THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The World Court said on Friday that Israel's settlement policies and exploitation of natural resources in the Palestinian territories were in breach of international law. The United Nations' highest court said that Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories were illegal under international law, in an advisory opinion issued on Friday (July 19). The...
PORT DICKSON: Five people were charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday (July 19) with causing the death of their friend in a swimming pool last week. The accused - D. Maharaj, 36; B. Shanmugaservai, 34; Faezatun Firus Arifin, 42; R. Praveena, 31; and S. Suvipra, 34 - pleaded not guilty when the charge was read...
MELAKA: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) complemented the Visit Melaka Year 2024 to ensure the safety of holidaymakers by conducting checks on tour and express buses. Melaka JPJ director Muhammad Firdaus Shariff said a total of 280 buses were checked during a joint operation that started on Friday (July 5) and ended on Friday (July 17). "Our...
BANGKOK: A total of 30 of 35 luxury cars stolen from the United Kingdom have been handed over by Thai authorities to the British Embassy to be returned to their rightful owners in a case that dates back to 2016. The return of the stolen cars was announced on Friday (July 19) at a joint press...
DENPASAR: Two Australian nationals and three Indonesians survived a helicopter crash in South Kuta in Badung, Bali, on Friday (July 19) afternoon. The crash reportedly happened after the helicopter became entangled in kite strings. I Nyoman Sidakarya, an official with the Denpasar Search and Rescue Agency, said the helicopter took off from the Garuda Wisnu Kencana...
KOTA KINABALU: Passengers waiting for check-in at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport are faced with difficulties as some airlines including AirAsia are facing system glitches. This comes following a global cyber outage which struck earlier Friday (July 19). An official from Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) here confirmed that the airport is not affected but some airlines...
KUALA LUMPUR: Renowned Malaysian comedian Harith Iskander has publicly addressed his pending divorce, acknowledging his personal shortcomings as the primary cause. The 57-year-old candidly spoke about the challenges he has faced in his marriage to Dr Jezamine Lim, highlighting that his own actions played a significant role in their relationship's breakdown. "I have to admit that I...
KUALA LUMPUR: An individual was slapped with a compound fine of RM25,000 for uploading false content related to the organisation of the 2024 Quran Recital and Memorisation Assembly, according to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). It said the individual was fined under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for uploading a status on Facebook...
PETALING JAYA: Ten years on, memories of the ground coverage of the debris field from the destroyed MH17 are still vivid in the minds of Patrick Lee and Kamarul Ariffin from The Star. Lee, then a journalist with The Star, recounted his experience being the first Malaysians alongside photographer Kamarul to cover flight MH17, an aircraft...
SEREMBAN: Police have arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly breaking the windscreen and the side mirrors of a car belonging to a woman at a parking lot here. Seremban police chief Asst Comm Mohamad Hatta Che Din said the suspect, who allegedly also broke the car's front and rear wipers, was nabbed around 2.30pm on Thursday...
