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KOTA KINABALU: Strict vetting should be done for all applicants of the proposed Sabah-Malaysia My Second Home programme (MM2H), says a consumer group. Read full story

THE police said they had acted within the constraints of the law when arresting two students over an alleged rant on the History paper of the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination.

Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt Suffian Abdullah said the two 18-year-old students were placed under remand to facilitate investigations under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1988.

IRAQ’S Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed a sharp decrease in their levels in the south of the country, officials said today, pledging to take urgent measures to ease water shortages.

In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province of Dhi Qar, an AFP photographer saw the river bed of the mighty Euphrates dry in patches.

KLANG: Police have arrested two men in connection with the theft of copper cables from an Air Selangor pump station here. Read full story

CANCELLING directly negotiated mega projects under Budget 2023 will help the government save costs and avoid paying commissions to middlemen, Malaysian Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (Macfe) president, Akhbar Satar said.

He said government procurement must be open, transparent, be based on good governance and not involve any unnecessary waste of public funds and legal breaches associated with direct negotiations.

IRAN has released a Spanish woman who had been detained in the country since November, Spain’s foreign minister said today.

“She was freed yesterday, but we didn’t want to announce it publicly before her plane had taken off from Iran,” Jose Manuel Albares told journalists.

ISRAELI and Palestinian representatives were holding talks in Jordan today, state media in the kingdom said, with the “political-security” meeting aiming to restore calm after deadly violence.

Jordanian state broadcaster Al-Mamlaka said the meeting, which kicked off in the Red Sea resort of Aqaba, was “the first of its kind in years between Palestinians and Israelis with regional and international participation” and would address “the situation in the Palestinian territories”.

CHUKAI: A 40-year-old man is feared drowned while at Lubuk Tapeng, Air Putih near here after he was swept away by strong currents while attempting to rescue his son. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: The two schoolboys who were arrested and remanded over a viral video criticising the SPM History paper have been released on bail, say police. Read full story

ALOR SETAR: Two brothers drowned in the Sungai Sedim waterfall near Kulim on Sunday (Feb 26) afternoon. Read full story