Malaysia

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will resign on Monday, news portal MalaysiaKini reported, after he lost his majority due to infighting in the ruling coalition. The resignation, if confirmed, would end a tumultuous 17 months in...

After officials ordered a fresh lockdown to combat a coronavirus spike caused by the highly contagious Delta type, Malaysia’s central bank reduced its economic growth prediction for this year on Friday. The country, like the rest...

Malaysia’s parliament met for the first time this year on Monday after being halted due to a coronavirus outbreak, but critics have branded the session as a charade that would not genuinely test Prime Minister Najib...

Malaysia is planning to reopen all sectors by December this year, said Prime Minister Tansri Muhiuddin Yasin. He announced at 5 pm local time on Tuesday (June 15) while announcing the national recovery plan. The Prime...

Malaysia says it is to summon China’s ambassador after 16 Chinese military aircraft flew over disputed waters off its eastern state of Sarawak. Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the transport planes on Monday after detecting...

More than 200 passengers have been injured in a head-on collision between two LRT trains in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Authorities say 48 of them are in critical condition. The accident happened around 9 pm...

Malaysia’s Islamic organization DMDI has called for the deployment of UN peacekeepers in Gaza. In a statement issued on Sunday (May 16th), DMDI policymakers called for the deployment of peacekeepers in Gaza to prevent Israel from...

Former Malaysian premier Najib Razak, who has been convicted over the mammoth 1MDB scandal, is in trouble with the law again — this time for breaking coronavirus rules in a restaurant. He was fined 3,000 ringgit...

Malaysia is going to be Microsoft’s ‘data center area’. And through this data center, Microsoft will invest one billion dollars in the next five years. The Prime Minister said the investment would come under a new...

Pyongyang announced Friday that it broke diplomatic ties with Malaysia after that country extradited a North Korean citizen to the United States, in a foreign ministry statement carried on state news wire KCNA. On March 17,...