Free Malaysia Today News media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Free Malaysia Today News as leaning right. We have seen it on 723 published stories of ours.
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Is Free Malaysia Today News biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Free Malaysia Today News as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Free Malaysia Today News left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Free Malaysia Today News as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Free Malaysia Today News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Free Malaysia Today News are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Free Malaysia Today News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Free Malaysia Today News’s own report linked underneath.
President Xi Jinping told Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said that the Middle East should not be a battleground for great-power rivalry. Xi expressed China's willingness to enhance coordination with Arab and GCC countries for regional peace and stability.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asXi warns against great power rivalry in Middle East (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Ryanair is considering significant cost-cutting measures, such as temporarily freezing employee salaries, as rising fuel prices and the impact of the "Iran war" increase operational costs. The airline estimates its oil costs could rise by €2 billion next year.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asRyanair’s Q2 profit falls on Mideast war impact (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
South Korea's 2027 budget proposal includes a significant increase in funding for artificial intelligence and semiconductors. President Lee Jae Myung aims to bolster the nation's technological capabilities with an investment of 21.3 trillion won, nearly double the amount allocated for the previous year.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asSouth Korea to double spending on AI and chips in 2027 (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
The US dollar remained stable against a basket of currencies as investors awaited the outcome of the midterm elections. Bitcoin saw a slight recovery following a significant hack at the Binance exchange, which led to substantial withdrawals.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asDollar rangebound ahead of US midterms, bitcoin reels from crypto heist (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Russian strikes on energy infrastructure left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without power on Sunday, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Meanwhile, Russian authorities reported significant damage to an industrial facility in the Nizhny Novgorod region following a Ukrainian drone attack.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asRussian strikes cut power to thousands in Ukraine (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney stated he had a 'good conversation' with U.S. President Donald Trump regarding trade. Carney indicated that Canadian and U.S. representatives will work in the coming weeks to finalize a trade deal, which he said would create jobs and boost affordability.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asCanada’s Carney hails ‘good conversation’ on trade with Trump (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington evaluated potential renewed military action against Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated diplomatic talks with Iran have continued without interruption.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asTrump holds call with Netanyahu over state of Iran war (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson has claimed the Trump administration could launch a nuclear strike on Iran within days. He alleged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressuring President Trump to attack an underground facility known as 'Pickax Mountain'. Carlson did not provide evidence for his claims.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asTrump holds call with Netanyahu over state of Iran war (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Thousands gathered in Novi Sad, Serbia, to mark the second anniversary of a railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people. The tragedy, which occurred on November 1, 2024, is linked to protests that contributed to the fall of the ruling party.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asSerbians mark railway disaster that fuelled rise of victorious student movement (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
The UAE hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough in US-Iran negotiations but is prepared for the worst, according to Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president. He spoke at a conference in Manama on November 1, 2026.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asUAE says hoping for breakthrough yet ‘braced for the worst’ in Iran-US war (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated the United States is in no hurry to conclude its conflict with Iran, describing it as "not a typical war." He also claimed Iran faces financial difficulties, unable to pay its military and police, while diplomatic talks persist.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asIran’s army says any new war with US could last ‘longer than previous conflict’ (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Saudi Aramco has acquired a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence company Humain from the Public Investment Fund for approximately 9.9 billion Saudi riyals ($2.6 billion). The deal includes cash and asset transfers, with Humain planning significant data centre capacity by 2030.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asOil giant Aramco takes 49% stake in Saudi AI company (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that the US has neutralized much of Iran's military but still needs to address one or two targets, including a suspected nuclear site. He suggested these could be dealt with quickly.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asTrump says US still has to ‘take care’ of one or two targets in Iran (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Tehran is in close contact with mediators regarding a seven-day plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump denied directing peace talks but approved outreach for medical supplies.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asRubio says US yet to decide on new Iran strikes (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asIran’s supreme leader warns US, Israel against new attacks (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
At the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, Syrian foreign minister Asaad al‑Shaibani said Damascus is evaluating entry into the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, and warned that Israel has launched more than 1,000 attacks on Syria in under two years.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asSyria weighing whether to join Mecca pact (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asIran’s army warns any new US attack would spread war wider (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and demanded the release of a Japanese national detained in Russia. Russia stated it had detained a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asJapan urges Russia to release detained journalist in rare meeting (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Russia vetoed a US-drafted resolution aimed at ending the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara and establishing a new political one. A subsequent Russian proposal to extend the existing mission for a year also failed to pass.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asUN peacekeeping mandate in Western Sahara set to lapse (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
King Charles III has arrived in Guyana, the second stop on his nine-day Caribbean tour. The visit coincides with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the UK and Guyana and renewed calls for Britain to apologise for its role in the slave trade.
Free Malaysia Today News reported it asBritish king reflects on colonial atrocities in Guyana (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
Who says so
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Mixed factuality
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Who owns it
- FMT Media Sdn BhdCorporationdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
- Official site
- freemalaysiatoday.com
- Seen publishing on
- freemalaysiatoday.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 723
- Reports listed
- 777
- We could read
- 33
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
744 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 33 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 131 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Free Malaysia Today News ran the story anyway.
Across the 723 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Free Malaysia Today News’s on 5 of them. Overall it filed a median of 23 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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