Water bombings and artificial rain have reduced forest and brush fires in parts of Indonesia, an official said today. Haze from the fires has blanketed much of Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo and Sulawesi islands this week. The smoke from Sumatra and Borneo has also spread to Singapore and …

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said today Muslims in Malaysia are fortunate as they are able to live in peace despite varying political affiliations, unlike those in some other countries. He said Muslims in several other countries had to put up with chaos, strife, economic problems and wides …

[BREAKING NEWS] The Bar Council has passed a motion to organise a peaceful protest, dubbed the 'Walk for Justice 2' against the use of the Sedition Act. The motion, which was proposed by lawyer New Sin Yew and seconded by 120 other Bar Council members, was debated during the Bar's ext …

Catholic weekly The Herald has filed for a review of the Federal Court's controversial decision not to grant the Archbishop of the Catholic Church leave (permission) to appeal the paper's 'Allah' ban. One of the lawyers Benjamin Dawson said they are raising three main grounds in …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said on Friday Malaysia will not sit back and relax until justice is finally served for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 tragedy. “Today, we received (the remains of) another three Malaysian …

Josh Hong | Scottish independence and Malaysia The ‘No’ camp in the Scottish referendum on independence is heading for a convincing victory, and there may be another decade at least before the nationalists would toy with the idea of complete sovereignty for Scotland. After all, it is an important is …

DAP needs to review its position on meritocracy in order to make inroads into semi-urban constituencies, said the party’s parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang. “Representing semi-urban constituencies also requires us to rethink our position on meritocracy. “We are confronted with very serious and wide …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 (Bernama) — Thirty-six remains of the 43 Malaysian victims of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 tragedy have been brought home as of Friday. The 43 Malaysians were among the 298 passengers and crew of the flight that was shot down over eastern Ukraine as the Boeing …

video KiniTV: The Malaysian Bar has passed a motion to organise a peaceful protest against the recent spate of arrests under the Sedition Act. It was passed after debate during the Bar's extraordinary general meeting at Wisma MCA today. Lawyers to march against Sedition Actwww.kinitv.comKiniNew …

Jakim hunting for man with 'Allah' tattoo A picture of the man, believed to be in hi 30's, is circulating on Facebook. Jakim hunting for man with 'Allah' tattoo

TUMPAT, Sept 19 (Bernama) — Early voting for the Pengkalan Kubor state by-election takes place on Sunday, and 109 policemen will cast their ballots at the polling centre at the Delima Hall of the Tumpat District Police headquarters. Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh s …

Hopeful for Azizah, PKR seeks sultan audience This appears to be its last ditch effort ahead of Tuesday's swearing-in. Hopeful for Azizah, PKR seeks sultan audience

Bar Council president Leong condemned the "excessive" and "disproportionate" sentence of former student leader Adam Adli Abdul Halim for sedition. "Since it is a first offence, at best, it should have been a fine," he said. Bar Council president condemned the "exce …

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 19 (Bernama) — Police today obtained a four-day remand order against two more teachers to assist in the investigation into the leak in the Science and English examination papers in this year’s Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR). Magistrate Nur Dahlia Azmi issued the o …

PAS women want bigger role in party MUKTAMAR Muslimat delegate says women should not be mere decorations. PAS women want bigger role in party