ALOR GAJAH, Jan 11 – Conspiracy theories, swirling like the treacherous waters of the southern Indian Ocean, have emerged from various platforms such as social media over the reasons for the vanishing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Nevertheless, such unfounded theories will not undermine the efforts of Malaysia and other countries to
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 – The Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has denied that France’s terror duo involved in the Paris kosher grocery store massacre had entered Malaysia for a holiday, as reported by CNN. Khalid wrote that checks by Royal Malaysian Police proved that the duo
PARIS, Jan 11 – More than 700,000 people poured onto the streets of France Saturday in solidarity with victims of this week’s Islamist attacks, on the eve of a march in Paris expected to dwarf that figure. The poignantly silent rallies paidtribute to the 17 victims of the three-day killing spree, and came as
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 – A specialised environmental court for civil cases would raise more awareness on environmental issues among civilians but there was still room for further expansion on environmental offences. Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria had yesterday revealed that the judiciary was contemplating setting up a specialised environmental court for civil
KLUANG, Jan 10 – Tents from China and medicine from the US will soon reach flood victims in Kelantan. A total of 1,600 tents will be sent to the National Service camps in Kelantan which had been converted into temporary relief centres, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. “The medicine
PARIS, Jan 10 – France is keeping its highest possible security level in the greater Paris area, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Saturday, in the wake of three days of terror that left 17 dead. “We want to keep the high level of mobilisation and vigilance,” Cazeneuve told reporters after an emergency
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 – The sitting of the first ever Malaysian Youth Parliament (PBM) has garnered satisfactory remarks from minister of Youth and Sports Khairy Jamaluddin. Speaking to reporters at the Dewan Rakyat today, Khairy said the motions tabled by members of PBM were of good quality and he was
PARIS, Jan 10 – French police are hunting for a fourth suspect in this week’s Paris terror attacks, after killing three of them yesterday (Jan 9) in near-simultaneous raids. Authorities have asked the public for help locating Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, believed to be the wife of Amady Coulibaly — the man
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 – A top sharia official from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has threatened France with fresh attacks following those at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and at a Jewish supermarket, SITE monitoring group said Friday. “It is better for you to stop your aggression against the Muslims, so perhaps you
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 10 – No further postponement of dates for the 41 flood affected schools said Education Minister II Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh. The affected schools scheduled to open on Jan 18 and Jan 19 even though some schools are still being used as relief centres while some needs cleaning
PARIS, Jan 10 – Products with the “Je Suis Charlie” logo, from t-shirts to kitchen aprons, are being sold widely online, presenting a moral quandary for ecommerce stores after this week’s deadly attacks in Paris. In the wake of the hostage crisis and massacre, “Je Suis Charlie” (I Am Charlie) has
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 – The inaugural sitting of the Malaysian Youth Parliament (PBM) at the Dewan Rakyat held today as 133 elected members presented and debated national issues representing the voices of the youth. The two-day sitting which ends tomorrow, will see nine motions tabled and debated, chosen from
PARIS , Jan 10 – The three men killed by the French police on Friday have been linked by French and American intelligence officials to Islamic militant organizations. Two of the men are brothers suspected in the killings at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The third man is suspected of seizing hostages at
PARIS, Jan 10 – Tens of thousands of people rallied across France on Saturday, less than a day after the worst terrorist attacks on the country in decades were brought to an end.
PARIS, Jan 10 – France will take “all measures” to ensure the safety of Sunday’s march to be attended by European leaders after this week’s attacks and is maintaining its highest possible security level in the Paris area, the interior minister said. Speaking on Saturday after an emergency meeting with French
PEKAN, Jan 10 – A comprehensive standard operating procedures (SOP) to face massive floods will be ready in the next six months, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He said a special committee was preparing the SOP, which would also include the proposal for new assets and training for those
PANGKALAN BUN, Jan 10 – Investigators searching for black boxes in the crashed AirAsia plane lifted the tail portion out of the Java Sea on Saturday, two weeks ago after it went down, killing all 162 people on board. It was not immediately clear if the cockpit voice and flight data
KAMPUNG GAJAH, Jan 10 – Flood victims who obtained loans from the Rural and Regional Development Ministry are exempted from paying loans for six months. Its minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said this was to alleviate the financial burden of victims. Speaking to reporters here after visiting Kampung Pasir Salak
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 – Several dog lovers who donated money to Malaysia Independent Animal Rescue (Miar) are now crying foul after receipts were not issued to acknowledge their donations. The NGO, headed by animal activist Puspa Rani was recently in the spotlight after former committee members had accused her of having misappropriated close to
PEKAN, Jan 10 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Razak said the people should also play their roles to help reduce the impact of the natural disasters which will be more frequent due to climate change. He said the people should have a new perspective on disasters such as floods, as previously
