Malaysia is considering a mediation role in the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia that has killed two soldiers and led to fears of outright war.

News reports say Malaysia’s prime minister has accepted responsibility for his ruling coalition’s recent poor election results and will hand over power to his deputy after December.

Malaysia’s prime minister declared today he does not intend to quit despite unprecedented electoral losses that gave the opposition control of five states and one-third of the Parliament.

At least 19 people were killed when an express bus overturned today on Malaysia’s main highway, police and fire officials said.

Malaysian authorities issued a false tsunami warning today but quickly withdrew it and blamed the blunder on a technical glitch.

RELENTLESS floods in southern Malaysia have killed six people and forced about 75,000 from their homes.

Pope Benedict XVI’s expression of regret following his remarks on Islam and violence is acceptable, but the pontiff should avoid making future comments that could offend Muslims, Malaysia’s prime minister has said.

Asia’s key annual security meeting opens this week amid the backdrop of North Korea’s nuclear threat and increasing regional frustration over Myanmar’s failure to restore democracy.

The UN should help oversee elections in East Timor and stay involved in the violence-scarred nation for at least a decade, the foreign minister said today, noting that restoring order and building a democracy would take time and money.

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today accused a local newspaper and foreign publications of being insensitive for reprinting Danish caricatures of Prophet Mohammed.

The Malaysian government today imposed a haze emergency in two towns where air pollution has exceeded hazardous levels, closing workplaces indefinitely and banning all burning activities, the national news agency Bernama reported.

Asian leaders expressed shock and dismay today over the bomb attacks in London that killed dozens of people as the world’s most powerful leaders met at the G8 summit in Scotland. From China to Malaysia to Australia, leaders urged greater cooperation in fighting terrorism.

A 20-day-old baby was found alive floating on a mattress in her parents’ damaged restaurant in northern Malaysia after the region was slammed by tidal waves, it was reported today.

Two more American soldiers were killed and three were wounded in two incidents in northern Iraq, the US military said.

MYANMAR’S military government yesterday said detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi had not been harmed in last week’s clashes between her supporters and pro-government groups, rejecting rumours she had been injured.

TERROR alerts spread worldwide yesterday amid suspicions of new al-Qaida operations, but countries with tourist hotspots accused Britain of overreacting and the United States of being “afraid of its own shadow”.

Malaysia will not permit the United States to conduct air strikes and covert attacks against any terrorists, government leaders have said.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is keen to invest in Malaysia and discussions with the government and its local partners are ongoing, Bernama news agency said, quoting BMW group sales division senior vice president Luder Paysen.

A member of the royal family of Malaysia’s northern state of Kedah has been beaten to death in a brawl outside a pub.

Malaysian police have arrested two more suspected members of an al-Qaida-linked militant group.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has warned that foreign government ministers will be arrested if they violate anti-homosexual laws while visiting the mostly Muslim country.