Among the top headlines for Monday, 17th August 2020, a 19-year-old have been found guilty by the High Court of murdering 23 people who perished in a fire at the Pusat Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah school in 2017.

Also, New Zealand prime minister Jaacinda Ardern postponed the country's general election by a month to October 17th as the city of Auckland remains in lockdown due to a new outbreak of the coronavirus.

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