Malaysia

Police fired tear gas at a big group of supporters who were riled up after learning that their party president Peter Anthony was disqualified as a candidate in the upcoming election. Commissioner Hazani Ghazali said the tear gas was fired…

Thailand is on course to surpass its target to attract 10 million foreign visitors this year as Malaysians and Indians lead the return of holidaymakers. Tourist arrivals totaled 7.56 million as at Oct 30, with at least 1.5 million visitors…

Malaysians have been reminded to keep wearing their face masks in crowded and enclosed areas as a Covid-19 wave driven by the XBB sub-variant sweeps the nation. Caretaker Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the public should remain…

Opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan (PH) on Wednesday unveiled an election manifesto that emphasized multiculturalism, pledging to help all Malaysians with rising living costs and to recognize a controversial certificate issued by…

Several United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) ministers from caretaker prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob's Cabinet will likely be dropped from the list of UMNO GE15 candidates, according to sources. They are among incumbent MPs who…

There’s still almost three months to Chinese New Year, but consumers are urged to start stocking up on seafood for their reunion feasts as the erratic weather has made it difficult for Malaysian fishermen to go out to sea. This is the…

Anwar Ibrahim-led Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has purged MPs associated with former PKR vice-president Azmin Ali from its candidate line-up for Malaysia’s 15th general election (GE15) released on Friday. In what party president Anwar said…

Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad says his new coalition is willing to work with Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s Perikatan Nasional (PN) alliance to defeat Umno in Malaysia’s Nov 19 general election, but the latter has refused to meet him.…

The states of Sabah and Sarawak may be represented by one, or possibly even two, new deputy prime ministers (DPMs) after Malaysia’s general election. The two main political coalitions battling for power have dangled the promise of creating…

Malaysian police on Sunday said they were investigating an attack on an event in Johor organized by the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda), a youth-based political party helmed by former Cabinet minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman.…