KUANTAN, June 10 (Bernama) — Gareth David Huntley, the Briton whose body was found in the Mentawak River, Pulau Tioman last Wednesday, had been dead for more than three days when his remains were discovered. This was the finding of a post-moretem conducted on the 34-year-old volunteer at the K …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) — A total of 785 development projects submitted to the government could not be approved due to the water supply crisis in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya from February until March, this year. Energy, Green Technology and Water Deputy Minister, Datuk Seri Ma …

BANGKOK: Bowing to pressure, Weluree Ditsayabut tearfully relinquished her Miss Universe Thailand crown on Monday. “I give up this title,” the young beauty queen said at a press conference. Appearing before media without a crown and a sash, Weluree said she had taken the move to end huge …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) — The government is committed to improving industrial safety in order to attract more investors to Malaysia, said Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. To assuage industry’s concerns over prevention, protection and safety, RM8.0 million has been allocated for the pr …

KARACHI – The second attack on Pakistan’s Karachi airport in as many days has ended, a spokesman for the Airport Security Force (ASF) said, adding that the two gunmen involved had escaped. “It was not such a big attack, two people came towards the ASF checkpost and started firing,& …

PUTRAJAYA, June 10 (Bernama) — All students and public schools can obtain the Autodesk software for free. Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said there were stages needed to be followed to download and install the software, which was previously offered only to students of public …

PETALING JAYA: A final year law student from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) talked her way to emerge the top debater at the recent United Asian Debating Championship (UADC) held in Singapore. Maizura Mokhsein, 23, also created history by being the first Malaysian to receive the honour in the prest …

BARISAN Nasional’s Datuk Mah Siew Keong and DAP’s Ramkarpal Singh have been sworn in as Members of Parliament. Both, who were clad in black suits, have won the recent Teluk Intan and Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seats respectively. Ramkarpal succeeded his late father, DAP veteran and lawyer Karpal Si …

PETALING JAYA: IJM Corp Bhd has offered minority shareholders of 64.15%-owned IJM Land Bhd a share-swap deal plus cash worth RM1.98bil, as the construction firm announced its plan to take its property development unit private. The offer valued IJM Land at RM3.55 a share, or 11% higher compared with …

From Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin ASHGABAT (TURKMENISTAN), June 9 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak arrived here Monday night for a two-day official visit to further strengthen the existing close bilateral relations and cooperation between Malaysia and Turkmenistan. The private a …

KOTA KINABALU: A couple died just inches away from saving themselves in a fire in Sabah’s east coast town of Kunak. The charred remains of Jumaidi Sakka and Dakati Juma, both in their 50s, were found lying side by side near the kitchen door following yesterday’s 1am tragedy. Kunak Fire and Rescue De …

SEPANG: It was Seripah Tahar’s second time in performing the umrah but being stranded in the Holy Land for eight days was the last thing on her mind. The housewife was teary-eyed recalling the day she was told she did not have a ticket to fly home after completing her umrah with her family. ”My husb …

By Siti Salwa Shaari KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) — Football fans should watch their calorie intake from eating snacks while watching the 2014 FIFA World Cup matches. Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) dietetic and food services department head Ridzoni Sulaiman said unhealthy intake of food could happen du …

KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed into Pakistan’s busiest airport on Sunday night, triggering an all-night battle in which at least 27 people were killed. The assault on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan’s sprawlin …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Bernama) — The Malaysian government has spent RM27.6 million on logistic costs for Malaysian security forces in the search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plane, Flight MH370. Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the costs c …