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Pentagon puts 50 top military staff through lie detectors in hunt for weapons leak
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 — The Pentagon has launched a lie-detector dragnet to comb through high-ranking military officials and identify who leaked information about US munitions stockpiles, according to US press reports. In July, reports emerged that the United States was
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Fake cop, real loss: Ipoh man conned of RM1.9m in phone scam
IPOH, Sept 6 — An elderly man lost RM1.9 million to a phone scam after he was contacted by a suspect impersonating a police officer. Perak police chief Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the victim, 78, lodged a police
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US envoy rejects Hadi’s claim it offered to help shape Malaysian govt leadership
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — The United States today rejected PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang’s claim that Washington had offered to help topple Malaysia’s government, saying it has never sought to decide the country’s political leadership. The US
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Bintulu schools go online till Sept 11 as haze pushes API past 200
KUCHING, Sept 6 — A total of 54 primary schools and nine secondary schools in Bintulu Division, comprising the Bintulu and Tatau/Sebauh districts, will be closed from Sept 7 to 11 due to haze, with Home-Based Teaching and Learning (PdPR)
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Singapore haze eases after unhealthy readings, but smoke threat lingers
SINGAPORE, Sept 6 — Air quality across Singapore improved to moderate levels this morning after haze pushed pollution into the unhealthy range in three regions a day earlier, although authorities warned that smoke from fires in Indonesia could continue to
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Argentina threatens to sanction oil projects around Falklands
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 6 — Argentina has announced that it will investigate and sanction oil companies working near the Falkland Islands without authorisation, after President Javier Milei said the “winds of change” favour his country’s claim to the archipelago. Britain
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Anak Krakatau ash cloud temporarily shuts Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta airport, disrupting 33 flights
JAKARTA, Sept 6 — Indonesia temporarily halted operations at its main international airport early today after volcanic ash from an eruption of Anak Krakatau spread into nearby airspace, disrupting dozens of flights. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport was closed from 1.30am until
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Trump envoys head to Kyiv after ‘frank’ Putin talks yield no breakthrough
MOSCOW, Sept 6 — US envoys proposed a “number of ideas” on how to end the Ukraine war in “frank” talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin late yesterday, Moscow said, ahead of their first trip to Kyiv. US
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US blows up three Iranian oil tankers after Tehran targets American warships
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 — The United States said it destroyed three Iranian oil tankers yesterday in response to attempted missile attacks on naval vessels, with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards saying they targeted US-linked ships in response. The latest round of clashes,
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Indonesia conducts water bombing to contain wildfires near future capital Nusantara
JAKARTA, Sept 6 — Indonesian authorities carried out a water bombing operation yesterday to prevent wildfires from spreading in the future capital city Nusantara, a city official told AFP. The archipelago is constructing a new capital city in Borneo, home
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