Nation

PKR polls: New party leadership must close ranks ahead of GE16, says Fadhlina

JOHOR BARU: The new line-up of party leaders should prioritise efforts to strengthen the party, including dispelling any rumours, says PKR Wanita chief Fadhlina Sidek.

Nation

Malaysia now recognised as a semiconductor hub, says PM Anwar

JOHOR BARU: Malaysia is now recognised as a semiconductor hub, following investments from three major giants that have acknowledged the country's potential, according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

AseanPlus News

Cat ‘arrested’ with mugshot taken for attacking Thai police during rescue, amusing netizens

One compassionate officer takes the mischievous feline home for the night, preparing food, litter box, toys for his unexpected guest

AseanPlus News

Patient arrested for alleged indecent assault of nurse in Hong Kong hospital

Nurse, 23, suspected to have been indecently assaulted in medical ward by patient, 59

Markets

FBM KLCI snaps six-day losing streak to close higher

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI snapped a six-session losing streak on Friday, closing higher despite broadly weaker regional markets.

Myanmar

An urban guerrilla group in Myanmar claims responsibility for assassinating a retired army officer

A retired high-ranking officer in Myanmar's military was shot dead by a self-proclaimed urban guerrilla group on Thursday near his home in the country's biggest city, marking the latest assassination attributed to militants opposed to army rule.

Nation

Appeals Court upholds drug trafficker's 30 years' jail, whipping sentence

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld a the 30 year's jail and 12 strokes of the cane sentence imposed on a 39-year-old man for trafficking 43.2g of heroin and monoacetylmorphine in 2022.

Nation

Domestic rooftop solar panel use gets supercharge with increased NEM quota

PUTRAJAYA: The Government has increased the domestic quota for the Net Energy Metering (NEM) programme, known as NEM Rakyat, to 600MW, up 100MW from 500MW before.

Cambodia

Cambodian police seek Thai cooperation to extradite activist

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian authorities have announced that they intend to seek the cooperation from Thai authorities to extradite a Cambodian woman named Chou Chhin, who they say broadcast misleading information about the kingdom's ongoing trade negotiations with the US, via her "Women Overseas" Facebook page.

Singapore

Visually impaired users in Singapore may soon use voice commands to book a Grab ride

SINGAPORE: Ride-hailing operator Grab is testing a voice assistant feature to allow visually impaired users in Singapore to book rides using voice commands.

Nation

Teen Semai pilot breaking barriers in Malaysian aviation

LANGKAWI: Under the blazing sun at the static aircraft display area of the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2025 (Lima'25), a tall young woman can be seen meticulously cleaning a microlight aircraft.

Philippines

Manila's allies decry dangerous manoevres by Chinese boats in South China Sea

MANILA: Several of the Philippines' allies have expressed grave concern over China's recent use of water cannons and a sideswiping manoeuvre against a Philippine vessel on a routine scientific mission near Sandy Cay in the West Philippine Sea.

Energy

US invites Asian officials to Alaska, eyes US$44bil LNG project

TOKYO/WASHINGTON: The U.S. has invited officials from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to Alaska to discuss projects including a vast gas pipeline, two people familiar with the planning said, as Asian governments consider U.S. investments in the hopes of relief from President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Vietnam

The pioneering Vietnamese professor taught by French maths genius

HANOI: As American bombers flew overhead, pioneering professor Hoang Xuan Sinh completed her thesis by the light of a kerosene lamp in the Vietnamese jungle, with letters from French maths genius Alexandre Grothendieck as her only guidance.

Singapore

Confused, nervous, told to ‘wait for updates’: Singapore students at Harvard react to US ban

WASHINGTON: The news arrived quietly on his mobile phone, that Harvard University has been barred from enrolling international students. This means his ability to finish his degree there, the culmination of a lifetime of work, is now in jeopardy.

Myanmar

Thailand to press for broader international engagement with Myanmar junta

BANGKOK: Thailand will advocate more international engagement with Myanmar at an upcoming South-East Asia leader summit next week, its foreign minister said, in a push for international cooperation to broaden a diplomatic effort to end a protracted civil war.

Nation

Foreign restaurant helper detained in Melaka for outraging modesty

MELAKA: Melaka police have detained a Pakistani restaurant helper for allegedly outraging the modesty of a 21-year-old undergraduate at the staircase of an apartment in Bukit Beruang here.

Nation

Penang Hill cable car project fully funded by private sector, says state agency

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Hill cable car project will be fully financed and developed by a private concessionaire, with no cost to the state government, the Penang Hill Corporation (PHC) said on Friday (May 23).

AseanPlus News

Guests died of organ failure after toxic mushroom lunch, Australian court hears

SYDNEY: Three Australians died of organ failure after eating a beef Wellington dish laced with toxic mushrooms, a medical specialist said Friday (May 23) during a triple-murder trial sparked by the deaths.

Singapore

Youth who performed lewd act on cat pleads guilty

SINGAPORE: An 18-year-old boy was playing with a cat belonging to one of his neighbours in April 2023 when he performed a lewd act on the animal, which did not suffer any injuries.