PUTRAJAYA, Dec 14 — The Health Ministry (MOH) recorded 1,342 dengue cases and two deaths during the 49th Epidemiological Week from December 1 to 7, compared with 1,249 cases and no deaths the previous week.

SHAH ALAM, Nov 22 — A man was killed after he crashed his motorcycle into the back of a parked lorry at Km7.9 of the New Klang Valley Expressway today.

VALENCIA, Nov 10 — Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia yesterday over regional authorities’ handling of devastating floods that killed more than 220 people in one of Europe’s worst natural disasters for decades.

BALOCHISTAN, Nov 10 — At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast yesterday at a railway station in Quetta city, southwestern Pakistan, police and other officials said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — Driving recklessly was the offence contributing to the highest number of fatal accidents during Deepavali.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — Two men were killed after their vehicle crashed into a divider at the Sungai Besi toll plaza towards Seremban early this morning.

KOTA BHARU, Oct 25 — Five people, three men and two women, died in a crash involving a Nissan lorry and a Perodua Myvi car at Jalan Gua Musang-Lojing this afternoon.

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 17 — Former One Direction member Liam Payne was found dead outside a hotel in Buenos Aires after falling from his third-floor room balcony, Argentine police said yesterday.

DUNGUN, Oct 13 — Muhammad Ammar Danish Mohamad Ridhuan, a student injured in a crash near Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Dungun that claimed the lives of three of his friends, will be discharged from hospital today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has extended his condolences to the families of the three Universiti Teknologi Mara Dungun students who were killed in a tragic accident in Terengganu yesterday.

ALOR SETAR, Oct 3 — A technician who fell 40m while conducting repairs on the glass deck of the Eagle’s Nest Skywalk, Gunung Machinchang, Langkawi, has been found dead.

BANGKOK, Oct 1 — At least 23 people died in Thailand when a school bus carrying more than 40 students and teachers on a field trip caught fire in the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, police said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 — The death of a doctor stationed in Lahad Datu, Sabah, must be thoroughly investigated, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 13 — The country’s live birth rate decreased by 10.2 per cent to 100,732 in the second quarter (2Q), compared with 112,197 births in the same period last year, showed the Demographic Statistics released by the Statistics Department.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 3 — The number of dengue fever cases decreased to 2,609 in Epidemiology Week 30 (EW30) for the July 21-27 period, compared to 2,690 the previous week, with four deaths reported due to complications, according to the Health Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has consistently accounted for nearly 23.3 per cent of all deaths in Malaysia, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

KULIM, July 18 — A 33-year-old man, remanded in an investigation into the deaths of two young children after they ate poisoned snacks, has been released on police bail.

CAIRO/RIYADH, June 24 — More than 1,000 people have died during haj this year, according to a Reuters tally, as extreme heat hammered the nearly two million who took part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

LONDON, June 21 — Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again help to fuel record-breaking heat that could surpass last summer as the warmest in 2,000 years.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — Two cops killed in an attack on the Ulu Tiram police station on May 17 were posthumously promoted to corporal today.