CARACAS, Aug 29 — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro declared yesterday that there was “no way” US forces could invade his country, following Washington’s deployment of five warships and 4,000 troops to the Caribbean in what it described as an anti-drug trafficking mission.

JERUSALEM, Aug 29 — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich yesterday urged the government to move forward with annexing parts of the Gaza Strip if Hamas refuses to disarm and surrender.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The Finance Ministry has issued an urgent alert over a bogus message circulating online that claims RON95 petrol will be rationed following subsidy rationalisation later this year.

SEGAMAT, Aug 29 — A mild earthquake struck Segamat again tonight, the third tremor reported in the district within just a few days.

LONDON, Aug 28 — Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim admitted his team looked “completely lost” as they crashed out of the League Cup in humiliating fashion to fourth-tier Grimsby on Tuesday, piling further pressure on the Portuguese coach.

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 — US President Donald Trump yesterday demanded that billionaire George Soros and his son face criminal charges over baseless allegations linking their family to “violent protests” nationwide — a long-standing claim often pushed by right-wing circles.

KUANTAN, Aug 28 — The Sultan of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, has instructed that all mosques and surau in the state perform solat hajat tomorrow night to pray for protection from disasters.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — As of May 31, only 1.6 million Malaysians from the B40 group have taken up free health screenings offered under the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) PeKa B40 scheme.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — The ringgit opened unchanged against the US dollar today as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of key US inflation data.

NEW YORK, Aug 27 — Former champion Coco Gauff advanced to the second round of the US Open yesterday, narrowly defeating Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in a three-hour match filled with errors.

DECATUR (Illinois), Aug 27 — According to US health officials, the human case of screwworm reported this week is the only one in the country this year and does not pose any threat to the agricultural sector, as stated by a US Department of Agriculture official yesterday.