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Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail moves on from heading the Special Branch to his newest appointment as Inspector-General of Police for a two-year contract from June 23, 2025. — Picture courtesy of the Home Ministry

Malaysia / 10 h ago

Ex-Special Branch chief Khalid Ismail is new IGP, succeeding Razarudin

A Singapore Airlines flight from Frankfurt to New York was forced to divert to Paris in October after a passenger suffered a severe allergic reaction mid-air, triggering a lawsuit over an in-flight shrimp meal. — Reuters pic

Singapore / 14 h ago

‘I told them I was allergic’: Passenger sues Singapore Airlines after shrimp meal triggers emergency landing

Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex on June 20, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 16 h ago

High Court discharges Najib in RM27m SRC case stalled since 2019, does not acquit

The Penang Yosakoi Parade 2023. — Picture via Facebook/Penang Yosakoi Parade

Life / 19 h ago

Yosakoi hits 10: Penang streets come alive with high-energy dance, Japanese idols and a fireworks finale

Hong Kong's On Lee Noodle Soup is now open in Pavilion KL and ready to feed you their own-made offerings. —Picture by Lee Khang Yi

Eat-drink / 9 h ago

Hong Kong’s On Lee Noodle Soup has finally landed in Pavilion KL

Zou Zhenhao, a Chinese student who was found guilty by a London court of drugging and raping 10 women in Britain and China, looks on in this handout picture released on March 5, 2025. Metropolitan Police/Handout via Reuters

World / 16 h ago

Chinese student Zou Zhenhao — who raped 10 women and targeted dozens more — jailed for life in UK

Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex on June 20, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 13 h ago

Rafizi urges AGC to refile Najib’s SRC charges after court grants DNAA, slams delay since 2019 despite ‘clear money trail’

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim giving a speech during the Finance Ministry's monthly assembly. June 20, 2025. — Picture by Choo Choy May .

Malaysia / 15 h ago

‘We collect taxes to return them to the people’: PM justifies SST expansion, says Malaysians to benefit through welfare aid

Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Account 2 savings may be used to help pay for health insurance premiums. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Amid rising costs, Putrajaya mulls allowing Malaysians to tap EPF Account 2 savings for private hospital cover

Screengrabs of a Facebook video showing the tour bus near Muallim.

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Tour bus with 36 Indian tourists crashes into divider on PLUS highway near Muallim in Perak, all escape unhurt

This combination of handout satellite photos obtained from Planet Labs PBC on June 19, 2025, of a photo taken on June 5, 2025 (left) shows military planes at the US military base of Al-Udeid in Qatar, and a photo taken June 19, 2025 (right) showing no more planes at the US military base of Al-Udeid in Qatar, one of the main US bases in the region. — Handout via AFP

World / 17 h ago

Satellite images reveal empty tarmac at major US air base in Qatar

The Federal Court ruled that a 2014 fatwa issued by the Selangor Fatwa Committee does not apply to the Sisters in Islam (SIS) Forum Malaysia as an organisation or institution, but only to individuals. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Selangor Sultan wants Muslim women’s rights group SIS to not use ‘Islam’ in name, cites ‘confusion’ among community

Between 2023 and 2024 alone, heat caused by the El Niño cycle claimed five lives, according to the Khazanah Research Institute. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Cooling crisis: Why Malaysia’s urban trees are critical in the heatwave battle

Cart noodles, or ‘che zai mein’, are a Hong Kong classic, found at Luckee. — Picture by Ethan Lau

Eat-drink / 17 h ago

Get your fix of Hong Kong-style cart noodles and peanut butter ‘cheong fun’ at Sri Petaling’s Luckee

Ambree (left) at the court with his lawyer Datuk Ram Singh.

Malaysia / 8 h ago

Contractor and ex-wife sentenced to 34 years for killing domestic helper in Penampang, cruelty revealed in court

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Iran says war will end only if Israel halts airstrikes unconditionally

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

ISTANBUL, June 20 — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that the only path to ending the current war is for Israel to cease its airstrikes unconditionally, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.“We have always pursued peace and stability,” Pezeshkian said in a statement, according to Iranian media.He noted that “under...

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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

World / 6 h 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

World / 6 h ago

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

This image grab from an handout video released by Tele Liban on February 13, 2020 shows French senator Joel Guerriau. A French senator accused of drugging an MP with the intent to assault her is facing an accusation from another woman, according to French television. — AFP pic

World / 7 h ago

Second woman accuses French senator of drugging and assault, says she ‘buried it deep inside’

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Palestinian children gather near containers used for water, in Gaza City April 6, 2025. — Reuters pic

7 h ago

‘Making a desperate situation worse’: Gaza faces man-made drought as water systems collapse, only 40pc of facilities functional, warns Unicef

Screengrab from video purporting to show two Palestine Action activists entering the Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire.

9 h ago

Pro-Palestinian activists claim damage to RAF planes at UK military base

‘No matter what they say or do, it cannot change the fact that Taiwan is a part of China,’ China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a regular press briefing in Beijing today. — Reuters pic

10 h ago

Beijing blasts British warship’s Taiwan Strait passage as ‘troublemaking’

A royalist activist holds a placard that reads ‘Thai government with Khmer heart Get Out’ during an anti-government protest, following a leak on Wednesday of a phone call between Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodia’s Hun Sen, the influential former premier of Cambodia, amid a border dispute between the two countries, near the Government House, in Bangkok June 19, 2025. — Reuters pic

10 h ago

Pressure mounts on Thai PM Paetongtarn to resign amid coalition revolt threat

Mourners attend a funeral for those killed in Israeli strikes on Iran, in Qazvin, Iran, June 19, 2025. — Reuters pic

11 h ago

Europe pushes for Iran nuclear talks in Geneva amid US strike threat

People walk through artificial mist to cool down on a hot day in Tokyo June 19, 2025. — AFP pic

12 h ago

Blistering summer heat claims four lives in Japan, officials urge immediate precautions

Chinese President Xi Jinping and New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing June 20, 2025. — China Daily pic via Reuters

13 h ago

Xi to Luxon: No China-New Zealand conflict, even as Cook Islands pivot raises eyebrows

Air India is under fire for flying planes with overdue safety checks, raising serious concerns over passenger protection. — Reuters pic

14 h ago

Air India warned for flying Airbus planes with unchecked escape slides, expired safety gear

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra gestures at a press conference next to Armed Forces Commander Pana Klaewplodthuk (right) at Government House in Bangkok June 19, 2025. — AFP pic

15 h ago

Thai PM Paetongtarn scrambles to mend military ties after leaked ‘Uncle’ Hun Sen call fallout

Experts work around the remains of a pre-Hispanic burial that was found during an excavation to install a gas pipeline in Lima June 19, 2025. — AFP pic

15 h ago

Peru gas workers unearth 1,000-year-old child mummy beneath Lima street

A man holds a poster with portraits of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a rally against Israel’s attacks on Iran, in solidarity with the Palestinian people and to call for world peace in Caracas June 19, 2025. — AFP pic

16 h ago

New spy chief for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards after predecessor killed by Israel

A Palestinian boy carries a pot with food collected at a charity kitchen providing hot meals in Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City June 18, 2025. — AFP pic

16 h ago

UN: Violence against children in conflict zones hits 30-year high in 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands amid debris outside the Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba, after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran on June 19, 2025. — AFP pic

16 h ago

Netanyahu: Israel ‘changing the face of the world’ in war with Iran

Zou Zhenhao, a Chinese student who was found guilty by a London court of drugging and raping 10 women in Britain and China, looks on in this handout picture released on March 5, 2025. Metropolitan Police/Handout via Reuters

16 h ago

Chinese student Zou Zhenhao — who raped 10 women and targeted dozens more — jailed for life in UK

This combination of handout satellite photos obtained from Planet Labs PBC on June 19, 2025, of a photo taken on June 5, 2025 (left) shows military planes at the US military base of Al-Udeid in Qatar, and a photo taken June 19, 2025 (right) showing no more planes at the US military base of Al-Udeid in Qatar, one of the main US bases in the region. — Handout via AFP

17 h ago

Satellite images reveal empty tarmac at major US air base in Qatar

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