Malaysia News

Hong Kong - The Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing Saturday on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing was a Boeing 777, a model which up to now has seen only one fatal crash.The popular family of long-range, wide body, twin-engined planes have a solid safety...

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia Airlines, which was rocked Saturday by the presumed crash of one of its planes, has long been a respected name in regional aviation, enjoying an enviable safety record.Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared in the early hours of...

Beijing - Tearful and angry, the friends and relatives of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 lashed out at the company Saturday as journalists besieged them in a Beijing hotel.Many were taken there by the airline after going to the Chines...

Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people bound for Beijing has lost contact with air traffic control after leaving Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said Friday.The airline said in a statement that Flight MH370 disappeared Saturday at ...

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was convicted of sodomy Friday in a fresh threat to the career of a charismatic politician who helped turn around the country's once-hapless opposition.Saying a lower court misjudged evidence, a Court of Appeal...

Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian couple have been sentenced to hang for murdering their Indonesian maid by starving her to death, according to reports Friday that said she weighed just 26 kilos (57 pounds) when she died.In the latest case of abuse against the legion of Ind...

Kampong Bangkahulu - The Philippine government and Muslim rebels will sign a peace deal to end one of Asia's longest and deadliest insurgencies "by the end of March", Malaysia's prime minister said Friday after meeting his Filipino counterpart.Prime Minister Najib Razak sa...

Buenos Aires - Malaysian oil giant Petronas on Tuesday signed a preliminary agreement with Argentinian firm YPF to invest in the giant gas and shale oil field at Vaca Muerta, a statement said.Petronas has expressed interest in a shale oil field in Neuquen province at...

Kuala Lumpur - Deaths from dengue fever have nearly tripled in Malaysia this year compared to the same period in 2013, sparking a stepped-up campaign to control the mosquitos that spread the virus.As of this week, 22 people had died from dengue in 2014, compared to e...

Kuala Lumpur - A French woman and four others detained in Malaysia on suspicion of growing cannabis could face the death penalty after police said Saturday they were "very likely" to be charged with drug trafficking.