Azizulhasni powers to keirin gold, Malaysia’s eighth at Asian Games

Azizulhasni powers to keirin gold, Malaysia’s eighth at Asian Games



National track cycling ace Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang celebrates after clinching gold in the men’s keirin final at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games at the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka, October 2, 2026. — Bernama pic


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• Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang won gold in men's keirin at the Asian Games, Malaysia's eighth gold medal.
• Azizulhasni overtook China's Li Zhiwei in the final bend to secure victory.
• Fellow Malaysian Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom finished fifth, while China's Xie Han claimed bronze.

First Published: Friday, 02 Oct 2026 5:38 PM MYT


SHIZUOKA, Oct 2 — National track cycling ace Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang secured the country’s eighth gold medal after winning the men’s keirin at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games at the Izu Velodrome here today.

The 38-year-old produced a superb burst of speed on the final bend to overtake China’s Li Zhiwei, who had taken the lead earlier, to claim the gold medal.



Another Malaysian in the final, Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom, finished fifth.

China’s Xie Han won the bronze medal.

Earlier, the Pocket Rocketman advanced to the final after finishing first in the second semi-final heat, while Shah Firdaus finished third in the first heat. — Bernama

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Israeli drone kills Palestinian in Gaza, settlers kill another in West Bank

Gaza’s health toll mounts, with 1,439 dead and 5,052 injured since the ceasefire began in October 2025.

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Palestinians attend a mass funeral on Wednesday for more than 100 people whose bodies were recovered from the rubble of a Gaza residential building levelled by an Israeli strike in 2023 [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]

By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Anadolu

Published On 1 Oct 20261 Oct 2026

An Israeli drone strike has killed a Palestinian man and wounded several others in southern Gaza while settlers shot dead another Palestinian man near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

The body of Tamer al-Hamayda, 42, and three wounded people were brought to Nasser Medical Complex on Thursday after the strike hit a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis on the southern coast of the Gaza Strip.

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Another Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli drone strike on Tuesday that targeted a gathering of Palestinians in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to medical personnel in Nasser Medical Complex.

Israeli forces also carried out a large-scale demolition operation targeting buildings east of Gaza City’s al-Tuffah neighbourhood.

The Gaza Health Ministry reported eight new deaths and 26 wounded over the past 24 hours, putting the toll since the “ceasefire” took effect in October 2025 at 1,439 killed and 5,052 wounded, with 834 bodies recovered from the rubble.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 74,040 Palestinians and wounded 175,168 since October 2023, the ministry said.

Occupied West Bank pogroms

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded another during a raid on the village of Yasuf, north of Ramallah, on Thursday.

51-year-old Mashhour Yassin was shot dead by settler gunfire, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

Describing the attack, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Israeli forces had detained an ambulance, seizing its key and throwing it aside, “in a crime that reflects clear coordination between the settlers and occupation forces.”

It said the killing “falls within the framework of a serious and continuous escalation in organised settler crimes,” saying Israel gives free rein to settler “terrorism against our people in the service of settlement, annexation, forced displacement and ethnic cleansing plans.”

Yasuf Mayor Jumaa Abdel Fattah told the AFP news agency that dozens of Israeli settlers armed with sticks and firearms had attacked the village, which lies between four Israeli settlements.

“Yassin was at his doorstep when the settlers attacked the village homes. He went out to defend his house,” Abdel Fattah said, adding that Yassin’s nephew was also wounded in the attack.

Abdel Fattah said the settlers had come from Havat Anton, an illegal Israeli settlement established in July that has previously attacked the village’s residents.

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have reported a surge in settler pogrom attacks in recent months.

More than 500,000 Israelis live in West Bank settlements considered illegal under international law.

According to the UN, at least 1,112 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the territory since October 2023, including at least 37 killed by settlers.

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N Sembilan royal imbroglio stalls BN-PN bid to reclaim Harapan allocations?

N Sembilan royal imbroglio stalls BN-PN bid to reclaim Harapan allocations?

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Published: Oct 2, 2026 7:00 AM


When BN and Perikatan Nasional came to power in Negeri Sembilan in August, one of their first moves was to instruct 17 current and former Pakatan Harapan assemblypersons and two constituency coordinators to return their advance allocations for July to September.

However, as the one-month deadline to repay the money expired last weekend, Malaysiakini learned that there has been no progress on the move to reclaim the funds.

Instead, Harapan lawmakers are still waiting for the state government to respond to their appeal against the directive.

According to Chuah assemblyperson Yew Boon Lye, they had filed the appeal shortly after receiving a letter from newly appointed Menteri Besar, Ismail Lasim.


"But so far, we haven’t received any response. Perhaps because they are still busy.

"Besides, this was a decision made by the state exco. Now they don’t even have an exco. So, for now, we are waiting," he quipped.


Yew (above), who is from PKR, was referring to the ongoing royal crisis in Negeri Sembilan, which has spilled into the state exco and affected the state administration.

READ MORE: KINIGUIDE | Negeri Sembilan royal rumble: What's going on?


The crisis escalated on Sept 20 when state ruler Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir revoked the appointments of all 10 state excos except Ismail. The legality of the move has since been disputed.

On Sept 24, the state government gazetted the ruler's decision to remove the excos.

Malaysiakini has reached out to Ismail's office for comment.


The crisis stemmed from the exco’s decision to recognise a proclamation by the state's rebel chieftain faction seeking to replace Tuanku Muhriz with Tunku Nadzaruddin Tuanku Ja’afar as Yang di-Pertuan Besar.

MB wants repayment

On Aug 26, Ismail (below) instructed 17 current and former Harapan assemblypersons and two constituency coordinators to return their advance allocations for July to September.


According to a Bernama report, the menteri besar said the repayments were required as the recipients no longer held official functions following the dissolution of the state legislative assembly on June 5.

The allocations, comprising funds for service centres and public welfare, had been channelled to the state lawmakers as well as the Paroi and Labu constituency coordinators.

Ismail ordered each assemblyperson to return RM174,000, while each coordinator was required to repay RM150,000, within a month.

The following day, a group of Harapan assemblypersons led by Nilai representative J Arul Kumar held a press conference, saying it would be impossible for them to return funds already channelled to the rakyat.

They questioned whether the state government expected them to ask recipients to return the money they had received.


According to Arul (above), those who had not used up their advance constituency allocations by June 30 had already returned the unspent sum to the state coffers as required.

The representatives maintained that the allocations had been approved by the state exco on June 3, before the state assembly was dissolved, and that the money was subsequently distributed to the public through NGOs, associations and individuals.



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Really disappointed with BN/UMNO.Two months into power, and what is the NS MB doing?MB is completely fixated on ousting the Yamtuan and going after his political enemies, instead of focusing time and energy on state governance and the people's welfare. Now, 10 EXCO members gone, NS is left in absolute limbo. At the end of the day, who suffers the most? Is Rakyat.
BrownGoose278509:38 AM, 02 Oct 2026


Have the 10 excos who have been sacked return their vehicles? Since this group of penderhaka took power, they didnt do anything other than busying themselves to bring down the rightful YangDipertuan Besar.
OrangeCat1908:50 AM, 02 Oct 2026

 

Putin rejects long-range strikes ceasefire with Ukraine

Putin rejects long-range strikes ceasefire with Ukraine

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Vladimir Putin says Russia lost about one percent of its GDP after Ukrainian strikes on refineries triggered nationwide fuel shortages this summer.

President Vladimir Putin ruled out a ceasefire on long-range strikes with Ukraine as Moscow stepped up its campaign of aerial attacks on Kyiv. (EPA Images pic)

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Russian president Vladimir Putin on Thursday ruled out a long-range strikes ceasefire with Ukraine as Moscow steps up its campaign of aerial attacks on Kyiv.

Russia has ramped up such strikes, with Ukraine charging that Moscow is deliberately hitting civilian targets and putting Kyiv on a near-constant state of alert as it braces for another tough winter.

Ukraine has responded with attacks targeting Russian refineries, oil and fuel depots and exporting facilities to try and cut off Moscow’s energy revenues.

“We are told: ‘Let them stop striking your refineries, and you will stop striking their ships.’ It is simply ridiculous,” Putin said.

Asked about Russia’s response to the idea, he replied: “No”.

Putin said on Thursday that Russia “lost approximately one percent of its GDP” due to Ukrainian strikes on refineries, which triggered nationwide fuel shortages this summer.

Russian strikes meanwhile have targeted Ukraine’s steel companies as well as supply chains – notably in the rail sector – and major warehouses.

These have also severely restricted grain exports in the Black Sea – a crucial source of Kyiv’s revenue.

 

Israel’s Supreme Court advises Arab party leader to drop election bid

Israel’s Central Elections Committee voted last week to bar both main Arab lists and two candidates from parliamentary election.

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Sami Abu Shehadeh, leader of the Balad party, arrives at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2026 [AFP]

By Al Jazeera Staff and Anadolu

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Israel’s Supreme Court has advised Balad party leader Sami Abu Shehadeh to withdraw from the October 27 Knesset election, warning that it could otherwise issue a ruling disqualifying him.

The development came as the court on Thursday began hearing appeals against decisions by Israel’s Central Elections Committee to disqualify Arab electoral lists and candidates from the parliamentary election.

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Last week, the elections committee voted to disqualify the country’s two main Arab-majority political lists – Ra’am and the Joint List, which is an alliance of Hadash, Ta’al and Balad. Separately, it moved to disqualify Abu Shehadeh and parliament member Ofer Cassif, a Jewish politician from the Arab-Jewish Hadash party.

Abu Shehadeh is a historian from Jaffa who served in the Knesset on the Joint List from September 2019 until November 2022; Balad was voted out of the Knesset in 2022. Hadash legislator Cassif first appeared on the joint Hadash-Ta’al list in April 2019, in the slot reserved for a Jewish candidate.

On Thursday, the panel of nine justices heard arguments from Abu Shehadeh and his legal team, headed by Hassan Jabareen, according to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit told Abu Shehadeh that a majority of the judges favoured disqualifying his candidacy and gave him until Friday to withdraw, according to the broadcaster. If he does not withdraw, the judges would have to issue a ruling disqualifying his candidacy, according to the report.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, whose Otzma Yehudit party petitioned to disqualify Abu Shehadeh, appeared in court wearing a lawyer’s robe. “Sami Abu Shehadeh cannot be a member of Knesset. A supporter of terrorism belongs in prison, not in the Knesset,” he said.

Abu Shehadeh was accused of sympathising with Hamas and of failing to condemn the October 7, 2023 attacks. He denied this at the hearing, saying his words “may have been taken out of context” and that he is “completely opposed to acts of violence”.

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara backed his disqualification over an article he published a day after October 7, which she said expressed support for armed struggle. She opposed disqualifying Cassif and the Joint List, saying the evidence did not meet the stringent legal threshold.

‘A dangerous precedent’

Mairav Zonszein, a senior Israel analyst with the International Crisis Group, told Al Jazeera that the banning of Ra’am was particularly “striking”.

“The banning of the Joint List and Balad has almost become a tradition in Israeli politics. However … Ra’am have been part of past coalitions and that its leader, Mansour Abbas, was [a minister without portfolio] in the Bennett-Lapid government. Additionally, it also now has [Yoav Segalovitz] a former police official and a Jewish Israeli politician in its ranks, which makes the attempt more remarkable,” she said.

Israeli affairs expert Shadi al-Sharafa told Al Jazeera that this is “a dangerous precedent that did not exist before”, saying it is the first call to disqualify all Arab representation rather than a single candidate or list.

Al-Sharafa said Arab votes could be decisive in a society “sharply divided between the camp that supports Netanyahu and the camp that opposes him”, and that the petitioners want Abu Shehadeh not only barred from the Knesset, but also put on trial.

The move to ban major Arab parties leaves Palestinian citizens of Israel without major Knesset representation options.

Walid al-Omari, Al Jazeera Arabic’s bureau chief in Ramallah, said that if the court upholds the disqualifications, approximately 20 percent of Arab citizens could be left without representation in the next Knesset.

Israel’s Central Elections Committee is primarily a political body composed of representatives of parliamentary blocs in the outgoing Knesset. In the past, the Supreme Court overturned decisions by the Central Elections Committee to disqualify Arab lists and lawmakers.