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Malaysias Prime Minister Najib Razak (AP Photo/File)

Election would be dirty: Malaysia's PM dissolves parliament, toughest...

Najib is under pressure to deliver an emphatic win appease Malaysians unhappy with rising costs and a multi-billion...

6 April 2018 3:27 PM GMT

Malaysias Prime Minister Najib Razak (AP Photo/File)

EU needs to rethink, set goals to reduce palm oil in biodiesel

The EU adopted this new fuel with rigour and pledged that by 2020, 10 per cent of all transport fuels in EU nations...

5 April 2018 7:11 PM GMT

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Photo: AP)

Malaysia scraps multi-billion dollar China-backed project

Economics minister Azmin Ali said Malaysia made the decision two days ago on the 19.6 billion dollars east coast rail...

26 Jan 2019 8:53 AM GMT

The ex-prime minister and his cronies are accused of stealing billions of dollars from 1MDB. (Photo:AP)

Malaysia ex-PM Najib Razak's 1MDB graft trial resumes

Toppled Malaysian leader Najib Razak returned to court for the second day of his high-profile corruption trial on...

15 April 2019 12:44 PM GMT

The 65-year-old took his seat in the dock and pleaded not guilty to seven charges of corruption and money laundering. (Photo:AP)

Former Malaysia PM Najib Razak pleads not guilty as corruption trial...

Malaysia's disgraced former leader Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.

3 April 2019 8:11 AM GMT

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, walks into a courtroom at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AFP Photo)

Malaysia's former PM Najib found guilty in first 1MDB graft case

Najib faced seven charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power for receiving $10 million...

28 July 2020 6:44 AM GMT

Malaysias former prime minister Najib Razak waves after a court appearance in Kuala Lumpur. - A Malaysian court on July 28, 2020 will hand down its verdict in Najib Razaks first corruption trial, nearly 16 months after it began probing the former prime ministers role in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal. (AFP)

1MDB: Malaysia's extraordinary financial scandal

The scandal alleges top Malaysian officials looted billions and then went on a spending spree - including financing a...

26 July 2020 6:18 AM GMT

Crew members looking out the cockpit windows of a RNZAF P3 Orion during search operations for wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. (Photo: AFP)

MH370 experts convinced they finally know what happened to missing...

It has been four years since MH370 disappeared, carrying 239 passengers onboard en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur.

14 May 2018 4:57 AM GMT

That decision helped land her in jail on charges of having sex with a 14-year-old boy. (Representational Image)

Malaysia proposes 10 years in jail, fine for fake news' as elections...

Malaysia is ranked 144th out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index.

26 March 2018 9:27 AM GMT

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

New Malaysian government repeals law banning 'fake news'

The bill was passed in April under former PM Najib Razak despite concerns that it would be used to silence dissent ahead...

17 Aug 2018 9:27 AM GMT

Malaysian authorities have barred Najib and Rosmah from leaving the country. (Photo: AP)

Malaysia's ex-first lady questioned for 13 hrs in 1MDB graft case

Najib Razak has been charged with money laundering, abuse of power and criminal breach of trust.

27 Sep 2018 7:52 AM GMT

Malaysia EX-PM faces corruption charges over USD 681 mn bank balance

Malaysia EX-PM faces corruption charges over USD 681 mn bank balance

Najib Razak was arrested by officials probing claims that the former PM and his cronies looted billions of dollars from...

20 Sep 2018 8:06 AM GMT