Malaysia

The father of a Palestinian professor assassinated by Israel's Mossad spy agency has called for the death penalty for his son's killer. Mohammad Al-Batsh made the calls after further...

A suspect was arrested in connection with the 2018 killing of a Palestinian academic in Malaysia, the Hamas-run Interior Ministry said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. In April 2018, Fadi...

Turkey's Presidency of Police Academy and the Malaysian Police Service discussed forensic investigation methods in a meeting, Wednesday, in the Turkish capital of Ankara. The meeting was intended to...

The United States said today it was ready to move forward with the sale of F-35 fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emirates after Abu Dhabi told...

Hamas yesterday welcomed Malaysia's anti-normalisation stance, a statement posted on the movement's website said. "Hamas hails Malaysia's genuine stance of rejecting all forms of normalisation with the Zionist enemy,...

The Men's World Team Squash Championship which was scheduled to take place from 7-to 11 December in Kuala Lumpur has been cancelled after Malaysia refused to grant entry visas...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, yesterday praised the Malaysian authorities for the ban on Israeli squash players entering the country to take part in a major tournament next...

Malaysia has refused to grant Israeli players entry to next month's squash championships. The Men's World Team Squash Championship is due to be held in Malaysia on 7 December....

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement hailed on Wednesday Malaysia's rejection of normalisation of ties with Israel. Hamas thanked Malaysia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saifuddin Abdullah, for "refuting Israel claims"...

Israel's Regional Cooperation Minister, Issawi Frej, has said that every Arab state has direct or indirect ties with the occupation state, Emirati website Erem News reported on Monday. "We...

Sudan's Transitional Government has been accused of illegally expropriating the assets of Malaysia's national oil company, Petronas, which could trigger legal proceedings against Khartoum in the International Court of...

Hosting more than 10,000 artefacts from across the Islamic world, the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia was officially opened in 1998.

A British businessman has launched the country's first halal cat food brand targeting some 500,000 Muslim cat owners in the country. The Manchester-based firm Tiana, owned by Pankaj Hurria,...

A Malaysian organisation calling itself DragonForce has said that it hacked into the database of an Israeli recruitment company, giving access to the details of hundreds of thousands of...

A Malaysian aid agency has entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Crossing on the Egyptian border, making it the first to do so following the Israeli military offensive...

Israel is willing to work towards establishing ties with Southeast Asia's Muslim majority nations, its ambassador to Singapore said yesterday. The announcement comes despite their condemnation of Israel's air...

Malaysian Foreign Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, yesterday launched a "unified" fund to support Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Calling for donors to contribute to the fund, Hussein said that...

Malaysian security services stepped up security measures to protect Palestinians in the country after Israeli threats to target Palestinians linked to resistance groups, Anadolu reported yesterday. "The Home Ministry calls on...

Israel's National Security Council has warned its citizens that Iran may target them overseas and urged them to be more vigilant, citing threats by Iranian officials, the Times of Israel reported....

Turkey will prepare annual reports on Islamophobia in its ongoing effort to combat anti-Muslim hatred. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced Ankara's pledge yesterday while speaking at the ruling Justice...

An Israeli cabinet minister has confirmed that there is a fifth Muslim-majority country in Asia that could soon normalise relations with Tel Aviv, but clarified that it is not...

Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister, Datuk Kamarudin Jaafar, yesterday reiterated his country's support for the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Speaking to...

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has slammed the normalisation agreement concluded between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, describing it as a "step backward". In remarks to This Week...

Saudi Arabia has ended a loan and oil supply to Pakistan due to the South Asian nation's criticism that the Saudi-led Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is not doing...

Police in Malaysia raided the office of the news channel Al Jazeera in the capital Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The closure of the office raises concerns about the Malaysian authorities'...

“We were kidnapped in international waters, and taken to Israeli prisons”

A key partner in a high-profile corruption case in Kuwait, which involves the son of a former senior official, is one of the founding owners of a New York-based...

Malaysia's King, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, has called on his country to pray for the "well-being of Palestinians who are being oppressed by Israel" and who are resisting...

When life closes its doors in front of us, many find ourselves with no solution except to go to our mosques, churches or temples to seek refuge with God....

A Palestinian immigrant living in Malaysia has said the latest stay-at-home order to curb the spread of coronavirus reminds him of life under Israeli occupation. Muslim Imran, chairman of the...

On 2 December last year, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Crossing on a visit that was supposed to last for a few days....

Malaysian authorities are scrambling to track down about 2,000 Rohingya men who attended a religious gathering that has led to a big spike in coronavirus cases across Southeast Asia,...