Nation

Extra ferry trips to Langkawi for Malaysia Day holiday

ALOR SETAR: About 100,000 visitors are expected to travel to Langkawi Island using passenger ferry services in conjunction with the Malaysia Day public holiday and the school break.

Nation

Wisma Putra, Interpol assistance sought in Simpang Pulai murder, cop-shooting probe

IPOH: Police will seek assistance from Wisma Putra and Interpol to locate suspects believed to be involved in the shooting of a police officer and the discovery of a woman's body inside a car on Sept 7.

Football

Soccer-Last-gasp Salah penalty earns below-par Liverpool victory at Burnley

BURNLEY, England (Reuters) - Mohamed Salah's stoppage-time penalty ensured Liverpool maintained their winning start to the Premier League season with a 1-0 victory at promoted side Burnley on Sunday.

Football

Kelantan squeeze past KL into FA Cup quarters, smoother sailing for Kuching

PETALING JAYA: Kelantan's Real Warriors may have lost the battle, but they won the war.

Athletics

Athletics-Davis-Woodhall adds world long jump title to Olympic crown

TOKYO (Reuters) -American Tara Davis-Woodhall leaped 7.13 metres for a dominant victory in the long jump final at the world championships on Sunday, adding the world title to the Olympic crown she won last year.

AseanPlus News

Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Sunday (Sept 14, 2025)

Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Sunday (Sept 14, 2025)

China

Tesla continues its skid in China as August sales and market share fall

US carmaker hands 57,152 Shanghai-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles over to customers on the mainland last month

Rugby

Rugby-France come back from 13-point deficit to secure semi-final berth

EXETER, England (Reuters) -France survived a scare to advance to a ninth Women's Rugby World Cup semi-final, coming from behind to edge Ireland 18-13 in a tense quarter-final at Sandy Park on Sunday.

World

Pope Leo criticises high, Musk-style corporate pay packages

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo criticised corporate pay packages that offer executives much higher salaries than their employees in excerpts from his first media interview released on Sunday, citing Tesla's recent $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk.

Philippines

The Philippines, Japan, and the US hold naval exercises in South China Sea

The Philippines, Japa,n and the US deployed vessels and aircraft during a joint exercise in the South China Sea, the Philippine military said on Sunday.

China

EU to tighten sanctions as von der Leyen warns on China, defends US ties

Embattled chief urges bloc to put 'more pressure on Russia' and keep making bilateral deals amid 'crumbling' global trading system

Indonesia

Indonesia reopens nickel mine in dive hotspot despite outcry

The Indonesian government has allowed a nickel mining company to resume operations in an eastern archipelago, a minister said on Sunday, despite an outcry over damage it could cause to pristine islands.

World

UK PM Starmer says people have a right to 'peaceful protest' after anti-migrant march

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said people have a right to peaceful protest after more than 100,000 demonstrators joined an anti-immigration march through London on Saturday, but he condemned assaults on police and said Britain was built on tolerance and diversity.

Singapore

Cat groomer from Singapore places third in elite grooming competition in China

Aziemah Zakiyyah Azmi, a Singaporean cat groomer, won third place in two categories at the UCA Cat Groomer Elite Competition in China with a dragon-inspired hairstyle on her munchkin cat model.

Nation

Body found in Gerik stream: No criminal element, says cops

IPOH: Police confirmed that no criminal elements were involved in the discovery of a man's body found in a stream in the Air Rengat area of Temenggor, near Gerik, on Saturday (Sept 13).

Athletics

Athletics-Seville delivers in style for world 100 metres gold

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oblique Seville scorched to the world 100 metres gold in a personal best 9.77 seconds on Sunday, leading a Jamaican 1-2 ahead of Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson, second again in 9.82.

Nation

Comms Ministry to seek Google's help over lewd AI video threats to lawmakers

NIBONG TEBAL: The Communications Ministry will seek Google's assistance to investigate lewd video email threats recently targeting several elected representatives.

Football

Soccer-Manchester United hammer London City, Chelsea's Kerr scores in WSL return

LONDON (Reuters) -Manchester United striker Melvine Malard scored twice in her side's 5-1 thrashing of London City Lionesses and Sam Kerr netted on her return for Chelsea after a long injury lay-off as they beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the Women's Super League on Sunday. 

Athletics

Athletics-American Jefferson-Wooden wins women's 100 metres world title

TOKYO (Reuters) - American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden capped a dominant season in some style on Sunday by winning the women's 100 metres world title in 10.61 seconds, the fastest time ever run at a world championships.

Athletics

Athletics-Frenchman Gressier takes shock 10,000m gold in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) -Frenchman Jimmy Gressier sprinted down the final straight to win a shock gold medal in the men's 10,000 metres at the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday.