The Malaysian Prime Minister said authorities searching for missing flight MH370 have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that the plane has been lost, with no survivors.

Malaysian investigators are becoming increasingly certain that the missing plane turned back across the country after losing communications, and that someone with aviation skills was responsible for the unexplained change in course.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was told by Alex Ferguson to choose his owner rather than a club when deciding what his next managerial job would be.

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s ruling coalition suffered its biggest upset in nearly four decades in general elections today, reflecting widespread unhappiness at his failure to curb racial tensions, corruption and inflation.

Malaysia’s prime minister dissolved Parliament today, paving the way for general elections that will test his declining popularity amid complaints about inflation, crime and ethnic tensions.

China’s Liang Wen-Chong made a grand gesture after winning the Clariden Leu Singapore Masters, pledging to donate his prize money from the event to the development of golf in his country.

Diplomats preparing for the inaugural East Asia Summit in Malaysia today reached a tenuous agreement on a grand plan to eventually create a cohesive economic community across the disparate region.

Military-ruled Burma agreed today to forgo its scheduled chairmanship of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year to avoid a damaging Western boycott of the group’s meetings, diplomats said.

An Indonesian court has sentenced two men to 15 years in prison for helping finance last year's terrorist bombings on the tourist island of Bali by robbing a jewellery store.

The World Health Organisation today praised China for improved transparency and a “strong political commitment” to combating SARS, which it said has diminished as a global threat.

The King of Malaysia and his wife have arrived in Ireland for a four-day official visit.

President McAleese has agreed with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad that international conflicts should be resolved through diplomacy, officials in Kuala Lumpur said.

Malaysia today said the evidence is not strong enough to justify investigating claims Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe tried to move £10m (€16m) from Channel Island banks to the Southeast Asian country.

King Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, elected by sultans under Malaysia’s unusual royal rotation system, died today after weeks of complications following heart surgery, prime minister Mahathir Mohamad announced.