YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Captain Vincent Aboubakar scored twice as Cameroon put weeks of turmoil around their national team behind them to beat the Cape Verde Islands 4-1 in their World Cup qualifier in Yaounde on Saturday. The victory puts them level with Libya at the head of Group D with …

NIBONG TEBAL: Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) has pledged its support for PAS in the upcoming Sungai Bakap by-election. Party information chief Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said the PAS candidate for the Sungai Bakap by-election would be considered a Perikatan Nasional candidate. “We will come to Sungai Bakap as …

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar called on Saturday on tens of thousands of supporters to back his party at Sunday’s European Parliament election, in which Prime Minister Viktor Orban faces one of the toughest challenges of his 14-year rule. In power since 2010, the veteran nationalist has …

JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested 35 individuals for gambling and confiscated cash worth more than RM30,000 during separate raids in the city centre here and in Muar. Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar said the raids were conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from Johor Baru South district police …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy that mark a setback to a political heavyweight whose allies are currently in government. The complaint, lodged by the royalist military that ousted the government of his sister …

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is committed to ensuring the welfare of veteran artistes is consistently protected and supported, says Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications Minister said several initiatives to support veteran artistes are being implemented by agencies under the Communications Ministry, such as the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) and …

PARIS, June 8― Poland’s Iga Swiatek extended her French Open reign today as she thrashed Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 in the final to win her third successive Roland Garros title. World number one Swiatek dominated Italian 12th seed Paolini, a first-time Grand Slam finalist, needing just 68 minutes to capture …

KOTA KINABALU: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing is not backing down despite criticism from his Sabah counterpart Datuk Christina Liew over the decision to stop all licensed agents handling the Malaysia My Second Home (Sabah-MM2H) programme. Instead the federal minister urged the Sabah Tourism, Culture …

PORT DICKSON: The use of electronic cigarettes will be strictly regulated under the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024, to be enforced this month. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said that the use of electronic cigarettes would still regulated under the Food Act and the …

PETALING JAYA: Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) has decided on the fate of its seven “rebel” elected representatives, says Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. The Bersatu secretary-general said the decision was made during the party’s supreme leadership council meeting on Friday (June 7), chaired by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. However, no …