BELURAN: A cooking oil factory worker was killed when the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a palm oil tanker lorry at KM40 Jalan Beluran - Telupid yesterday.
JOHOR BARU: A massive search is underway in a six square nautical mile area between Tanjung Pelepas and Tanjung Piai for 19 people feared drowned after a boat carrying 80 Indonesians capsized off Tanjung Piai near Pontian early today.
KOTA TINGGI: Three foreign ship captains were charged at the Kota Tinggi Sessions Court today for illegal possession and trading of subsidised diesel without valid permits in Johor's waters.
KOTA KINABALU: The Bunga Mas Lima naval vessel to be deployed here will boost security and improve the sense of security among tourists, said Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents vice president (Inbound) KL Tan.
KUALA LUMPUR: A long-held belief is slowly but surely driving the tourist-drawing turtles to extinction in Malaysia, according to marine biologist Dr Juanita Joseph.
SYDNEY : Survivors of one of Australia’s deadliest wildfires are to be awarded nearly 500 million Australian dollars ($470 million) in a class action settlement reached Tuesday, the largest such compensation in the nation’s history.
TAIPEI : Taiwanese investigators Tuesday said pilots of an Apache helicopter were to blame for a crash in which the US-made attack chopper careered into an apartment block earlier this year.
HONG KONG: Their precarious rooftop houses have offered refuge from an unaffordable Hong Kong property market, but some of the territory’s poorest residents face losing their makeshift homes as the government seeks to dismantle them.
KOTA KINABALU: Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) stated there is no problem of implementing orders to fire at intruders if they are done following regulations and laws.
SUNGAI PETANI: There is plenty of fish in the sea, or rather available for consumers for the festive season, according to Fishermen Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) Mohamad Noor Had.
KUALA LUMPUR : The Malaysian Meteorological Department today issued a warning of strong winds and rough seas for Sabah following the detection of Typhoon Rammasun 1,125 kilometres northeast of Sandakan, Sabah, at 8 am.
JAKARTA : A Canadian teacher has been arrested in Indonesia for alleged child sex abuse, police said Tuesday, in a scandal that has rocked one of the country’s most prestigious international schools.
SUNGAI SIPUT: Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah has called on Muslims to adopt new methods in the teaching of the Quran.
A MOTION on the security issue in Sabah and the Mabul attack is expected to be tabled today at the State Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said during the debate on the Additional Expenditure Bill 2014 in yesterday’s assembly.
PUTRAJAYA: A disgruntled Kuala Selangor PKR member has lodged a report with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) yesterday, urging it to investigate irregularities involving the party’s Kuala Selangor divisional polls.