Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari was detained in Malaysia on Wednesday night and is likely to be extradited soon to Saudi Arabia, where he will be tried for blaspheming religion. Kashgari, 23, had fled the kingdom Monday after he received thousands of death threats. His crime? He posted on Twitter a series of mock conversations between himself and the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Read full article > >

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Saudi writer Hamza Kashgari faces charge of blasphemy after tweets about Muhammad

Two Pakistan International Airlines jets, bound for the UK and Malaysia, are forced to make emergency landings due to bomb threats, officials say.

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Bomb threats target Pakistan jets

Papua New Guinea approves an Australian proposal to reopen a detention centre on Manus Island, as Canberra’s refugee swap deal with Malaysia stalls.

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PNG agrees to reopen asylum camp

Hackers attack dozens of government websites in Malaysia, disrupting more than 40, days after a hacking group criticised the country over censorship.

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Hackers attack Malaysian websites

The Australian government says it will send unaccompanied children to Malaysia for asylum claims processing as part of a controversial plan.

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Australia to deport lone children

UN nuclear energy experts are in Malaysia to investigate whether a planned rare-earth refinery could pose a risk of radioactive pollution.

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UN in Malaysia rare-earth inquiry

The UN commissioner on human rights warns Australia that its plan to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia may be illegal.

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UN queries Australia asylum deal

Two dozen people, mainly children, were buried alive when a landslide took down an orphanage in Malaysia on Saturday, the national news agency said.

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Landslide buries orphans alive

A landslide in Malaysia hit an orphanage near Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, killing at least five children and burying six more who have since been pulled out from the wet earth with injuries. A local lawmaker confirmed that the heavy mudslide happened…

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Landslide Kills Five Children in Orphanage

Many children are feared to have been buried after a landslide in Malaysia hit an orphanage outside Kuala Lumpur, as two bodies are recovered.

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Landslide hits Malaysia orphanage

A Christian lawyer in Malaysia loses her bid to practise in the country’s Shariah Islamic court system.

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Malaysia Christian in Shariah ban

Islamic morality police in Malaysia arrest more than 80 Muslims in an operation to stop them celebrating Valentine’s Day.

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Mass Malaysia Valentine arrests

Kuching, Malaysia, has a cosmopolitan blend of cultures and is a starting point for other excursions.

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In Borneo, City Pleasures and Jungle Adventure

At age 30, Nurul Izzah Anwar became the youngest person ever to hold a senior leadership post in Malaysia’s People’s Justice Party.

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The Saturday Profile: A Daughter of Malaysia Finds Her Political Star Rising

At least 26 people are killed when a bus carrying a group of tourists from Thailand overturns in Malaysia, officials say.

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Tourists killed in Malaysia crash