(Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by dissident Alexei Gorinov against a three-year prison sentence for "justifying terrorism", a human rights group said. Read full story

PUTRAJAYA: Civil servants affected by the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights on Tuesday have been granted permission to work from home (WFH), according to Public Service director-general Tan Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz. Read full story

UALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Special Search and Rescue Team (SMART) has so far managed to remove a total of eight earthquake victims in Myanmar's Sagaing district, entering the fifth day of a search and rescue (SAR) operation in the country. Read full story

(Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, who tried unsuccessfully to run against Vladimir Putin in a presidential election last year, was declared bankrupt by a Moscow court on Thursday, state media reported. Read full story

JOHOR BARU: Four vehicles were damaged, including a car driven by a male driver who lost control of his car and rammed into three cars at Jalan Kebun Teh near here. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) will implement its TNB Fire Relief Assistance programme, offering a one-off 100% rebate on one month's electricity bill for customers whose homes were affected by the gas pipeline blaze in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: About 450 victims are still displaced following the gas pipeline explosion and fire at a neighbourhood in Putra Heights. Read full story

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 48 out of 134 victims of the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights in Subang Jaya are still receiving treatment at hospitals, says the Health Ministry. Read full story

VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria will close two smaller crossings at its border with Slovakia and 21 at its border with Hungary from Saturday, in a bid to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from entering the country, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: The Initial financial assistance of RM5,000 to owners of completely damaged houses and RM2,500 to owners of affected houses, as announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday, will be distributed starting next Monday. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: Victims of the Putra Heights gas pipeline fire who are PERKESO members will receive compensation under the organisation's invalidity scheme. Read full story

In Britain, amid growing evidence of harm to young people from extreme content online, a "Smartphone Free Childhood" campaign is going viral. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Bhd donates RM100,000 to aid victims of the gas pipeline fire incident in Putra Heights, supporting the government's call for immediate assistance. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: Selangor MCA will be providing free legal advice to victims of the burst pipeline inferno in Putra Heights and it has set up a special team of lawyers for that purpose, says Datuk Lawrence Low. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: Families displaced by the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, on Wednesday are appealing to the government for temporary housing to tide them over until it is safe to return home. Read full story

(Reuters) -Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc and executives from companies including Vietnam Airlines JSC and Vietjet Aviation JSC will visit the United States this weekend as U.S. tariffs loom, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Read full story

KOTA KINABALU: The root of Sabah's struggle with national identity lies not in missing flag badges but in a flawed education system that has long neglected the state's own history, says heritage advocate Lai King Hang. Read full story

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - North Korea's new class of warship can accommodate dozens of vertical launch cells to carry missiles its military has already developed, analysis of a satellite image showed, a step that would give its navy more punch and create an export opportunity. Read full story

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Tamara Bojanovski was in a crowd of anti-government protesters in Belgrade on March 15 when she heard a sound "like some powerful machine hurtling up from behind". Read full story

PETALING JAYA: Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Amir Shah Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has arrived at the scene of the fire that struck a neighbourhood in Putra Heights. Read full story

(Reuters) -The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in March fell to the lowest level ever recorded, according to initial figures released by the U.S. government on Tuesday. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: The burst gas pipeline inferno at Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, on the morning of the second day of Raya sent shockwaves throughout the city. Here is a quick look at how the event unfolded. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reinforced U.S. military capability in the Middle East with more warplanes, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, amid a more than two-week-old U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen and mounting tensions with Iran. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Half of the U.S. Senate - 25 Republicans and 25 Democrats - joined together on Tuesday to introduce sanctions that would be imposed on Russia if it refuses to engage in good faith negotiations for peace with Ukraine. Read full story

ATHENS -Schools and kindergartens were closed on several Greek islands including Paros and Mykonos on Tuesday after severe weather brought torrential rain, flooding and hailstorms to the Aegean Sea. Read full story

SEREMBAN: The army has transferred the investigation into one of its personnel who allegedly assaulted a female driver on Jalan Persiaran Senawang 4 last Saturday (March 29) to the police. Read full story

Fireworks can light up the night sky, but sometimes they ignite more than just celebrations. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: Gas Malaysia Distribution Sdn Bhd (GMD), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gas Malaysia Berhad, has clarified that its gas facilities are not involved in the fire in Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya. Read full story

KUCHING: Over 40 Penan community leaders made the long journey from Ulu Baram to the state capital to attend Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg's Hari Raya open house on Tuesday (April 1). Read full story

In the sweet world of ice cream, not all transactions end with a smile and a scoop. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: The towering inferno which dominated the skyline in Putra Heights is finally growing smaller as the gas reserve in the burst pipeline runs out. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: Soon after explosions were heard in Putra Heights, residents rushed to vacate their homes because the heat was too strong, a resident recounts. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 112 individuals and 49 houses were impacted by a gas pipeline fire, caused by a leak, at Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, Selangor, on Tuesday (April 1)morning. Read full story

NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) - Greenland will strengthen its ties with Denmark until it can become a sovereign nation, the Arctic island's incoming prime minister told Reuters on Monday, noting that the semi-autonomous Danish territory ultimately wants to become independent. Read full story

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not joking about seeking a third term but did not explain how he would get around the U.S. Constitution's prohibition against anyone serving more than two terms as president. Read full story

PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Monday that a court's decision to bar her from office for misuse of European funds ruled her out of the 2027 presidential election, adding she had no confidence in an appeal being heard before the vote. Read full story

KUCHING: A family's Hari Raya celebrations at Kampung Goebilt here turned into an emergency when their living room floor suddenly gave way on Monday (March 31). Read full story

PETALING JAYA: A man who punched a female driver in Seremban, Negri Sembilan, as seen in a viral video,has been released on bail. Read full story

KUANTAN: A lorry driver has been remanded for four days to assist in investigations into the fatal crash that claimed three family members at KM50.8 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway on Sunday (March 30). Read full story

KUCHING: Sarawak has not received reports of any Sarawakians affected by the Myanmar earthquake, says Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg. Read full story