Malaysia

MH370 ‘most likely’ lies north of search zone: Australian experts

Apr 21, 2017 13:14

Australian scientists are now more confident than ever that they have worked out where the wreckage of missing flight MH370 is located.
Kim murder suspects appear in Malaysia court, trial postponed

Apr 13, 2017 12:40

Two women accused of murdering North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un’s exiled half-brother in Malaysia have appeared at a court.
Malaysia, North Korea reach agreement in Kim’s killing row

Mar 31, 2017 13:04

Malaysia and North Korea have lifted mutual bans on nationals from each country leaving the other as part of an agreement that ends a bitter row following the assassination of the North Korean leader’s exiled half-brother in Kuala Lumpur.
About 118 Rohingya Muslims died in Malaysian refugee camps in 2 years

Mar 30, 2017 12:57

More than 115 refugees, including Rohingya Muslims, have lost their lives due to various diseases and other, unknown causes in Malaysia’s refugee detention centers over the past two years, authorities with a government-funded rights body say.
Malaysia says thwarted attack on Arab royalty ahead of Saudi king visit

Mar 07, 2017 11:35

Malaysia says it had foiled a planned attack on “Arab loyalties” ahead of a visit by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to the Southeast Asian country late last month.
N Korea expels Malaysian ambassador in tit-for-tat move

Mar 06, 2017 20:40

North Korea has labelled the Malaysian ambassador to Pyongyang as “persona non grata” and ordered him to leave the country “within 48 hours,” in an apparent tit-for-tat move after the Southeast Asian nation expelled the North’s top envoy in an unprecedented diplomatic row, which broke out between the two sides over the recent bizarre assassination of the North Korean leader’s half-brother in Kuala Lumpur.
Iran rejects 'delusional' Saudi-Malaysian statement

Mar 02, 2017 19:46

Iran has strongly condemned new allegations leveled at the Islamic Republic in a joint statement released at the conclusion of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s visit to Malaysia.
Malaysia stops visa-free entry of North Koreans

Mar 02, 2017 07:05

Malaysia is canceling arrangements for the visa-free entry of nationals from North Korea as the diplomatic relations between the two Asian countries growingly strain over the recent assassination of the North Korean leader’s exiled half-brother in Kuala Lumpur.
Iran, Malaysia mull ditching Dollar for national currencies in trade

Feb 25, 2017 14:33

Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) for Foreign Exchange Affairs Gholamali Kamyab said Iran and Malaysia might soon begin trading in national currencies instead of the greenback.
Malaysia seeks to question North Korea embassy official over Kim’s killing

Feb 22, 2017 14:46

Police in Malaysia seek to question a senior official in the North Korean Embassy in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, in connection with the murder of the North Korean leader’s half-brother in the city last week.