Indonesia hits back at Malaysia over forest fires

Indonesia on Friday rejected Malaysian complaints about hazardous smoke drifting from its forest fires across the border, saying blazes were also raging in parts of Malaysia and on Malaysian-owned plantations in Indonesia.

Malaysia ex-PM Najib’s biggest 1MDB trial begins

Malaysia’s ex-prime minister Najib Razak played a pivotal role in plundering the state’s 1MDB fund and channelled hundreds of millions of dollars into his own bank account,

Ninety-nine Malaysian couples tie the knot on auspicious day

Ninety-nine couples tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony at a Chinese temple in Malaysia on Monday, the ninth day of the ninth month that is considered an auspicious date by ethnic Chinese.

Video: Mabkhout scores brace as UAE down Malaysia in WC Qualifiers

Malaysia’s new probiotics unveiled

DUBAI: Kuala Lumpur’s new representative to Dubai and the Northern Emirates, Consul General Mohammad Hasril Abdul Hamid on Monday unveiled the latest Japanese beverage, produced in Malaysia, to help meet the health needs of the GCC market.

Malaysia, Indonesia shut thousands of schools over forest fires haze

Nearly 2,500 schools were ordered to shut their doors in Malaysia over soaring health concerns sparked by toxic haze from out-of-control blazes in Indonesia's Sumatra and Borneo islands.

Indonesian haze closes schools, sparks fears for Singapore F1

Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia on Wednesday, while air quality worsened in Singapore just days before the city’s Formula One motor race.

Malaysia unveils $4.9 billion in new aid for economic recovery

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin unveiled a fresh round of stimulus on Wednesday, in the hope of breathing life into a pandemic-hit economy that last year saw its worst contraction since the Asian Financial Crisis.

North Korea cuts diplomat ties with Malaysia over US extradition

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry called the man’s charges an “absurd fabrication and sheer plot” orchestrated by the US, which is “the principal enemy of our state” where the man was eventually extradited.

Malaysia court allows rights groups to challenge Myanmar deportations

The Malaysian government used three Myanmar navy ships last month to deport 1,086 people it claimed were illegal immigrants. The move came just hours after an interim court order banning the group’s removal, pending a legal bid by Amnesty International and Asylum Access to halt the plan.