No ketum found in lorry, says Deputy IGP on fatal FRU crash

TELUK INTAN: There was no ketum found in the lorry that crashed into the vehicle carrying Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) officers, says Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay (pic). "There were rumours suggesting he (the driver) had ketum in the lorry but we found nothing. The urine test confirmed no drugs," he...

How India and Pakistan pulled back from the brink with U.S.-brokered ceasefire

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At 2.09 am on Saturday, Ahmad Subhan, who lives near an air base in the Pakistan military garrison city of Rawalpindi, heard the first explosion that rattled the windows of his house - and took South Asia to the brink of war. As dawn broke, the heaviest fighting in decades between nuclear-armed...

Thai PM says that joint Cabinet meeting planned at Thailand-Malaysia border

BANGKOK (Bernama): Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim have agreed to hold a joint Cabinet meeting later this year at the Sadao-Bukit Kayu Hitam border area. Paetongtarn, in a post on her official X account, said the matter was discussed during a phone conversation with Anwar on Thursday to address issues of...

Malaysia and Qatar discuss bilateral issues, second Asean-GCC summit

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia and Qatar on Friday held a discussion on bilateral ties, the upcoming Second Asean Gulf Cooperation Council Summit (GCC) and Asean-GCC-China Economic Summit. According to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry on its Facebook page, the discussion was held during a courtesy call by the Secretary General of the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Dr Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi, on Foreign...

Bangladeshi student fined for outraging modesty of American pathologist in LRT

KUALA LUMPUR: A private university student was fined RM5,000, in default two months in jail, by the Magistrate's Court here on Friday (May 9) for outraging the modesty of a female American pathologist in a light rail transit (LRT) train early this year. Magistrate S. Mageswary meted out the fine on Bangladeshi national Rahman Md Moshiur,...

India and Pakistan accuse each other of attacks, tourists flee

JAMMU, India/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -India and Pakistan accused each other of launching drone and artillery attacks overnight into Friday morning, as tourists and villagers fled the third day of the worst fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours in nearly three decades. Sirens rang out in cities in the conflict's Kashmir flashpoint and beyond and people were told to...

Anwar receives courtesy call from Siti Nurhaliza

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has received a courtesy visit from Biduanita Negara Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin and discussed various topics related to the arts. Anwar said the courtesy call at his office in Putrajaya was also attended by Siti Nurhaliza's husband Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa, representing Yayasan Nurjiwa. "Various topics were...

Woman dies in hospital after SUV crashes into Sitiawan fast-food restaurant

IPOH: The 73-year-old woman who was hit by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) that crashed into a fast-food restaurant in Sitiawan on Thursday (May 8) night has died. Manjung OCPD Asst Comm Hasbullah Abd Rahman said the victim was pronounced dead at 10.56pm on Thursday after receiving treatment at the emergency ward of the Seri Manjung...

Juvenile croc caught in Batu Pahat

BATU PAHAT: A juvenile crocodile was captured near the site where a 4.5-metre female crocodile weighing about 410kg was caught on Wednesday (May 7). The Johor Fire Rescue Department Operation Centre reported receiving a call about the reptile on Friday (May 9) at 7.15pm. Bandar Penggaram Fire station senior officer II Murad Paiman said six firemen and...

Two foreigners arrested for allegedly desecrating 16th-century emperor’s tomb in Vietnam

THANH HOA, (Vietnam): Two foreigners have been detained by police as part of an investigation into the suspected desecration of the royal tomb of Emperor Le Tuc Tong, located in Kien Tho Commune, Ngoc Lac District, the central province of Thanh Hoa. Last Saturday (May 3) evening, officials from the Thanh Hoa Centre for Historical Research...