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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the decision was agreed upon during a Cabinet meeting earlier today and was meant to signal the need for greater fiscal discipline across the public sector. — Screengrab from Facebook/Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysia / 9 h ago

No Raya open houses, tighter overseas travel as Anwar pushes fiscal discipline

Malaysia’s proposed single window, single offer system aims to reduce uncertainty in admissions. — Unsplash pic

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Single window, single offer: What you need to know about Malaysia’s new university admissions system

Students and teachers nationwide will get an extra day off on March 18 to celebrate Aidilfitri in 2026. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Education Ministry declares March 18 as extra holiday for schools nationwide

Head of Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) Margaret Aliyatul Maimunah holds a ‘toy firearm’, with text written using wite-out, as evidence is displayed during a press conference following explosions that occurred at a mosque inside a school complex during Friday prayers last year, at the Jakarta police headquarters in Jakarta November 11, 2025. — Reuters pic

World / 19 h ago

‘Welcome to hell’: How white supremacist content is radicalising teens in South-east Asia

Based on the three charges, Lee Lay Peng, 47, — who worked as a finance assistant at Bold Integrated Services — was accused of committing CBT involving RM457,744 between June 16, 2017 and December 27, 2019 at the company’s premises in Jelutong, Penang. — Pexels pic

Malaysia / 12 h ago

Penang finance assistant pleads guilty to RM677,000 CBT, collapses in court

Public Service Director-General Tan Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz said his department is revamping the government career advancement scheme to help 126,000 clerical and financial assistants move up the ladder, starting from 2027. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 12 h ago

No more automatic promotions: JPA plans career upgrades for 126,000 assistants by 2027

Earlier, a video circulated online showing a man driving a Honda HR-V getting out of his vehicle before damaging another car’s side mirror and leaving the scene. — Screengrab from TikTok

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Police hunt Honda HR-V driver caught on video damaging car’s side mirror in Cheras (VIDEO)

Assistant Commissioner Raub Selamat told reporters that police received the report at 5.30am and initial investigations suggest the victim was killed between 1.30am and 4.30am. — File picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Foreign woman found dead with 14 stab wounds in JB hotel room

In a post on his Facebook page today, Lim Guan Eng said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow was wrong to attribute the increase to the failure to convert the development’s master title into individual strata titles for its 258 units. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 12 h ago

Why 502pc more? Lim Guan Eng challenges quit rent hike for Penang’s Bola-Bola flats

Chinese EV makers like Zeekr, XPeng and MG Motor plan to start local assembly in Malaysia in 2026 and will enjoy full tax exemptions for locally assembled EVs until the end of 2027. — SoyaCincau pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Miti: EV tax exemptions for local assembly till end 2027 as some Chinese auto makers set to start this year

This screen grab obtained from video released by the US Central Command shows what they say is an Iranian naval vessel just before it is struck by a projectile

World / 18 h ago

US destroys Iranian minelaying vessels near Strait of Hormuz as Trump issues stark warning

An Iranian missile flies toward Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, as seen from Jerusalem today. — AFP pic

World / 13 h ago

Iran launches major attacks on Israel and Gulf states as global oil markets reel

Members of Iran's women's football team walk as they arrive at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport after taking part in the AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026 tournament in Australia. — AFP pic

Sports / 13 h ago

Iranian women’s football player in Australia reverses asylum claim after talking with teammates

The Cabinet has tasked the chief secretary to the government with deciding the next steps in the shareholding issue surrounding Tan Sri Azam Baki, said Datuk Fahmi Fadzil. — Bernama file pic

Malaysia / 9 h ago

Azam Baki shareholding issue: Fahmi says chief secretary to decide next steps after Cabinet review

Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin arrives at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex on March 11, 2026. — Picture by Yusof Isa

Malaysia / 11 h ago

Muhyiddin’s trial: RM6m in 10 cheques entered Bersatu’s AmBank account, banker says

World

5 h ago

US ignites Iran war, but Gulf Arab states pay the price, Gulf sources say, as fallout spreads

Commercial vessels are pictured offshore in Dubai on March 11, 2026. New attacks hit three commercial ships in the Gulf on March 11, with one of the vessels in flames as Iran pressed its campaign against its oil-exporting neighbours, threatening shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and plunging the global energy economy into crisis.

War exposes limits of US security guarantees, analysts warnShakes assumptions about implicit trade-offs in US-Gulf tiesUnease echoes disquiet over US inaction on 2019 attack on SaudiHormuz disruption jolts oil markets, Gulf aviation, tradeDUBAI, March 11 — The US may have pulled the trigger on the Iran war, but it is...

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Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 11, 2026. — Reuters pic

World / 6 h ago

Pope Leo laments civilian and child casualties in Iran war, voices support for Lebanon

China warned the United States today that the excessive use of artificial intelligence in its military could plunge the world into a ‘Terminator’-like dystopian future. — Reuters pic

World / 6 h ago

China warns US military is giving AI ‘power over life and death’, risking ‘Terminator‑style’ dystopia

Smoke rises amid explosions from a Ukrainian strike on a Russian missile plant, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Bryansk, Russia March 10, 2026 in this screen grab from handout video. — General Staff of Ukraine Armed Forces handout pic via Reuters

World / 7 h ago

Kremlin alleges UK involvement in Ukraine’s missile strike on Bryansk, warns it will ‘take it into account’

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Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a cabinet meeting in Ankara March 9, 2026. — Mustafa Kamaci/Presidential Press Office handout pic via Reuters

7 h ago

Erdogan warns Middle East war must be stopped ‘before it engulfs entire region in flames’

India’s Supreme Court authorised today the withdrawal of life support from a man who has been in a vegetative state for over a decade, the first such ruling in the country’s history. — Reuters pic

7 h ago

India’s Supreme Court grants landmark approval to end life support for man in decade-long vegetative state

A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI’s investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a break-in at the bureau’s New York Field Office three years ago, according to a source familiar with the matter and recently published Justice Department documents reviewed by Reuters. — Reuters pic

8 h ago

Newly released documents reveal foreign hacker breached FBI’s Epstein files in 2023, raising intelligence concerns

This handout photo taken on March 11, 2026 and released by the Royal Thai Navy shows smoke rising from the Thai bulk carrier 'Mayuree Naree' near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack. A Thai bulk carrier travelling in the crucial Strait of Hormuz was attacked today, with 20 crew members rescued so far, the Thai navy said. — Royal Thai Navy handout/AFP pic

8 h ago

Thai navy says cargo ship attacked near Strait of Hormuz, 20 crew rescued, three missing

Former UK ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, gets into a car outside his residence in central London on March 11, 2026. Mandelson faces a criminal investigation over claims he shared confidential information with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein nearly two decades ago. — AFP pic

8 h ago

UK govt to release first batch of Mandelson files, reopening row over Starmer’s Washington envoy pick

In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei (centre), son of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, looks on during a gathering in Tehran July 18, 2016. — AFP pic

11 h ago

Iran’s new supreme leader ‘safe and sound’ despite war injury reports, says president’s son

Satellite images courtesy of Vantor show buildings at an Iranian military facility in Darab, south central Iran, on August 20, 2025 (top), and on March 9, 2026 (bottom), following an airstrike. — AFP pic

12 h ago

Iran police chief warns protesters backing ‘enemy’ will face military response

An Iranian missile flies toward Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, as seen from Jerusalem today. — AFP pic

13 h ago

Iran launches major attacks on Israel and Gulf states as global oil markets reel

The North Korean spokesperson reiterated that position, saying that the United States and Israel “are destroying the regional peace and security foundations and escalating instability worldwide”. — AFP pic

17 h ago

Pyongyang backs Iran’s choice of supreme leader, accuses US and Israel of regional destabilisation

Toronto Police officers work around the scene of a shooting at the US Consulate in Toronto, Canada, on March 10. — AFP pic

18 h ago

Shots fired at US consulate in Toronto, police launch national security probe

This screen grab obtained from video released by the US Central Command shows what they say is an Iranian naval vessel just before it is struck by a projectile

18 h ago

US destroys Iranian minelaying vessels near Strait of Hormuz as Trump issues stark warning

This handout picture taken an released on March 10, 2026 by the Canton of Fribourg shows the main street of the small town of Kerzers where a bus caught fire, killing at least six people and injuring five others. — AFP pic

18 h ago

Six dead, five injured after bus bursts into flames in Switzerland, police suspect deliberate act

Head of Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) Margaret Aliyatul Maimunah holds a ‘toy firearm’, with text written using wite-out, as evidence is displayed during a press conference following explosions that occurred at a mosque inside a school complex during Friday prayers last year, at the Jakarta police headquarters in Jakarta November 11, 2025. — Reuters pic

19 h ago

‘Welcome to hell’: How white supremacist content is radicalising teens in South-east Asia

A real image of a huge blaze near Erbil airport in Iraq, after the area was targeted by Iranian strikes on March 1. — AFP pic

1d ago

AI-enhanced war photos blur truth, fuel disinformation in Middle East conflict

US Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers are pictured on the tarmac after arriving overnight at RAF Fairford in south-west England yesterday. — AFP pic

1d ago

US, Israeli strikes escalate in Iran, hitting multiple airports including Kerman

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