CAIRO/RIYADH (Reuters): More than 1,000 people died during haj this year, according to a Reuters tally, as extreme heat hammered the nearly two million who took part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Most of dead were Egyptians. Security and medical sources told Reuters on Sunday that the Egyptian death toll had risen to 672...
MANILA, Philippines (AP): The president of the Philippines said Sunday his country would not yield to "any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at least two military boats with machetes, axes and hammers in a clash in the disputed South China Sea, but added the Philippines would never instigate a...
BANDAR PERMAISURI: A 51-year-old single mother, who is a civil servant, has lost RM148,200 after being duped in a love scam. Setiu district police chief Mohd Zain Mat Dris said the victim lodged a report on Saturday (June 22). "The victim claimed that she received a Facebook message in June from someone using a fake profile with...
KOTA BHARU: The Malaysian and Thai police will work together to track down a smuggler who fired three shots at Kelantan Customs Department officers who were on duty in an enforcement operation to combat petrol and diesel smuggling near the Pok Mat illegal base in Kampung Simpangan, Tumpat. Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said...
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has said that all MPs should not be absent from Parliament when the Dewan Rakyat sitting convenes on Monday (June 24). "Everyone has been asked to attend Parliament tomorrow. Don’t be absent,” Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan told the media said when asked about the prime minister’s main...
KANGAR: The number of houses damaged by storms in Perlis since Friday has increased to 107 as at 8.18pm Sunday night, according to the Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIPs) data. MAIPs chief executive officer Mohd Nazim Mohd Noor said 96 houses were damaged in the storm on Sunday (June 23), while 11 houses...
IPOH: Police say that a severed hand found near a burning car in front of Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta near Tanjung Rambutan was likely from a fight where three men were ambushed by 20 assailants near a road along the Sultan Azlan Shah Health Ministry Training Institute. Ipoh district police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang...
PETALING JAYA: There is no possibility of PAS joining the unity government, says Takiyuddin Hassan. In a statement on Sunday (June 23), the PAS secretary-general refuted the comment by Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil who said that the Islamist party could join the unity government. "PAS remains with and will continue cooperating with Perikatan Nasional, which has been...
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) has launched its first-ever loan restructuring campaign, offering a minimum payment of RM300 to encourage borrowers to settle their arrears. In a statement on Saturday (June 22), PTPTN announced that the two-month campaign, running from June 1 to July 31, is open to all borrowers with arrears,...
IPOH: Following integrated operations conducted by the state health department between January and May this year, 31 eateries across Perak have been ordered to close immediately for violating Section 11 of the Food Act 1983. The State Human Resources, Health, National Integration, and Indian Community Affairs Committee chairman, A. Sivanesan (pic), said that 1,330 notices worth...
