カテゴリー: Malaysia
Blaze struck a ‘water village’ that is home to some of Malaysia’s poorest residentsA huge fire destroyed about 1,000 makeshift homes, many of them built on stilts over water, and displaced thousands of people in a coastal village in Malaysia’s Sabah st…
Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowdingAbout 250 people are missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, according to the UN’s ref…
A trickle of cargo ships and tankers – mostly Iranian, but some from Thailand and China – have made it through the strait since the war beganMiddle East crisis – live updatesMalaysia’s prime minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday he had spoken to the …
Families of those onboard urge Malaysian government to extend contract with deep-sea exploration firm Families of those aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Sunday urged the Malaysian government to extend a contract it signed with deep-sea explorat…
Ernest Zacharevic alleges the carrier has repeatedly used his art in its external corporate branding without consentA Malaysia-based artist has filed a lawsuit against the low-cost airline carrier AirAsia and its parent company Capital A Berhad for all…
Marine robotics firm to renew its search more than decade after plane disappeared with 239 people onboardThe search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is expected to resume on 30 December, more than a decade after the plane disappeared with 239 people …
New conviction over plunder of state fund substantially increases six-year term in separate case The jailed former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to an additional 15 years after he was found guilty of abuse of power, in the big…
Thai PM says military will keep fighting and Cambodia suspends border crossings as casualties riseThailand-Cambodia fighting explainedThailand’s caretaker prime minister has denied the existence of a ceasefire with Cambodia, despite Donald Trump announ…
Barred from work and school in Bangladesh, thousands of refugees are making the perilous voyage to Malaysia by boat – with some beaten en route to extort even more moneyMajuma Begum stayed awake until 3am waiting for her son to return from the market b…
Malaysian transport ministry says robotics company Ocean Infinity will restart search operation on 30 DecemberThe search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume this month, the Malaysian transport ministry has said, more than a decad…
This blog is now closed.Full report: Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guideCyclone Ditwah, which unleashed catastrophic flooding …
Millions of people affected by torrential rainfall in Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern MalaysiaHow cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guideSri Lanka and Indonesia have…
Extreme weather kills more than 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia as cyclones turbocharge rain systemsDevastating floods hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – latest updatesTropical cyclones have combined with heavy monsoon rain…
Officials in Indonesia say more than 442 people have died, while Sri Lanka suffers worst natural disaster since 2004 tsunami Authorities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand are racing to clear debris and find hundreds of missing people after more than…
More than 350 people killed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island with 162 reported dead across ThailandThe death toll from devastating floods and landslides in south-east Asia reportedly climbed past 500 on Saturday as clean-up and search-and-rescue operation…