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Umno picks PAS over Pakatan Harapan for its 2026 general assembly. — File picture by Hari Anggara

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Nasi Lemak Fried Pork Belly offers an unconventional pairing with juicy fried pork belly and is a mix of Melaka and Peranakan style with the use of ‘kangkung’ and a ‘sambal’ fragrant with lemongrass, torch ginger flower and tangy ‘asam jawa’. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

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A man in Singapore turned himself in after spotting his daughter at a neighbourhood police centre following the rape. — TODAY pic

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A motorist refuels with the Budi95 subsidy at a petrol station in Kuala Lumpur. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

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Travellers wait at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang, Indonesia on September 6, 2026 after scheduled flights were cancelled due to ash clouds, following the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau near Jakarta. — AFP pic

Malaysia
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MACC is seeking a remand order at the Magistrate's Court in Putrajaya for a former Felda general manager suspected of power abuse as it investigates allegations of misappropriation, abuse of power and corruption involving Felda and its subsidiary, Felda Investment Corporation Sdn Bhd. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia
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PKR Bandar Tun Razak branch vice-chief V. Jonathan said the police reports against PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang (pictured) on September 6, 2026 were to ensure that any claims related to attempts to overthrow or weaken the government and the parliamentary democratic system through unconstitutional means could be investigated in accordance with the law. — Bernama pic

Malaysia
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Paddy plants grow in a field as water is channelled into the plot. Delays in the distribution of subsidised fertiliser in Kedah have affected about 38,000 farmers in the Muda Agricultural Development Authority area. — Bernama pic

Malaysia
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A foreign woman is under Kajang police investigation for suspected drug offences after 2.13 grammes of a crystalline powder suspected to be syabu was found in the Honda City she was driving following a car chase that ended in a crash on September 6, 2026. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia
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Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia is temporarily closed after volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau's eruption forced a shutdown on September 6, 2026, stranding thousands of passengers including a honeymooning Malaysian couple. — Bernama pic

Malaysia
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For illustration only. A multi-agency rescue team is searching Gunung Trans Gerah in Kelantan for a family of four and their two mountain guides who are four days overdue to exit the trail. — Picture from Facebook/Bernama

Malaysia
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This handout aerial picture taken on September 6, 2026 and released on September 7, 2026 by the Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation shows the Mount Krakatau (Krakatoa) in the Sunda Strait, in South Lampung, Lampung province, spewing smoke and volcanic ash during an eruption. — Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation handout/AFP pic

World
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PAS President Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang delivers his speech during the winding-up session at the 72nd PAS Annual National Muktamar at the Kelantan Islamic Tarbiyah Centre (PUTIK) in Kota Bharu on September 5, 2026. — Bernama pic

What You Think
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Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow (second from right) and state exco Zairil Khir Johari (third from right) look at the alignment for Package One of the Ayer Itam–Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway bypass project in George Town on February 27, 2025. The state will auction a 2.42-hectare plot in Tanjung Pinang on October 7, 2026 to help fund the project’s remaining works. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

Malaysia
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Bukit Aman NCID director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said in the raid, the 52-year-old main suspect was shot dead after he acted aggressively by firing shots at the raiding team at a terraced house in this district at about 1.30 pm. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia
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A total of 41 flights to Jakarta (CGK) were cancelled at airports nationwide today following the temporary closure of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport due to volcanic ash from the Anak Krakatau eruption, according to Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB). — Bernama pic

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Dungun police chief Supt Nik Ab Halim Nik Mat said police received a report on the incident at 3.41 pm. — File picture by Mukhriz Hazim

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Gerik police chief Supt Abdul Samad Othman said information regarding the group’s condition was received at about 5.30 pm today after a family member managed to contact one of the mountain guides accompanying the group. — Picture via Facebook

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