PETALING JAYA: The upcoming Education Blueprint 2026-2035 will impose firm key performance targets, including a requirement for students at both the primary and secondary school levels to obtain at least a grade C in four core subjects - Bahasa Melayu, English, Mathematics and History, says Mohd Azam Ahmad. “These are mandatory targets. If they are not...
KUCHING: Sarawak has fully recovered from floods following the closure of the last temporary evacuation centre (PPS) at the Sebauh Community Hall in Bintulu at 4pm Saturday (Jan 17). In a statement, the Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) said all 24 victims from 15 families housed at the centre were allowed to return to their...
Jan 17 (Reuters) - Indonesian rescuers were searching on Saturday for an ATR 42-500 fisheries surveillance aircraft that went missing with 11 people on board, officials said. The Indonesia Air Transport plane lost contact with air traffic control at about 1:30 p.m. (0530 GMT) around Maros region in South Sulawesi province, Andi Sultan, an official at...
PUTRAJAYA: The Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) has withdrawn its application to review a Federal Court decision declaring Section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (PAA) as unconstitutional. The provision penalises an organiser who fails to give police five days' notice before holding an assembly. In a three-page notice signed by deputy public prosecutor Datuk Seri Saiful...
CYBERJAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and social media platform X will hold a meeting on Wednesday (Jan 21) to discuss online safety issues, says Datuk Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications Minister said this includes the Grok artificial intelligence (AI) application, as well as concerns about its potential misuse, particularly in generating pornographic and explicit...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Defence Ministry is currently seeking further information and clarification over the Prime Minister's latest directive on temporarily freezing decisions on corruption-linked procurement projects involving the Armed Forces and the police. Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the ministry will also examine the details of the directive's implementation in line with existing governance...
LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A British teenager who praised the killer of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event and said he planned to bomb British rock band Oasis' reunion concert was sentenced to detention on Friday for possession of an al Qaeda manual. McKenzie Morgan, 18, was arrested at his home in...
KYIV, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic is set to provide Ukraine with combat planes shortly that can shoot down incoming drones, President Petr Pavel told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Friday. He did not give specifics but two years ago said Czech-made subsonic L-159 fighter jets could be transferred to Ukraine, which...
Jan 16 (Reuters) - Greece plans to extend its territorial waters further, including potentially in the Aegean Sea, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Friday, despite Turkey's long-standing threat of war should Athens take such a step. The NATO allies, but historic rivals, have eased tensions in recent years but remain at odds over where their...
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) thwarted an attempt to smuggle 32 undocumented migrants out of Malaysia in the waters off Kuala Selangor early this morning. Deputy director of operations Maritime Commander Mohd Fairusnizam Abdul Razak said the wooden boat was intercepted at around 4.15am during patrols under Ops Ehsan and Ops Khas...
