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Every night when darkness falls and the lights go out, Siti (not her real name), 28, serving time behind bars, holds her one-year-old daughter close and weeps quietly.

For Sha (not her real name), 30, the experience has been the hardest of her life — forced to raise her youngest child, now aged two years and five months, behind bars.

From the get-go, Khadam tells the tale of Melor, a young mute mother who lives in the woods far from urban civilisation in old Malaya circa 1957, during the nation’s independence era.

The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah has urged religious leaders to counter artificial intelligence (AI)-driven disinformation that is reaching young people at a scale and speed no sermon ever could, warning that algorithms now "preach” more persuasively than authorities of faith. BERNAMA photo

Mexico's midfielder Gilberto Mora gestures during a training session ahead of the FIFA 2026 World Cup at Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Mexico City on June 6, 2026. - (Photo by Rodrigo Oropeza / AFP)

Honoree US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift attends the 55th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala in New York on June 11, 2026. - (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)

Sharifah Farah, together with her husband Edzwan Redza Anwar, 45, who have an 11-year-old son, Hamza, and a nine-year-old daughter, Imaan, said maintaining good health is an important part of practising Islam itself.

Brunei’s ruler Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announced a major cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, creating new key portfolios and appointing two of his younger sons as ministers, in a sign ​of potential succession planning in the tiny oil-rich sultanate. - AFP pic

Air conditioning ductwork is seen above the players bench on the sidelines at Philadelphia Stadium (temporarily renamed from Lincoln Financial Field) ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 1, 2026. -(Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)