Malaysia
Former Malaysian PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob charged over failure to declare foreign cash and gold bars
Ismail Sabri's defense counsel Amer Hamzah Arshad said at a press conference that the charge was essentially a failure to comply with a notice to declare certain assets.
Insurgents strike over 70 locations across southern Thailand in coordinated arson, bomb attacks
Which countries, tech giants around the world are regulating kids' social media access?
Malaysian villagers abandon ancient taboo to hunt killer crocodiles as attacks rise
Israel keen to establish ties with SE Asia's Muslim nations - envoy
The region's three Muslim-majority states - Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei - sharply criticized the Israeli attacks during 11 days of hostilities in May.
Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after 113-day voyage
The vessel sailed on Feb. 11 from Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh carrying 90 Rohingya refugees, most of them women and children, with the hope of reaching Malaysia.
More than 200 injured when two trains collide in Malaysian capital
The incident occurred when one of the trains, which was empty after being repaired, collided head-on with another train carrying 213 passengers travelling in the opposite direction on the same track.
Malaysia to hand 1,200 Myanmar detainees to country's navy
Malaysia is home to more than 154,000 asylum-seekers from Myanmar.
Muslims have 'right to punish' French, says former Malaysian PM
"Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past," but the killing of a French teacher was still unacceptable.
Israeli, Emirati hospitals hold int'l conference on children's treatment
This collaboration marks the first of its kind between hospitals in Israel and the UAE.
Infectious COVID-19 mutation may be 'a good thing' – disease expert
The new mutation may make the coronavirus more infectious, bu it appears to be less deadly.
Malaysia's Najib sentenced to over a decade in jail in first 1MDB trial
The landmark case has been widely seen as a test for the country's efforts to stamp out corruption and could have big political implications for the Southeast Asian nation.
Gaza imam gets 1 year in jail for smuggling funds from Malaysia to Hamas
The Southern District Attorney's Office said that it had encountered various evidential difficulties in the case, leading to the plea deal with reduced charges and a light sentence.
Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and Qatar form troubling new alliance
This emergent alliance is a reflection of a shift in power in the Islamic world away from its traditional Arab center.
