IGP: Be self-disciplined when celebrating Aidilfitri (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador urged the public…
Private hospital fined RM200,000 for overpriced face masks
A PRIVATE hospital has been fined RM200,000 for selling three-ply face masks higher than the ceiling…
Iran’s Khamenei says liberating Palestine is an ‘Islamic duty’
Khamenei gives his first ever speech marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran. (AP pic) TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader said it was an “Islamic duty” to fight for the “liberation of Palestine” in a landmark speech Friday amid rising tensions with regional arch-enemy Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at Western nations and their Arab “puppets” […]
Shahrir Samad to submit representation on failure to declare RM1 million
FORMER Felda chairman Shahrir Samad will submit a representation to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) over a…
Singapore reports nearly 450 new cases, Covid-19 tally nears 30,000
A man scans a QR code of a digital check-in system that logs every entry to facilitate contact tracing in Singapore. (AP pic) SINGAPORE: Singapore has preliminarily confirmed another 448 positive Covid-19 cases today, with the vast majority involving migrant workers living at dormitories. The new cases bring the republic’s total infections to 29,812. Data […]
Help refugees facing possible deportation under MCO, group urges UNHCR
Chin children at the Alliance of Chin Refugees learning centre in Pudu. PETALING JAYA: A group representing refugees from Chin state in Myanmar has urged the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to heed the plight of those likely to be deported during the movement control order (MCO). James Bawi Thang Bik said the […]
Olympics chief says 2021 ‘last option’ for Tokyo Games
OLYMPICS chief Thomas Bach today said 2021 is the “last option” for holding the delayed Tokyo…
Teenagers among 43 plead guilty to violating CMCO in Johor
KOTA TINGGI, May 21 ― A total of 43 individuals including 11 local teenagers and one…
Covid-19: PM’s open house, Maulidur Rasul among five events cancelled this year
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 ― Five official government ceremonies scheduled for this year have been cancelled…
Preacher who says Christians immune to virus appears in Myanmar court
David Lah faces a maximum 3-year jail term for holding church services after the ban was imposed. (Facebook pic/David Lah) YANGON: A preacher who said Christians were immune to the coronavirus and then contracted it himself appeared in a Myanmar court on Wednesday to face charges over organising services in defiance of a ban on […]