Malaysia

The Omani foreign ministry yesterday announced that it had assisted negotiate the release of an Indonesian and a Malaysian held by Houthis in Yemen. "The Sultanate had reached an...

A flight to Malaysia forced to turn around after a Saudi mother left her baby at airport

Malaysian authorities yesterday handed over four Egyptian citizens to Cairo, who had been held for four years in Malaysia over security charges. The spokesperson of the Malaysian foreign ministry...

A delegation from the Palestinian Sports Ministry in Gaza yesterday visited the representative of Malaysia, Mohamed Nader Qamar Al-Zaman, thanking him for his country's ban on Israeli athletes entering...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Sunday stripped Malaysia of the right to host the 2019 world para swimming championships after the country banned Israeli athletes from participating. The...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad yesterday reiterated his country's support for the Palestinian people and their rights. This came during a phone call with the head of the...

Israel condemned on Thursday Malaysia's ban on Israeli participation in international sporting events it hosts and said the decision was inspired by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's "rabid anti-Semitism", says...

Malaysian Foreign Minister, Saifuddin Bin Abdullah, stressed yesterday that his country will not backtrack on its decision to deny entry to Israeli athletes seeking to participate in an upcoming...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said that there is "no place for Israeli athletes in Malaysia," refusing to issue entry visas for the Israeli swimming team. Mohamad stressed on...

Malaysians stage a protest against the Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison who announced his government to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in front of Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday criticised Australia's move to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying countries had "no rights" to do so. Australia's move follows US...

A Syrian refugee who was stranded in a Malaysian airport for eight months has finally arrived in Canada after being granted asylum. Hassan Al-Kontar's plight gained global support when...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has criticised his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison who has said that he is "open" to the idea of ​​moving his country's embassy in Israel...

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions against a Thai aviation company that it said was acting on behalf of Iran's Mahan Air, which it accused of ferrying troops...

Malaysia on Saturday announced a national fundraising campaign for UNRWA to fill the funding gap caused by US cuts to the organisation. The campaign "aims to mobilise resources for...

Malaysia's new government run by Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad has closed Saudi Arabia's King Salman Centre for International Peace (KSCIP) amid changing dynamics with the Kingdom. Mohamad Sabu,...

The Malaysian foreign ministry yesterday called on Israel to "immediately" release "all" the activists who were detained on board of Al-Awda boat heading to the Gaza Strip, Quds Press...

Malaysia has decided to withdraw its troops from Saudi Arabia, the southeastern country's defense minister said on Thursday. According to local media, Mohamad Sabu said the plan to pull...

The Malaysian government announced yesterday that it is considering withdrawing forces deployed in Saudi Arabia. Malaysian Defence Minister Mohammed Sabu said in a statement that his country's forces did...

Writers from across the world have been rewarded for  their work in support of the Gaza Strip as the winners of the "Keys to the future of Palestine" competition...

The Islamists have progressed in elections held in three countries recently: Tunisia, Libya, and Malaysia. The latter is the biggest surprise. This was a political earthquake that overthrew the...

Israel has published an updated "most wanted" list of Hamas leaders in the besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli Reshet news site reported. The site, which has previously published a list...

Assassins from an Israeli spy agency gunned down a Palestinian academic from the University of Kuala Lumpur in cold blood on the streets of Malaysia last weekend, according to...

Egyptian authorities have officially agreed to repatriate the body of the Palestinian engineer, Fadi Al-Batsh, who was killed on Saturday in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lampur, to the...

Malaysian police today released e-fits of two suspects in the assassination of Palestinian academic Fadi Al-Batsh. "This drawing is based on an eyewitness statement on the day of the...

Israel's defence minister said on Sunday a Palestinian scientist shot dead in Malaysia was a rocket expert and "no saint", but dismissed suggestions by Hamas that Israel's Mossad spy agency...

A Palestinian family on Saturday accused Israel's spy agency Mossad of killing a Palestinian lecturer in Malaysia. Fadi Mohammed al-Batsh, 35, was shot dead by two gunmen on a...

The global monitoring organisation Al-Haramain Watch has received numerous complaints from Malaysian government officials and citizens after the kingdom closed the electronic registration programme for this year's Hajj season...

Malaysia on Monday termed Israel's deadly attack on defenseless Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip "totally uncalled for and unacceptable". In a statement, the Foreign Ministry "called upon the international...

Two incidents represent turning points in Malaysian support for Palestine: the Mavi Marmara "Freedom Flotilla" incident, and the visit of Prime Minister Najib Razak to the Gaza Strip. The...

The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement today on the visit of an Israeli team of diplomats to the country last week for a UN conference, the...

A team of Israeli diplomats attended a UN conference in Malaysia last week, the first such visit in 62 years, according to the Jerusalem Post. The Israeli delegation reportedly...