Obama meets refugees as bitter Syria debate ragesUS President Barack Obama said the world must offer haven to refugees, as he visited a Malaysian centre for displaced children amid a bitter and racially tinged US debate over the Syria exodus.
21 November 2015
Iran appoints first woman ambassador since revolutionIran has appointed its first woman ambassador since the 1979 Islamic revolution, naming foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham to head its embassy in Malaysia.
Malaysia again shuts schools due to Indonesia smoke hazeMalaysia closed schools in several states and the capital Kuala Lumpur due to choking smoke from Indonesian slash-and-burn farming that has smothered much of Southeast Asia in smog for weeks.
19 October 2015
Malaysian premier vows to help Indonesia combat hazeVisiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged to help Indonesia fight forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia in haze as foreign aircraft joined operations to douse the blazes.
12 October 2015
Malaysian PM urges Indonesia to act on smoke-belching firesMalaysia's premier has urged Indonesia to act against those responsible for raging fires that have blanketed Southeast Asia in smog for weeks, as Malaysian schools closed again over health concerns.
Indonesia water-bombs forest fires to fight hazeHelicopters water-bombed raging forest fires that have cloaked parts of Indonesia in thick haze and pushed air quality to unhealthy levels in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.
Malaysia PM criticises upcoming demonstrationMalaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak criticised organisers of a weekend protest demanding his ouster, saying the timing and venue of the demonstration would clash with independence day parade rehearsals.
28 August 2015
France hunts for more MH370 debris off Reunion islandFrance launched a hunt for more wreckage from the ill-fated MH370 plane off Reunion island on Friday in a fresh effort to shed light on one of aviation's biggest mysteries.
Kerry urges Malaysia to do more on human-traffickingSecretary of State John Kerry told Malaysia's leader his government should do more to stop people-trafficking, a US official said, a week after Washington controversially praised the country's efforts.