KUALA SELANGOR: The remains of singer and influencer Muhammad Nidza Afham Mokhtar were laid to rest at the Puncak Alam Islamic Cemetery at 6.45pm on Thursday (Aug 15). Earlier, his body was brought to Masjid Puncak Alam for funeral prayers before being transported in a hearse to the cemetery, arriving at 6.15pm. The burial of Muhammad Nidza...
SINGAPORE: A man with mild intellectual disability was sentenced to 15 months’ jail and two strokes of the cane for molesting children in public, including a victim as young as nine years old. District Judge Kelly Ho, who handed Ong Kian Peng his sentence on Wedesday (Aug 14), said Ong knew what he did was wrong,...
PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik are keen to keep playing badminton at the highest level into their late 30s like Indonesian pair Mohd Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan. And just like the legendary Ahsan and Hendra, Aaron-Wooi Yik want to win more major titles. Hendra, 39 has won all the major crowns including the Olympics, World...
PUTRAJAYA: Train services and railway coverage in Malaysia are set for a facelift with the leasing of 62 new passenger train sets from China by 2027, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke. He said that the leasing is part of the first phase of a government-to-government (G2G) initiative and added that the estimated RM10.7bil cost will be...
IT'S not every day you hear about a cleaver-wielding man causing chaos at a train station. The usually serene KTMB Square in Ipoh turned into an unexpected stage for a dramatic scene straight out of a thriller movie. As social media users played detective with the viral video, many are left wondering: did this wild incident really...
JOHOR BARU: Police are investigating if there is any connection between the discovery of a headless body on railway tracks near Jalan Suka Ria in Kampung Melayu Majidee and the recent cable theft cases in the area. "We are investigating whether these two cases are related, but as of today (Aug 14), the discovery of the...
(Reuters) - Ukraine's top commander said on Monday Kyiv controlled around 1,000 square kilometers of Russia's Kursk region, his first public comments since Ukraine launched its biggest cross-border attack in almost 2-1/2 years of full-scale war. With Russia still struggling to repel the incursion seven days after it began, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy published a video clip...
KUALA LUMPUR: The collision involving national track cyclist Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom and Japanese cyclist Shinji Nakano in the keirin final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday (Aug 12) ignited the ire of Malaysian sports fans, reports Malay language daily Sinar Harian. This follows claims that Nakano caused the incident, resulting in Shah Firdaus missing...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim received the newly appointed Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar at Perdana Putra on Monday. Anwar posted on Facebook on Monday (Aug 12) that he informed Shamsul Azri to uphold the principles of good governance in carrying out his duties, as well as...
ALOR GAJAH: A 37-year-old ex-teacher is now the main suspect in the gruesome murder of Johor school teacher Istiqomah Ahmad Rozi, says Melaka police. Alor Gajah OCPD Supt Ashari Abu Samah said both the suspect and the victim have known each other since they were in the teacher's training college. ALSO READ: Cops say dead woman found in...
