Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says the country is working to solve problems resulting from banking restrictions considered for Iranian nationals by Malaysia.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday he would not retract his criticism of New Delhi's actions in the disputed region of Kashmir.

Turkey, Pakistan, and Malaysia agree to jointly fight the rising threat of Islamophobia, mainly in the West.

Malaysia carries out "cloud-seeding" as smog-belching forest fires in Indonesia send toxic haze across Southeast Asia. 

Malaysia and Indonesia shut thousands of schools over haze from forest fires, affecting at least 1.7 million pupils.

“They used violence on us, some of us were handcuffed. They accused us of insulting Islam.”

Malaysia celebrates its Independence Day with thousands of people taking part in parades in the administrative capital of Putrajaya.

Foreign Minister Zarif says the US must first return to the 2015 nuclear deal and stop economic terrorism against Iran if it seeks talks with the Islamic Republic.

Malaysia's ex-prime minister Najib Razak played a pivotal role in plundering the state's 1MDB fund, a prosecutor says at the opening of his most significant graft trial.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says the occupation of Palestinian territories as part of attempts to form an illegal entity, called Israel, has been the main cause of terrorism in the world.