Eight youths, including woman dubbed ‘Bella’, flip plea to not guilty in viral Johor honeypot assault case
JOHOR BARU, June 3 — A group of eight youths, including a woman, who had previously pleaded guilty to making death threats, causing injury, and blackmailing a...
UK warns Abramovich: £2.5b Chelsea sale funds must go to Ukraine, or face court
LONDON, June 3 — Britain has threatened to take Russian businessman Roman Abramovich to court over the frozen 2.5 billion pounds (US$3.4 billion) in proceeds from...
Bung Moktar: Sabah Umno won’t work with GRS before election after ‘dark and bitter’ experience
KOTA KINABALU, June 3 — Sabah Umno has reiterated its unwillingness to work with Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) heading into the 17th state election, said Umno chairman...
MACC freezes RM758m assets linked to Daim’s widow, family in UK
PETALING JAYA, June 3 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has reportedly obtained a court order to freeze £132 million (RM758.2 million) worth of...
Trade truce no lifeline as China’s factory activity slumps to lowest since 2022
BEIJING, June 3 — Chinese factory activity hit a more than two-year low in May, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday, as a detente in Beijing’s trade war...
King hears legal reform, audit updates at Istana Negara
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, was today presented with briefings on the achievements and agenda of Legal Reform as well...
Teen dies, dozens injured as 5.8 quake rocks Turkiye’s tourist belt
ANKARA, June 3 — A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Marmaris area of southwestern Turkey early on Tuesday, killing one teenager and injuring dozens of people,...
‘Give him an Oscar’: Singapore teen girl’s dad slams ex-actor Ian Fang’s 40-month jailing, plans civil suit over sexual abuse
SINGAPORE, June 3 — The father of the teenage girl sexually exploited by former actor Ian Fang has voiced his anger over the 40-month prison sentence handed to...
Cleaver-wielding man who hunted wife in Singapore’s Beach Road sentenced to 19 years, eight strokes of the cane
SINGAPORE, June 3 — A man who brutally attacked his wife with a cleaver outside a Beach Road restaurant in 2022 was sentenced today to 19 years in jail and eight...
Ex-Foreign Ministry sec-gen Muhammad Shahrul Ikram succeeds Nazri Aziz as Malaysia’s new ambassador to US
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, presented the instrument of appointment to the new Malaysian Ambassador to the United States,...
Nicholas Saputra surprise, Siti Nurhaliza and Amy Search spotted in crowd as Melly Goeslaw dazzles at third Malaysia concert
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — Indonesian singer Melly Goeslaw’s third concert in Malaysia in three years proved to be yet another resounding success. Some 6,000 fans...
Putting ‘x’ in toxic: Fahmi slams social media giants X, Meta for not doing enough to curb cyberbullying, scams
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil today took social media platforms Meta and X to task, for what he described as their indifference...
Ahmad Maslan: PM holds final say on Cabinet reshuffle, but Zahid’s push for Umno slot fair
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan reportedly said that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has the right to determine...
‘Clean up or be removed’: Prabowo warns Indonesian officials as calls grow for cabinet reshuffle
JAKARTA, June 3 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has warned cabinet ministers and government officials against corruption, vowing to remove those who fail...
From La Liga to Harimau Malaya: Argentina’s Facundo Garcés joins national squad
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — Deportivo Alavés centre-back Facundo Garcés was yesterday announced as the latest addition to the national football squad under head coach...
Holiday tragedy in Mersing: Teenage siblings drown while swimming at Pulau Mentigi beach
MERSING, June 3 — What was meant to be a joyful holiday back in their hometown ended in tragedy when two siblings drowned while swimming at the Pulau Mentigi beach...
Eighty-year-old retired policeman crashes car into Melaka eatery, hospitalised
ALOR GAJAH, June 3 — A retired policeman sustained minor head injuries after losing control of the car he was driving and crashing into a roadside eatery at Jalan...
Two Japanese men killed in China after business fallout, suspect detained
BEIJING, June 3 — China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that two Japanese men killed last month in the north-eastern city of Dalian were business partners...
DPM Zahid sees silver lining in US visa issues, calls for stronger UK-Malaysia education ties
LONDON, June 3 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that policy and systemic changes in the United States (US), including in the education...
‘No loyalty, no problem’: Zahid says Tengku Zafrul’s exit won’t spark tensions in Umno
LONDON, June 3 — The decision by the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz to quit Umno has not disrupted or raised tension...