After almost half a century, there was some light at the end of the tunnel with a landmark court decision over revenue sharing. But another court's recent ruling has dimmed the view.

Sabah and Sarawak are unlike the peninsula in so many ways. The difficult terrain and long distances make diesel a vital lifeline there.

With Israel actively sabotaging all attempts at peace, Malaysia needs to take vigorous steps to prepare for long-term headwinds.

Beyond the gesturing and posturing over the supposed ceasefire in the Iran war, serious disagreements remain to obstruct any actual prospect of peace.

THE two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran that began on April 7 gives Malaysia a moment to catch its breath – but we should not be under any illusions about the conflict or the strength of the peace.

FOR months, the world has watched what was meant to be a decisive US‑Israeli campaign against Iran. But instead of a quick, surgical victory, we are witnessing something far more instructive: the visible, irreversible deflation of American hegemony — delivered not through a single battlefield defeat, but through a slow‑motion implosion spanning military logistics, internal US political warfare, and the rise of a civilizational state that Washington never even understood.

FROM the Strait of Hormuz to the Strait of Malacca – I am quite sure many of us, including politicians and government advisors, are checking where the Strait of Hormuz is located or finding out the length, width and depth of the world's busiest strait, which runs along Peninsular Malaysia.

The wheels are turning in PKR to remove the man once seen as a future prime minister but who has become a thorn in the flesh for the party.

It was a typical Monday afternoon commute along Jalan Sentul in Kuala Lumpur as I headed out to run an errand.

THE spate of gangland-related crime since the beginning of this year is now a full-blown concern for the public as well as the police.

IN war, truth is the first casualty, observed Aeschylus, the father of tragedy in classical Greek drama. It remains cogent today under the much denser fog of war.

THROUGHOUT my academic career, I could never relate to or find meaning in statements by academic leadership like "We must be No.1", or "We must be the best university" or "We must get into the top 100", or the top 2%, etc.