KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian graphic artist was charged Monday with violating multimedia laws by caricaturing Prime Minister Najib Razak as a sinister clown to protest at allegations of massive corruption.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Saturday received 68 Syrian refugees including 31 children out of a total of 3,000 it hopes to allow into the predominantly Muslim country with hundreds more expected soon.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Islamic State is a "very real" threat to the country, hours after a video claiming to be from the regional wing of IS warned of attacks in the Muslim-majority nation for arresting its supporters.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's ruling coalition prevailed in a parliamentary by-election but by a reduced margin, one of two votes this week viewed as tests of support for embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak.
The Indonesian government has taken strong objection to a Malaysian ad which urges its employers to 'fire their Indonesian maids' and lodged a formal complaint with the Malaysian government.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will slash nearly a third of its 20,000 workforce and cut back its global route network as part of a radical 6 billion ringgit ($1.9 billion) restructuring following the devastating impact of two jetliner disasters.
KUALA LUMPUR: As bodies from downed Flight MH17 were brought home last week, a group of Malaysia Airlines flight attendants, in black mourning headscarves contrasting with their pink and turquoise uniforms, sobbed and clung to each other in grief.