Party polls or not, now time for unity, says Zahid

JOHOR BARU: All candidates in the Umno elections need to close ranks and forget all feuds no matter who is chosen as part of the party’s leadership, its president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has urged. Read full story

Over 1,500 outlets involved in Menu Rahmah initiative

KOTA KINABALU: A total of 1,531 business premises have registered to implement the Menu Rahmah initiative nationwide as of yesterday and the number is expected to increase further, says Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub. Read full story

A close tussle till Noraini emerged as clear winner

KUALA LUMPUR: The fight for the right to lead Umno’s women’s wing proved to be the most intense of the three wings’ elections, with the outcome favouring incumbent Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad. Read full story

ADF rebels kill 17 in east DR Congo

SUSPECTED ADF militants today killed at least 17 people in eastern DR Congo, local officials, only days after the Islamist-aligned group conducted another massacre in the troubled region. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which the Islamic State group claims as its central African affiliate, is one of the deadliest armed militias in eastern Congo, accused […]

MOE to address sexual harassment, bullying in schools

THE Education Ministry (MOE) is looking into the recommendations put forward by the special committee to address sexual harassment and bullying in schools. Its minister, Fadhlina Sidek, said she was confident that the recommendations and proposals from the committee could improve student safety within the school ecosystem.

Cheetahs back in wild in India after 7 decades

TWO Namibian cheetahs relocated to India last year were released into the wild, more than seven decades after the world’s fastest land animal was declared extinct in the South Asian country. “Both cheetahs are doing good,” India’s Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav tweeted yesterday after the male and female darted from quarantine enclosures of Kuno National […]

Police arrest 2 men over death threats against Indonesian rock band Radja

POLICE have arrested two men in Johor Bahru this afternoon to facilitate investigations into death threats made against Indonesian rock band Radja. Johor police chief Kamarul Zaman Mamat said a local man, 37, and foreign man, 48, were arrested around 3.30pm as part of investigations under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955 and […]

S. Africa rapper Costa Titch dies after collapsing on stage

SOUTH African rapper Costa Titch died on stage while performing, police said today, as they opened a probe into the circumstances of the 28-year-old’s sudden death. The artist “collapsed while he was performing” yesterday evening at the Ultra South Africa concert in the Johannesburg suburb of Nasrec, police told AFP.