Several pieces of debris seen floating in the sea off Borneo island might be linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman.

Several pieces of debris have been spotted floating in the sea off Borneo island, possibly linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman said.

Armed gunmen fatally shot a Malaysian policeman and kidnapped another during a shoot-out at a resort on Borneo island.

At least 13 people were killed when an Indonesian army helicopter crashed on Borneo island and burst into flames, a military official has said.

A cruise ship with about 1,000 people on board was drifting in waters south of the Philippines today after a fire disabled its engines, the Philippine coast guard said. Five crew members were injured.

A Malaysian state plans to ban shark fishing in a bid to bolster tourism and conserve a species hunted mainly for fins which are used to create a culinary delicacy, an official said today.

The World Wildlife Fund said it has evidence that the rare Sumatran rhinoceros is breeding on Borneo island.

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.

An overcrowded ferry in Indonesia carrying more than double its capacity sank, leaving 10 people dead and at least 12 others missing, according to police and media reports.

Monsoon rains worsened floods in Malaysia’s eastern Sarawak state on Borneo island, forcing more than 7,000 residents to flee

High tides hindered rescuers today as they searched for nearly 250 people missing and feared dead after a ferry capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.

AN INDONESIAN ferry carrying 250 passengers capsized and sank yesterday after being battered by a large wave in storms in the country’s east officials said, adding bad weather and nightfall made rescue efforts difficult.

A Malaysian man has been stabbed to death by customers at a karaoke bar for singing too much and refusing to share the microphone.

More than 700 passengers escaped from an Indonesian ferry that caught fire today shortly before reaching its destination on Borneo island, officials said.

Malaysian police shot dead a man who chopped off three of his nephew’s fingers after taking him hostage in a 16-hour overnight standoff, police said today.

Twelve people on board a ferry that sank in Indonesia’s Java Sea were found alive today after clambering on to an unmanned offshore oil rig.

Around 500 people are still missing today, a day after an Indonesian ferry sank in a storm.

Hundreds of passengers are feared dead today after an Indonesian ferry carrying around 850 people sank in a storm off Central Java.

Floods triggered by heavy rain killed 22 people in central Indonesia, the second such disaster in the sprawling nation in less than a week.

A Brunei government agency says it has successfully forced the sultan’s disgraced brother to disclose details of his bank accounts in a bid to end a multi-billion-dollar fraud scandal.

An editor of a small Malaysian newspaper has resigned for reprinting Danish newspaper caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, which have unleashed a storm of protests across the Islamic world.

As oil prices reached a record $52.53 a barrel in the Far East today, Shell announced a major find in the region.

Rescuers zeroed in today on an area where they believe they can find an ‘‘alive, but probably very weak’’ teenage English girl lost for six days on Southeast Asia’s tallest mountain.

Poor visibility and cold conditions are hampering the search for a British girl missing on the highest mountain in south east Asia.

Malaysian police have arrested a British man after raiding his home and finding a 17-year-old girl locked in a room.

Fresh fighting in Indonesia's Aceh province has left at least 15 dead.

At least three people have been beheaded on the Indonesian half of Borneo Island as indigenous Dayak gangs continued to hunt for remaining Madurese migrants.

At least eight people have been killed after fresh clashes flared on Indonesia's Borneo Island.