Myanmar authorities sentence 112 minority Rohingya Muslims, including a dozen children, to prison terms ranging between two and five years for attempting to travel to Malaysia “without legal documents”, state media reported on Tuesday.​​​​​​​

Rights groups have slammed a decision by a court in Malaysia to deport refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar back to that country.

President Ebrahim Raeisi says Malaysia is one of Iran’s priorities in the Islamic world and among the Asian countries.

Malaysia’s king named reformist opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as the country’s Prime Minister on Thursday, ending days of uncertainties after divisive general elections produced a hung Parliament. 

Talks to form a new government in Malaysia gather pace after King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah announced a deadline for parties to decide on their choice of alliance and prime minister. 

Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim claims winning enough support to give him a mandate to form new government.

Malaysians have gone to the polls in a race analysts say is too close to call even through longtime opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is forecast to win.

Malaysian authorities secure the release of a Palestinian activist who was kidnapped by agents of the Israeli spy agency over alleged links with the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

Malaysia's top court upholds former PM Najib Razak's conviction relating to a multi-billion dollar graft scandal, ordering him to begin his 12-year jail sentence.

More than 30 Palestinians have been killed and well over 250 wounded.