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Satellite images on a Chinese government website show suspected debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane floating off the southern tip of Vietnam, China’s Xinhua News Agency has said.

Qantas has said talks with a Malaysian company to set up a new airline in Asia have broken down.

MALAYSIAN police stormed a kindergarten and shot a man carrying a machete who held 30 children and four teachers hostage for six hours in a tense stand-off.

A Malaysian court fined 12 Muslims and sentenced one of them to a week in prison for illegally protesting the construction of a Hindu temple and parading a severed cow's head.

A Malaysian court has ordered two lovers to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig after they were found guilty of having an affair.

Christians have the constitutional right to use the word Allah in reference to God, a Malaysian court ruled today.

The Roman Catholic Church was banned by a Malaysian court from using the word “Allah” today.

Japanese stocks have rebounded from an historic fall in the previous session as positive sentiment regained some momentum following strong overnight gains on Wall Street.

Malaysian police say they have rescued four babies from suspected infant traffickers who bought newborns from poor mothers and sold them to childless couples.

The threat of more rain-triggered landslides slowed the search for survivors today at a Philippines primary school buried by up to 100 feet of mud after a mountain collapsed on a village.

A Malaysian court in Kuala Lumpur has quashed a London casino’s bid to recover a gambling debt of more than 7 million ringgit (€1.47m) racked up by a senior politician in the country’s ruling party.

Premiership champions Arsenal stormed to a 10-1 victory over Nationwide Conference side Barnet this afternoon as Jose Reyes and Francis Jeffers both hit hat-tricks.

Aer Lingus baggage handlers at Heathrow Airport could be set to strike after talks aimed at averting a strike broke down, raising the prospect of disruption for air travellers.

Islamic authorities will prosecute Malaysian men who try to divorce their wives by sending mobile phone text messages or email without going to court, an official said today.

Malaysia’s highest court today rejected former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal against his conviction and six-year prison term for corruption.

Malaysian police have smashed a World Cup soccer related illegal betting operation.