in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican December 25, 2025. — Reuters pic

15 h ago

In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo draws direct link between Nativity and Gaza’s suffering

China accused the US today of distorting its defence policy in an effort to thwart an improvement in China-India ties. —Reuters pic

16 h ago

China accuses US of distorting defence policy to hinder China-India ties

This handout from the official Facebook page of Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet taken and released on December 24, 2025 shows the prime minister’s wife Pich Chanmony attending a funeral in Takeo province of a soldier who died in recent clashes with Thailand. — AFP pic

17 h ago

Cambodia stays silent on troop deaths, but PM’s wife attends soldiers’ funerals

Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) gather to join a grand rally to welcome BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, in Dhaka December 25, 2025. — Reuters pic

17 h ago

Bangladesh PM hopeful Tarique Rahman returns home after 17 years — and Dhaka turns out in force

Peng Peiyun, a former head of China’s family planning commission, died this week, prompting renewed anger online over the one-child policy. — Reuters file pic

18 h ago

‘They are waiting for you over there’: No tributes, only anger after architect of China’s one-child policy dies

A Russian TU-95 bomber flies over East China Sea in this handout picture taken by Japan Air Self-Defence Force in this file picture taken on July 23, 2019. Russian nuclear-capable bombers conducted a ‘scheduled’ flight over the Norwegian and Barents Seas, prompting ‘fighter jets of foreign countries’ to escort them, Russia’s Defence Ministry said today. — Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan handout pic via Reuters

19 h ago

Russian nuclear-capable bombers conduct ‘scheduled’ flight over waters near Scandinavia, prompting foreign jet escort

In this Pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting in Moscow on December 24, 2025. — Dmitry Astakhov/Pool/AFP pic

19 h ago

KCNA: Putin hails ‘invincible friendship’ and ‘militant fraternity’ with North Korea in New Year letter

A general view for the Nativity Square with pilgrims and people before midnight mass at the Nativity Church in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on December 24, 2025. — AFP pic

20 h ago

Bethlehem celebrates first full Christmas in over two years after Gaza war gloom

Syrian authorities have arrested a senior Islamic State group official in the Damascus region in a joint operation with a US-led international coalition, a security official said yesterday. ― Reuters pic

20 h ago

Syrian authorities arrest senior Islamic State jihadist in Damascus with coalition support

Flowers begin to wilt next to a menorah outside of Bondi Pavilion as people lay flowers and pay tribute to honour the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney December 20, 2025. Australian police are investigating a ‘suspicious fire’ after a car carrying a sign celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah was set ablaze today in Melbourne. — Reuters pic

21 h ago

Australian police investigate ‘suspicious fire’ after car with Hanukkah sign torched in Melbourne

US President Donald Trump attends a Christmas Eve Dinner At Mar-a-Lago on December 24, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump is spending the holidays in Florida this year. — Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images North America/Getty Images/AFP

21 h ago

Trump uses Christmas Eve message to attack Democrats as ‘radical left scum’

This handout photo provided on December 24 2025 by by Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV carrying the statue of Baby Jesus at the end of the Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. — Vatican Media/AFP pic

21 h ago

Leo XIV celebrates first Christmas as pope, revives Christmas Day service tradition

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