High Court sets May 11 for decision in Loh's unilateral conversion challenge
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has fixed May 11 to deliver its decision in a judicial review filed by Loh Siew Hong to contest the unilateral conversion to Islam of her three children by her ex-husband without her consent. Read full story
JB petrol station owner fined RM40,000 for allowing foreign-registered vehicle to pump RON95 fuel
JOHOR BARU: A petrol station owner was fined RM40,000 at the Sessions Court here, for allowing a foreign-registered vehicle to fill up with RON95 petrol four years ago. Read full story
Allowing EPF withdrawals not the only way to ease public burden, says Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR: Measures using Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) savings are not the only means the government is exploring to ease the public’s financial burden, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Read full story
What is Malaysia’s geopolitical strategy?
GEOPOLITICS is the study of how geography affects politics and international relations and the policies that govern transboundary interactions.
Guan Eng didn’t cancel Albukhary Foundation tax exemption, says PM
BAGAN MP Lim Guan Eng did not revoke Albukhary Foundation’s tax exemption status when he was the finance minister, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat today.
Scientists find ‘disturbing’ plastic rocks on remote Brazil island
THERE are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of Brazil. So geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos was startled to find an unsettling sign of human impact on the otherwise untouched landscape: rocks formed from the glut of plastic pollution floating in […]
Court lets Rosmah go to Singapore
THE Court of Appeal today allowed Rosmah Mansor’s application for the temporary release of her passport so she may travel Singapore to visit her ill grandson. Kamaludin Md Said, who chaired the three-judge panel, allowed the application as there was no objection from deputy public prosecutor Poh Yih Tinn.
5 Ecuador TV stations get letter bombs, one explodes
LETTER bombs were sent to at least five journalists working in TV and radio stations in violence-plagued Ecuador yesterday, one of which exploded without causing serious injury, Interior Minister Juan Zapata said. The prosecutor’s office said it had opened an investigation into the crime of terrorism, without stating why the news stations were specifically targeted, […]
661 unaccompanied minors currently held at Immigration depots, says Home Minister
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 661 unaccompanied minors are among illegal immigrants currently detained at Immigration detention centres, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. Read full story
Cops arrest man for assaulting doctor after road accident
AMPANG: A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attacking a male doctor after a traffic accident along Jalan Kolam Air Lama here. Read full story