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Over $8 million from wakaf-generated income to be given to beneficiaries: MUIS

Local beneficiaries will receive $4.5 million, and foreign beneficiaries will receive $3.98 million.
Local beneficiaries will receive $4.5 million, and foreign beneficiaries will receive $3.98 million.

Letter From Jakarta

‘Bored of just running’: How some young Indonesians found community

Members of Komunitas Bermain (Playing Community) playing traditional Indonesian children’s games along the car-free day route in Central Jakarta on July 8.
Members of Komunitas Bermain (Playing Community) playing traditional Indonesian children’s games along the car-free day route in Central Jakarta on July 8.

In wildfire-ravaged Spain, farmers revive native sheep and cows to graze on flammable plants

Cachena cows in the Sierra do Galineiro, as rural communities re-introduce native livestock like endemic cows and goats to rebalance ecosystems and reduce the risk of wildfires, in Gondomar, Spain, July 7, 2026. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal
Cachena cows in the Sierra do Galineiro, as rural communities re-introduce native livestock like endemic cows and goats to rebalance ecosystems and reduce the risk of wildfires, in Gondomar, Spain, July 7, 2026. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal

US urges isolating Nicaragua after Ortega vows to end elections

FILE PHOTO: Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega looks on as he attends a meeting of leaders of the member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America and the Treaty of Commerce and Promotion (ALBA-TCP), in Caracas, Venezuela December 14, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega looks on as he attends a meeting of leaders of the member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America and the Treaty of Commerce and Promotion (ALBA-TCP), in Caracas, Venezuela December 14, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo

From a four-member Malay dance group to a multiracial community spanning ages 7 to 73

Seriwati Salim (bottom row, second from left) founded Lentera Tari, a multicultural dance group based at Toa Payoh West CC.
Seriwati Salim (bottom row, second from left) founded Lentera Tari, a multicultural dance group based at Toa Payoh West CC.

Meet Lengkok Bahru’s young neighbourhood patrol: 4 primary school boys on a mission

(From left) Didie Andiqa Muhaimin, 14, Rafieq Sahin Rafizal, 12, Al-Mirza Danish, 12, and Aaron Sarandev, 11, make up the Emergency Response Team LB (Lengkok Bahru), patrolling their neighbourhood every day to keep it safe.
(From left) Didie Andiqa Muhaimin, 14, Rafieq Sahin Rafizal, 12, Al-Mirza Danish, 12, and Aaron Sarandev, 11, make up the Emergency Response Team LB (Lengkok Bahru), patrolling their neighbourhood every day to keep it safe.

The people killed by US immigration agents during Trump’s second term

Photographs of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Johan Sebastian Guerrero, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti, who were killed by U.S. immigration agents, are displayed during a vigil held by Valerie Araujo and community members with The ReMIX Way outside the Southeast Community Center in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 16, 2026. Nicole Hester/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS
Photographs of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Johan Sebastian Guerrero, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti, who were killed by U.S. immigration agents, are displayed during a vigil held by Valerie Araujo and community members with The ReMIX Way outside the Southeast Community Center in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 16, 2026. Nicole Hester/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS

Taiwan must heed calls to share responsibility for ‘collective defence’, president says

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaks in front of a Teng Yun unmanned aerial vehicle during a visit to the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to inspect developments in drone technology in Taichung, Taiwan, July 17, 2026. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaks in front of a Teng Yun unmanned aerial vehicle during a visit to the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to inspect developments in drone technology in Taichung, Taiwan, July 17, 2026. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Guterres to travel to Cyprus to advance peace efforts, UN says

FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Maine Democrats, rattled by Platner's downfall, protest fatal ICE shooting

Demonstrators march a day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent killed a driver in the coastal Maine town of Biddeford, in Portland, Maine, U.S., July 14, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Demonstrators march a day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent killed a driver in the coastal Maine town of Biddeford, in Portland, Maine, U.S., July 14, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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