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Asean Foreign Ministers' meeting on Thailand-Cambodia tensions postponed to Dec 22

PETALING JAYA: The Special Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) on Thailand-Cambodia border tensions, initially scheduled for Tuesday (Dec 16), has been postponed to next Monday (Dec 22).

Markets

Bursa Malaysia higher at midday on ringgit's strength

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended the morning session marginally higher, supported by the continued strength of the ringgit, which lifted investor sentiment.

AseanPlus News

Rabbi and Holocaust survivor among victims of Bondi Beach shootings

SYDNEY: A Holocaust survivor and a local rabbi were named on Monday (Dec 15) among 15 people killed in a mass shooting that targeted a Jewish celebration on Australia's Bondi Beach.

Vietnam

Vietnam's first LNG-fuelled power plants start commercial operation

HANOI: Vietnam's first two power plants that solely use liquefied natural gas have started commercial operations, owner Petrovietnam Power said on Monday (Dec 15).

Singapore

Singapore man charged with molesting nine-year-old son while boy was asleep

SINGAPORE: A man allegedly molested his nine-year-old son while the child was asleep in a Housing Board flat in the Canberra area near Sembawang in November.

Nation

Police nab three, seize drugs worth RM10.4mil

SHAH ALAM: Police have arrested two local women and a foreign man suspected of packaging drugs worth RM10.4mil to sell in Klang Valley, during a raid in Kajang, Selangor.

Thailand

Thai elections to see three-way contest

BANGKOK: Thailand's post-election landscape remains a three-way contest between the People's Party, Bhumjaithai and Pheu Thai, with support for all three continuing to soften.

Nation

Malaysia to coordinate efforts to ease Thailand-Cambodia border tensions, says PM

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is coordinating efforts to ease tensions between Thailand and Cambodia in a bid to halt all hostilities along the disputed borders, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Nation

Parts of Selangor and KL hit by power outage

PETALING JAYA: Several areas of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur are experiencing an electricity supply disruptio

Nation

Malaysia needs three million cattle by 2040 to meet domestic needs

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will need more than three million cattle by 2040 to meet domestic meat and dairy supply needs, says Agriculture and Food Security Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Isham Ishak.

Sabah & Sarawak

Barisan's Kunak rep made a Sabah assistant minister

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Barisan Nasional's newly elected Kunak assemblyman has been appointed Assistant Minister for Youth Development, Sports and Creative Economy.

Nation

Major social media, messaging services deemed automatic ASP(C) licensees from Jan 1

PETALING JAYA: All Internet messaging and social media service providers with eight million or more users in Malaysia will be considered to be registered Application Service Provider Class or ASP(C) licensees from next year.

AseanPlus News

K-pop star Psy’s office searched and phone seized by police over alleged illegal prescriptions

SEOUL: South Korean police have taken further action on K-pop star Psy after he was under probe in August over allegations that he received prescriptions for psychotropic drugs via a proxy.

China

Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges in Hong Kong

HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was on Monday (Dec 15) found guilty on two counts of foreign collusion and of seditious publication, in one of the Chinese city's highest-profile national security trials.

Markets

Foreign buyers extend net buying in Asian markets

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign investors extended their net buying streak in Asian markets for the second consecutive week for the week ended Dec 12, 2025, registering net inflows of US$949.8 million.

Indonesia

Police arrest Indonesian recruiter of illegal migrant workers sent to Malaysia

JAKARTA: Police in Meranti Islands, Riau, have arrested a recruiter of illegal migrant workers after one of his victims filed a police report following the latter's repatriation from Malaysia, the worker also claimed his wages had not been paid

Badminton

Zafrul stands by Rexy after SEA Games disappointment

BANGKOK: Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) president Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz is standing by doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky after our shuttlers failed to meet the four-gold target in the SEA Games.

Other Sports

SEA Games: Cheong Min wins Malaysia gold in wushu

BANGKOK: Tan Cheong Min secures Malaysia's 21st gold medal at the Thailand SEA Games after triumphing in the women's nanquan, nangun and nandao combined events at Cheng Wattana Government Complex today (Dec 15).

Cambodia

Hun Sen says land crossings in Cambodia are closed, tells Thais to fly home instead

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's Senate President Hun Sen says only land crossings are suspended due to fighting, urging Thais to return by air via Phnom Penh or Siem Reap.

World

Beachside shooting throws Australia's gun control regime into question

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - After Australia's worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise a gun buyback scheme and introduce a licensing system to weed out people considered unfit to carry a weapon.