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Malaysian and Kenyan artists win prestigious cartooning prize

Kenyan and Malaysian cartoonists Gado and Zunar have been awarded the 2016 Cartooning for Peace Prize. The accolade, which rewards cartoonists for

05/05/2016

Malaysia

Eight-metre python 'dies' after being caught in Malaysia

An enormous python found on a construction site in Malaysia, believed to be the longest snake ever caught at about eight metres, has died according

11/04/2016

Malaysia

Debris found in Mozambique "possibly" from missing MH370 flight

Update: Click here for the latest news on this story A piece of metal found on a Mozambique beach is possibly from a Malaysia Airlines plane that

03/03/2016

Malaysia

Malaysia PM cleared over $681 million Saudi gift

26/01/2016

Malaysia

Malaysia's first Islamic airline takes to the skies

Malaysia’s first Islamic airline has taken to the skies, offering a service that adheres to strict religious rules. Rayani Air offers onboard

23/12/2015

Malaysia

UN tells world leaders to cooperate over ISIL

Meeting at the annual East Asian summit in Malaysia, world leaders have been urged to cooperate in rooting out terrorism. Days after the Security

22/11/2015

Malaysia

World Travel Market 2015 interview – M Nazri, Malaysia

04/11/2015

World News

Families brace for 'final' MH17 air crash report

The final report about what caused a Malaysia Airlines plane crash last year is expected to be published by the Dutch Safety Board on Tuesday

12/10/2015

Sport

World Cup qualifier in Malaysia abandoned due to crowd trouble

A world cup qualifier between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia was abandoned on Tuesday night following crowd trouble in Selangor. Three minutes before full

09/09/2015

Malaysia

Malaysia: Ex-leader urges 'people power' to topple scandal-hit PM

Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad, 90, has urged anti-government protesters to step up their ‘people power’ movement to remove the country’s

30/08/2015

Malaysia

Malaysia: Protesters demand resignation of PM Najib Razak over financial scandal

Malaysia’s political crisis hit the streets on Saturday with tens of thousands of people denouncing Prime Minister Najib Razak as corrupt and

29/08/2015

Malaysia

Kerry blasts Beijing over South China Sea 'militarisation'

US Secretary of State John Kerry had strong words for Beijing, as tensions over the disputed South China Sea surfaced at the East Asia Summit on

06/08/2015

Malaysia

Aircraft debris found on Réunion confirmed from flight MH370

The first piece of wreckage from the first-ever lost Boeing 777, which vanished back in early March along with 239 people on board has been found

05/08/2015

Malaysia

Aircraft debris found on Réunion confirmed from flight MH370

The first piece of wreckage from the first-ever lost Boeing 777, which vanished back in early March along with the 239 people on board, has been

05/08/2015

Malaysia

ASEAN foreign ministers set to discuss South China Sea tensions

Foreign ministers from Southeast Asia are meeting in Malaysia, with territorial disputes in the South China Sea set to be a key talking point. The

04/08/2015

France

Air crash investigators meet in Paris to plot MH370 probe

French air crash investigators have met with Malaysian officials to co-ordinate the probe into missing flight MH370. The fresh impetus is a result of

03/08/2015

France

Missing MH370: piece of twisted metal found on Reunion island

A piece of twisted metal found on Reunion island is to be examined as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a missing Malaysia Airlines

02/08/2015

France

Missing MH370: suspected wing debris arrives in Paris

Debris which could belong to a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is understood to have been flown into Paris. What is thought to be part of a wing was

01/08/2015

France

MH370: Plane debris heads from Reunion to Paris for analysis

Plane debris thought to belong to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 left Reunion island on Friday night heading for Paris. In metropolitan

31/07/2015

World News

Suspected Malaysia Airlines debris en route to France for inspection

As plane debris washed up in the Indian Ocean was on its way to France for closer inspection, experts said they are “almost certain” it belongs to a

31/07/2015