KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia on Monday started enforcing rules banning millions of children under 16 from owning social media accounts, joining a global push to tighten online safety protections for underage users. The rules require…
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim confirmed in Parliament on 24 February 2026 that Malaysia has effectively stopped approving applications for datacentres unrelated to high-tech and AI; which, in simple terms, signals that the nation is turning away any…
MANILA – Twenty-six Filipinos rescued from labor trafficking in Malaysia arrived in the country this week, the Bureau of Immigration said Friday. The batch of repatriates, consisting of nine females and 17 males, arrived on March 16…
Malaysia’s 100-year-old former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was taken to hospital on Tuesday after a fall at his residence, his aide told AFP.…
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s separation from Malaysia in August 1965 was the result of a “bloodless coup” orchestrated by then Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee and then Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, over just 25 days. A new…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 would resume at the end of December, Malaysia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade after the plane disappeared. The Boeing 777 carrying…
BANGKOK, Thailand — Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighboring Malaysia were displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 dead, officials said Wednesday. The Thai government declared a state…
SAMRAONG, Cambodia —Thailand and Cambodia’s leaders will meet in Malaysia for peace talks on Monday, as the countries clashed for a fourth day in a deadly border dispute. At least 34 people have been killed and more…
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte has returned to the Philippines on Saturday, June 14, after her trip to Malaysia, her office said. Duterte was in Malaysia for a “personal trip” and joined Filipinos in an…
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte joined an Independence Day celebration with Filipinos in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) said. Duterte’s office said last Tuesday that she left for Malaysia on…
MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives on Tuesday said Vice President Sara Duterte’s personal trip to Malaysia would not derail the impeachment proceedings against her, even as it urged the Senate to proceed with its constitutional duty…
A bus carrying university students back to their campus smashed into a minivan in northern Malaysia on Monday, killing at least 15 people, police and rescue services said. Thirteen victims died at the scene near the town…
