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Anand Raj takes the helm as new Malaysian Bar President, vows to champion core values
KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyer Anand Raj has been elected as the new president of the Malaysian Bar for the 2026/2027 term, succeeding in the role at the organization’s 80th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Saturday (March 14). Anand, who served
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Explosion damages school in Amsterdam in ‘deliberate attack against the Jewish community’, says mayor
AMSTERDAM, March 14 — An explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early today, in what the city’s mayor described as “a deliberate attack against the Jewish community”. The explosion at the school in an upscale residential neighbourhood on the
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Police working with Thai authorities to locate Zamri Vinoth, Tamim Dahri and return them to Malaysia to face charges
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — Police are tracking independent preacher Zamri Vinoth and activist Tamim Dahri, believed to be in Thailand, as authorities move to bring them back to Malaysia to face charges in court. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department
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Heroic rescue in Petaling Jaya: Firefighters save two children from blazing apartment
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — Two children were found semi-conscious in a room during a house fire at Taman Megah Emas, Petaling Jaya, this morning. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said they received
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DPM Fadillah: TH to negotiate with airlines to stabilise flight costs for Haj pilgrims
KUCHING, March 14 — The Pilgrims Fund Board (TH) is negotiating with airlines to ensure that flight ticket costs for Malaysian Haj pilgrims are not affected by global fuel price uncertainties caused by geopolitical tensions in West Asia, said Deputy
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Food and Agriculture Ministry to reassess country’s food stocks after May
SHAH ALAM, March 14 — The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (KPKM) is expected to reassess the country’s food stocks after May amid geopolitical tensions in West Asia. Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the supply of basic food items,
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Iranian media reports no damage to Kharg oil infrastructure after US strike
TEHRAN, March 14 — No oil infrastructure was damaged in US strikes on Kharg Island, Iranian media reported today. Fars news agency, citing sources on the ground, reported there had been no damage to oil facilities after President Donald Trump
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US offers energy supplies to Asia-Pacific ‘friends and allies’ as Gulf war chokes Hormuz and drives up costs
TOKYO, March 14 — The United States can provide “reliable” energy supplies to Asia-Pacific, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Saturday, as the Middle East war cripples the region’s oil and gas flow. Oil and gas prices have surged since
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Singapore braces for electricity and gas supply risks as fuel prices rise
SINGAPORE, March 14 — Petrol prices in Singapore have climbed to new highs as global crude oil prices surge amid the conflict in the Middle East and disruptions to energy supply routes. Caltex raised the posted price of 95‑octane petrol
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Good time for US to ‘declare victory and get out’ of Iran war, says Trump tech adviser
WASHINGTON, March 13 — David Sacks has suggested the United States should end its war with Iran, in a rare call from a senior figure in Donald Trump’s administration to seek an exit from the conflict. Speaking on the All-In Podcast,
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