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Sep 18, 2026

Najib gets house arrest - but how he'll be tracked remains unclear

UPDATED 3.24PM | Ex-PM must pay RM50m fine, comply with all pardon-related conditions.

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Sep 18, 2026

Torrential rain in Vietnam leaves 3 dead, 16,000 homes flooded

Heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides across northern Vietnam, killing three people and damaging thousands of homes as well as more than 22,000 hectares (54,000 acres) of crops. The northern region has experienced downpours since Monday, with some areas receiving as much as 653mm (26 inches) of rain, according to a statement on the government’s website. More than 16,000 houses have been inundated while rice and other crops have been damaged. National and provincial roads have been...

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Sep 18, 2026

Thailand’s Muslim separatists vow to fight for independence ‘until the end of time’

Two decades into an insurgency that has killed thousands in southern Thailand, a leader of the main Malay–Muslim separatist group has vowed to keep fighting until it achieves its goals. “This struggle will continue until the end of time,” Nikmatullah Seri, the spokesman for the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) peace negotiation delegation, said in a rare interview. “As long as our objectives remain unachieved, we will continue to fight.” Militants from BRN have fought for an independent Islamic...

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Sep 18, 2026

Woman dies after South Korean hospital administers wrong blood type

South Korean prosecutors have ordered a reinvestigation into a case in which a type O patient at a Seoul university hospital was mistakenly given type A blood and died about a month later.

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Sep 18, 2026

Chinese woman's search for American tutor rallies hundreds of his former students

A Shanghai woman looking for the American teacher who tutored her free of charge two decades ago has found hundreds of his former students, but not him.

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Sep 18, 2026

Malaysia’s Najib Razak allowed to serve rest of jail term under house arrest

Malaysia’s Pardons Board on Friday agreed to allow disgraced former prime minister Najib Razak to serve out the remainder of his jail term under house arrest. King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar granted Najib a “conditional pardon”, where the former leader is required to settle his 50 million ringgit (US$12.3 million) fine before he can be transferred to his home to complete his sentence, due to end on August 23, 2028. “He must abide by these conditions, and should he fail to fulfil any of these...

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Sep 18, 2026

LIVE | PAS welcomes Najib's house arrest, reminds Nga of quit pledge

UPDATED 3.52PM | Takiyuddin says the pardon is meaningful to Malaysians.

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Sep 18, 2026

Bail out or downsize? Malaysia’s stark choice as AirAsia losses mount

Malaysia could struggle to preserve some domestic air links if low-cost carrier AirAsia is forced to scale back operations, analysts have warned, as rival airlines would have little commercial incentive to take over unprofitable routes. That reality could leave the government facing a stark choice: allow domestic flight services to shrink or step in with subsidies for essential routes, rather than assuming competitors will automatically fill any void left by the country’s largest budget...

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Sep 18, 2026

3 dead, 16,000 homes flooded as heavy rain batters northern Vietnam

Heavy rain, floods and landslides have killed three people and inundated more than 16,000 homes in northern and central Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

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Sep 18, 2026

Yeoh, AG depart palace after Pardons Board meet, Umno sec-gen posts ‘Alhamdulillah’

UPDATED 11.50AM | Meeting this morning was expected to consider ex-PM's pardon application.

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Sep 18, 2026

Royal crisis: AGC is no judge, N Sembilan chieftains say, call for state sec's resignation

'AGC has no right to interfere in the affairs of Negeri Sembilan.'

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Sep 18, 2026

US firm Waymo to launch robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028

Waymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028, giving the US company its first foothold in Southeast Asia. Fully electric Jaguar I-Pace vehicles were due to arrive in the city state in the coming months, ahead of preparations for a commercial launch, the company said on Friday. From 2027, trained autonomous specialists will manually drive the vehicles to help Waymo adapt its technology to Singapore’s road layouts, monsoon conditions and other local features. The service is...

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Sep 18, 2026

Filipino fishers count the cost of South China Sea dispute

For fishermen like Joey Marabe in the Philippine province of Zambales, the geopolitical contest playing out in the South China Sea can be measured in dwindling catches and shrinking incomes, as the presence of Chinese vessels around a contested shoal increasingly limits where they can work. “It’s a huge drop. Before, a lot of us who could go out to Scarborough Shoal used to bring home around 15,000 pesos (US$238) a week, a comfortable amount for our families,” said Marabe, a resident of Masinloc...

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Sep 18, 2026

SNAPSHOT | Cops wrap up probe of Umno leader over 'joke'; PKR Youth backs Anwar on Rohingya

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Sep 18, 2026

N Sembilan state sec office rejects move to gazette removal, succession proclamations

Zafir says his office accepts AGC advice that proclamation was invalid.

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Sep 18, 2026

Poland eyes deeper Philippines defence ties following Black Hawk deal

Poland’s delivery of Black Hawk helicopters to the Philippines has given Warsaw a foothold in Manila’s defence market as it seeks to expand exports from its growing defence industry, with analysts saying drones, air defence and potentially co-production could pave the way for a broader partnership. Polish deputy foreign minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski said on Tuesday that Warsaw was keen to pursue further defence partnerships with the Philippines, as Poland has poured US$50 billion into...

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Sep 17, 2026

Yeoh denies signing Najib's house arrest order, calls document fake

Document circulating on social media also bore a 'royal seal'.

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Sep 17, 2026

Bangkok steps up PM2.5 crackdown ahead of pollution season

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, in coordination with the Pollution Control Department (PCD) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is preparing stricter measures to tackle the increased risk of PM2.5 pollution towards the end of the year.

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Sep 17, 2026

Pahang govt offers help to Bera Orang Asli, silent on viral confrontation, 'incense pot' kicking

State exco says willing to help villagers but awaiting details.

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Sep 17, 2026

Chinese researchers develop 6 kg CT scanner they say is world's smallest

A company founded by Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers has developed a 6 kg CT scanner that it says is the world's smallest, a portable device built to image the inside of small objects.

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Sep 17, 2026

Foreigners make up record 18% of university students in Germany

International students accounted for 18% of university enrollment in Germany in the 2025-26 academic year, the highest proportion ever recorded, with their number reaching 516,820.

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Sep 17, 2026

Which Asian country has the world's largest factory?

This factory employs around 250,000 people, making it the world's largest manufacturing site by headcount.

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Sep 17, 2026

'Daulat Tuanku' chants greet Tuanku Muhriz as supporters rally at KLIA

Rally organiser accuses ruler's rivals of committing treason, calls for action.

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Sep 17, 2026

AGC: N Sembilan MB, state exco's decision on Tuanku Muhriz invalid

'State exco's media announcement has no legal bearing.'

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Sep 17, 2026

Vietnam's top leader To Lam heads to UN General Assembly and Canada

Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam will attend the U.N. General Assembly's high-level general debate in New York and pay a state visit to Canada this month.

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Sep 17, 2026

Pardons Board to reconvene tomorrow, discuss Najib's pardon bid – report

However, a Putrajaya source declines to confirm whether there is a meeting.

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Sep 17, 2026

SNAPSHOT | Haze: M'sia formally offers assistance to Indonesia; 'publicise criteria for prosecuting, withdrawing charges'

What’s going on in the news today, with updates at 9am, 2pm, 6pm, and 9pm.

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Sep 17, 2026

16 US colleges now cost more than $100,000 a year

16 U.S. colleges will charge more than US$100,000 for a single year of undergraduate study in the 2026-27 academic year, a surge from only two schools a year earlier.

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Sep 17, 2026

Malaysian woman scuba diving in Bali dies after being swept away by currents

A Malaysian woman has died while scuba diving after she was caught in strong currents in Bali, Indonesia. According to local media portal Bali News, the victim, Siti Nuraini Rusidi, 40, was on a diving trip with a divemaster, boat captain and several other divers when the incident occurred at 11.10am local time on Wednesday. The trip’s divemaster, Eugenius Franciso Ray, 33, had reportedly raised concerns over her health when he noticed her coughing when the group was at the first dive site at...

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Sep 17, 2026

‘Gone too far’: Thai PM Anutin slams foreign lawbreakers as backlash builds

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has issued a withering rebuke to foreigners behaving badly in Thailand following a wave of scandals involving illegal businesses and landholdings including a cemetery, saying the cases have “gone too far” by breaching Thai law and hospitality. Facing mounting public backlash against illegal foreign ownership of swathes of the country enabled by endemic corruption, Anutin’s government has halved the visa-free entry period to 30 days for most countries and...

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