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In Singapore, brother who raped and sexually abused sister from age five gets 18 years in prison

SINGAPORE, May 19 -- A 26-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to 18 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane on Monday for sexually abusing his younger sister over a period of seven years. The abu... Read More


Best growth of 2026 could already be behind Malaysia, BMI predicts

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- Malaysia's economic growth likely peaked in the first quarter of 2026 and is expected to slow down for the rest of the year, as geopolitical tensions and weakening global deman... Read More


Singapore man gets jail, caning for 79 child sex abuse videos of boys including two-year-old

SINGAPORE, May 19 -- A 31-year-old Singaporean man has been sentenced to one year and nine months in jail and two lashes of the cane after he was caught with a collection of 79 sexually explicit video... Read More


Four teens arrested for allegedly strangling, assaulting e-hailing driver over unpaid fare in Alor Gajah

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- An e-hailing driver was injured after being strangled and beaten by four teenagers, including two girls, who allegedly could not afford to pay the fare in an incident in Kuala ... Read More


Bridging the polar and tropical worlds - Goh Hong Ching and Muhammad Fardy Md Ibrahim

Kuala Lampur, May 19 -- MAY 19 - As world leaders and scientists gather in Hiroshima this week for the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM), it is a timely moment to reflect on why Antarctica,... Read More


Woman, 84, fatally burned in Sandakan house fire, found in living room

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- An 84-year-old woman was found charred after a two-storey house she was living in caught fire in Jalan Fook Hin, Batu 12, Sandakan, Sabah, last night. The victim, identified a... Read More


Wangsa Maju MP says attendance at Rafizi, Nik Nazmi event was to honour invitation; respects their PKR exit decision

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- Wangsa Maju Member of Parliament Zahir Hassan has clarified that his attendance at a political direction programme involving former economy minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli and... Read More


The invisible architecture of AI warfare: Beyond drones and into the age of autonomous conflict - Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lampur, May 19 -- The modern image of war is increasingly dominated by drones. Small drones. Large drones. Surveillance drones. Naval drones. Underwater drones. Loitering munitions. Swarm dron... Read More


Woman found dead after suspected fall from 17th floor of Kota Kinabalu condominium; police probe ongoing

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- A woman was found dead after she is believed to have fallen from the 17th floor of a condominium along Jalan 18 in Kota Kinabalu yesterday evening. In the 6.30pm incident, the... Read More


Miri armed robbery: Suspect arrested within 24 hours after woman, child threatened at knifepoint; stolen Toyota Fortuner recovered

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- A local man suspected of being involved in an armed robbery and theft of a Toyota Fortuner at Bulatan Time Square, Jalan Cina, in Miri, Sarawak, was arrested in less than 24 ho... Read More