(FMT) - Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s popularity dropped sharply among Chinese and Indian voters in 2019, according to a survey by the Merdeka Center. A preference poll between the prime…

(FMT) - A Saudi Arabian diplomat in Malaysia has launched a scathing attack on Shia Muslims, saying it is useless to include them in any efforts to unite Muslims as they are deviant. Sheikh…

Wanted Penang-born Low Taek Jho, known to the world as Jho Low and derisively “the billion dollar whale”, insists that he is not the mastermind of the alleged fraud of 1Malaysia Development Berhad…

(BBC) - Iraqi MPs have passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country after the US killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad airport last week.…

(SCMP) - Taiwan’s legislature passed an anti-infiltration law on December 31 to combat the Chinese government’s influence on local politics. The legislation will criminalise political activities…

(Al Jazeera) - The U.S. President has long said he'd pull American troops out of what he called the 'endless wars' in the Middle East. But there are fears Donald Trump may have just laid the…

(FMT) - Veteran newsman A Kadir Jasin has downplayed education minister Maszlee Malik’s resignation last week, saying the matter was a normal occurrence in any developed or politically unstable…

(FMT) - PKR president Anwar Ibrahim appeared to downplay the controversy surrounding the introduction of Jawi in vernacular schools this year, saying it was intended merely to teach students about…

The institute is believed to be funded by Saudi donors and has long been linked to scholars sympathetic to Ikhwanul Muslimin (Muslim Brotherhood), the pan-Arabian Islamist movement seen as the more…

(Bernama) - Pakatan Harapan will hold discussion pertaining to Maszlee Malik’s successor as education minister, said DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng. Lim, who is also Finance Minister, said…

(CNA) - Indonesia has increased patrols around islands near the disputed South China Sea after a Chinese coast guard vessel "trespassed" into Indonesia's exclusive economic zone, authorities said…

(CNA) - Thai shoppers grabbed baskets, buckets and even a wheelbarrow to skirt a new ban on single-use plastic bags at big retailers, with many posting images of their efforts online. The…

(FMT) - The resignation of former education minister Maszlee Malik and Johor menteri besar Osman Sapian before that proves that a harmonious transition of power can occur within the Pakatan…

(Malaysiakini) - Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh has told off Penang Deputy Chief Minister (II) P Ramasamy for reportedly criticising former education minister…

(CNA) - The Australian navy on Friday (Jan 3) began evacuating around 1,000 people stranded on the east coast of the fire-ravaged country as a searing weather front was set to whip up more blazes…

(Bloomberg) - At least 42 people have died from the New Year’s Day flooding in Indonesia’s greater Jakarta area, and hundreds of thousands were evacuated, according to the government’s disaster…

(MYKMU) - The Pakatan Harapan presidential council must clearly commit to a May 2020 transition from Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the Eighth Prime Minister, says Nik…

(FMT) - Former international trade and industry minister Rafidah Aziz appears to be against the call for Dr Mahathir Mohamad to set a timeline to hand over power to Anwar Ibrahim. “No one…

(FMT) - A political analyst today said Maszlee Malik’s resignation as education minister may be seen by some as a “huge victory” for DAP, noting that the party’s leaders had frequently attacked…

Soleimani was an enemy of the United States. That’s not a question. The question is this - as reports suggest, did America just assassinate, without any congressional authorization, the second…

The next education minister must be Malay and Muslim, according to PAS MP Ahmad Amzad Hashim. (MMO) - The Kuala Terengganu MP also expressed fear that Maszlee Malik may have been forced out of…

Proton Holdings Bhd, the 50.1%-owned unit of DRB-Hicom Bhd, sold 100,821 units of vehicles in 2019 — the first time it breached the 100,000-mark since 2015. (The Edge) - In a statement today,…

(ST) - Taiwan’s top military chief was killed in a helicopter crash on Thursday (Jan 2), the defence ministry said, just days before the island goes to polls to elect a new president. The chief…

(FMT) - Jawi lessons for the Bahasa Melayu syllabus in vernacular schools can only be introduced with the approval of the majority of parents or the parent-teacher association (PTA), said Deputy…

(FMT) - The outlook for the property market will remain challenging as supply continues to dwarf demand, said Kenanga Research. The research firm said as property developers continue to launch…

(Borneo Post Online) - Sarawak State Reform Party (Star) president Lina Soo has described Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) three priority agendas in 2020 as revealed by Sarawak PH chairman Chong Chieng Jen…

(MMO) - Maszlee Malik is expected to announce his resignation from Cabinet later today, three separate sources close to the education minister told Malay Mail. According to the sources, Maszlee…

Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching says Pakatan Harapan (PH) will not recycle its promise to recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) as it is aware the move would affect the…

(FMT) - Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak, the political secretary to PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, has sent a notice of demand to Zuraida Kamaruddin claiming the party vice-president defamed him…