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File photo for illustration purposes only. In a Facebook update at 8.15am, the ICA cited ‘very heavy departure traffic’ caused by a tailback from Malaysia. — File picture by Hari Anggara

Singapore / 11 h ago

Gridlock at Woodlands: Three-hour wait for JB-bound travellers today, says Singapore’s ICA

Ong Yew Sin and Aya Ohori pose for pictures with their marriage certificate at the National Registration Department (NRD) office in Melaka June 21, 2025. — Picture via X/craigansibin

Sports / 8 h ago

Love wins for Ong Yew Sin and Aya Ohori: Malaysian badminton ace marries former Japanese shuttler in Melaka ceremony

New KLIA Aerotrain doing a trial run at the KLIA Terminal 1 in Sepang on June 21, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 10 h ago

KLIA Aerotrain to resume service for travellers on July 1, Transport Ministry announces

According to media reports early last month, headscarf manufacturer Obor Holding Sdn Bhd is taking legal action against Pink Fate for allegedly owing the company RM4.65 million. — Picture from Instagram/missfazura

Showbiz / 8 h ago

‘The company is one thing, I’m another,’ says Fazura amid RM4.65m lawsuit

Smoke from the factory fire could be seen from as far as Petaling Jaya. — Pictures from Reddit/r/malaysia

Malaysia / 7 h ago

Factory fire guts 80pc of building in Puchong’s Kampung Lembah Kinrara, no casualties reported

Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said the challenge only concerned the review of the Selangor State Fatwa Committee, the Selangor Islamic Religious Council and the Selangor government’s exercise of certain powers under the law, which is distinct from the substance and contents of their decisions. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Chief justice explains in case judgment that SIS challenge concerns legality of Selangor’s fatwa powers, not Islam itself

Best of both worlds: Red bean and black glutinous rice ‘tong sui’. — Picture by CK Lim

Eat-drink / 12 h ago

Best of both worlds: Red bean and black glutinous rice ‘tong sui’ is sweet and creamy, nutty and utterly comforting

The late Barbie Hsu Shi-yuan married husband DJ Koo in February 2022. — Picture via Weibo

Showbiz / 4 h ago

Barbie Hsu’s widower DJ Koo rumoured to be shopping for new home closer to her grave

A man was found dead in a car, believed to have been shot in an incident in front of a motorcycle shop in Meru, Klang June 20, 2025. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Klang fatal shooting: ‘I thought it was a crow-shooting operation,’ says witness after man found dead in pickup

This file photo shows US President Donald Trump looking at Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, on the day of Gabbard's swearing in ceremony, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US February 12, 2025. — Reuters

World / 8 h ago

‘She’s wrong’: Trump disputes spy chief Gabbard’s take on Iran’s nuclear programme

Fronting the corner of Lebuh Acheh and Carnarvon Street is an imposing British colonial white building with modern touches and Straits Chinese influences. — Picture courtesy of GTWHI

Life / 14 h ago

How a former maternity hospital, clinic and pharmacy became the shining example of heritage restoration in George Town

MetMalaysia has published a warning that covers the entire states of Perlis, Kedah, and Penang, as well as parts of Perak. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 6 h ago

MetMalaysia issues thunderstorm and strong wind warning for seven states and Labuan until 5pm today

Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein was suspended from Umno for six years in 2023. — Picture by Hari Anggara

Malaysia / 6 h ago

Sembrong Umno calls for Hishammuddin’s return as Onn Hafiz vows to raise motion with party leadership

Former inspector-general of police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain has urged the police to back the country's leaders. — Picture by Hari Anggara.

Malaysia / 11 h ago

Razarudin: Cops must back Malaysia’s leaders, but those who break laws or Islamic principles must face ‘sailang’

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (left) said Malaysia joins several other countries that have already withdrawn their diplomatic missions from the country. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Wisma Putra: Malaysia shuts embassy in Iran, orders diplomats home amid rising Middle East tensions

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On the brink: Can international talks halt the escalating Israel-Iran conflict?

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on June 21, 2025. — AFP pic

JERUSALEM, June 21 — Israel’s war with Iran has entered its second week with the Israeli military chief warning of a “prolonged campaign”.Here are the latest developments:Delayed by ‘two or three years’Israel’s foreign minister said its strikes on Iran have delayed Tehran’s potential to develop a nuclear weapon by at...

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Speaking at an event attended by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and parliamentary delegations from 68 countries, Pope Leo revisited a topic that he has raised on a number of occasions during the first few weeks of his papacy. — Vatican Media handout

World / 1 h ago

Pope Leo warns politicians of the challenges posed by AI

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra walks with Second Army Region Commander Lieutenant General Boonsin Padklang, as she arrives in Ubon Ratchathani, following a leak on Wednesday of a phone call between Paetongtarn and Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen, amid a border dispute between the two countries, in Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand, June 20, 2025. — Government House of Thailand handout via Reuters

World / 3 h ago

Thai PM ‘will continue to perform her duty’, is not resigning or dissolving parliament, ruling party official says

US President Donald Trump has complained that he would never win the Nobel Peace Prize 'no matter what I do.

World / 3 h ago

Pakistan to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, calls him a ‘genuine peacemaker’ with ‘stellar statesmanship’

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Seawater is pumped out of the wreckage of the ‘Bayesian’ yacht, owned by the late British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, as it is recovered by the floating crane ships Hebo Lift 10 and Hebo Lift 2 off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy June 21, 2025.

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Sunken superyacht Bayesian raised from sea 10 months after drowning of tech tycoon Mike Lynch, daughter

People walk next to a cultivated land on the dry riverbed of the Indus River in Hyderabad, Pakistan April 25, 2025. — Reuters pic

4 h ago

India says Indus treaty with Pakistan ‘will never be restored’, vows to divert river flow

This picture provided by the West Asia News Agency (Wana) shows smoke rising following an Israeli attack in Tehran, Iran June 18, 2025. — Reuters pic

5 h ago

Israel claims killing of Iranian commander who allegedly helped fund, arm Hamas

Emergency personnel work at an impact site following Iran's missile strike on Israel, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Haifa, Israel June 20, 2025. — Reuters

7 h ago

Israel says it delayed Iran’s nuclear bomb by two years after week of strikes

This file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba giving his opening speech at the beginning of a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at his office in Tokyo March 30, 2025. — Reuters pic

8 h ago

Japan scraps US meeting after Washington demands more defence spending

This file photo shows US President Donald Trump looking at Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, on the day of Gabbard's swearing in ceremony, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US February 12, 2025. — Reuters

8 h ago

‘She’s wrong’: Trump disputes spy chief Gabbard’s take on Iran’s nuclear programme

A person wearing an alien mask attends a rally against the government of Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino in Panama City June 20, 2025. — AFP

11 h ago

‘Vandals took over the airport’: State of emergency declared in Panama as protests escalate

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, June 20, 2025. — AFP

10 h ago

Trump claims credit for DRC-Rwanda peace deal, says Nobel Prize committee keeps ignoring him

A missile launched from Iran is intercepted as seen from Ashkelon, Israel June 21, 2025. — Reuters

10 h ago

Iran, Israel exchange fresh strikes as nuclear talks stall

The order by District Judge Allison Burroughs will allow international students to continue to attend the elite university while a lawsuit filed by Harvard plays out in the courts. — Reuters pic

12 h ago

Trump teases ‘mindboggling’ deal after US judge backs Harvard’s foreign student fight

Campaigners for a change in the law on assisted dying celebrate outside The Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament in central London, June 20, 2025, after the vote to allow assisted dying for terminally ill people. — AFP pic

12 h ago

UK MPs vote in favour of assisted dying Bill in historic step

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student who became a leader of pro-Palestinian campus protests. Khalil, a legal permanent US resident who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son, has been in custody since March facing potential deportation. — AFP pic

13 h ago

Pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil released from US custody

Smoke rises following what Iran says was an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot in Tehran June 16, 2025. — Majid Asgaripour/Wana (West Asia News Agency) pic via Reuters

1d ago

Iran says war will end only if Israel halts airstrikes unconditionally

This handout photo from the Royal Thai Government taken and released on June 20, 2025 shows Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (2nd right) standing next to Royal Thai Army Lieutenant General Boonsin Padklang during a visit to Morakot Operations Base in Ubon Ratchathani province. — Royal Thai Government handout/AFP pic

1d ago

Leaked call fallout: Thai PM meets army commander as allies threaten to walk

This handout photo taken on June 20, 2025 and received from the Philippine Navy shows navy and law enforcement personnel searching a fishing boat after it was intercepted carrying 1.5 tonnes of illegal drugs off the coast of the main island Luzon. — Philippine Navy handout/AFP pic

1d ago

Philippine Navy seizes RM744m meth haul in one of nation’s biggest drug busts

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