Malaysia

Chinese hunger for ‘world’s smelliest fruit’ threatens Malaysian forests

by Sam Reeves / with Lillian Ding in Beijing Agence France Presse RAUB, Malaysia (AFP) -- Soaring demand for durians…

Malaysia enthrones new king after historic abdication

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia on Thursday installed a new king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, after the last…

Malaysian royals to pick new king after historic abdication

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia's royal families will elect a king Thursday after the last monarch abdicated following his…

Anger at arrests in Malaysia for alleged royal insults

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Three people have been arrested in Malaysia for allegedly insulting the former king on…

Malaysian royals prepare to pick king after historic abdication

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia's royals prepared Monday to pick a new king to replace Sultan Muhammad V,…

Malaysian king abdicates in historic first

by Sam Reeves Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia's king abdicated Sunday in a historic first for…

Malaysia files charges against Goldman over 1MDB scandal

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia on Monday filed criminal charges against Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs and two of…

Five foreigners arrested in Bali drug sweep

  DENPASAR, Indonesia (AFP) -- Five foreigners have been arrested in Bali for drug trafficking, authorities said Thursday, with a…

Malaysia torches 2.8 tonnes of African pangolin scales

PORT DICKSON, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia on Thursday torched nearly three tonnes of seized scales of endangered pangolins worth $9…

New-found debris believed from Flight MH370 handed to Malaysia govt

  PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AFP) -- Relatives of those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Friday handed over new-found debris believed…

Malaysian drug trafficker hanged in Singapore

SINGAPORE (AFP) -- A convicted Malaysian drug trafficker was hanged in Singapore on Friday, officials said, after the city-state rejected…

Wife of ex-Malaysian leader charged with money laundering

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Rosmah Mansor, the luxury-loving wife of Malaysia's former prime minister, was Thursday charged with money laundering…

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