Malaysia

Could it mean further rate hikes by the Bank Negara Malaysia?

Incidents on the national carrier's flights continue as plane returns after hour in the air.

A local newspaper had earlier reported that Jala and Jamaludin Ibrahim, CEO of telecoms firm Axiata, are likely candidates for top post at airline.

Malaysia's ringgit soars as second quarter GDP numbers surprise on higher side.

Fears are growing that radicalised locals may stage attacks on home soil in Asia countries.

Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger were fourth-year medical students at The Newcastle University.

Train carrying about 200 body bags arrives in Kharkiv, from where they will be taken to Netherlands.

Thean Y Nang, who predicted the 9/11 attacks, foresaw severe disasters globally and in Malaysia during 2014

Bristol born Ben Pocock is second student to have perished in crash.

Magpies to wear black armbands in remembrance during New Zealand tour

USD/MYR rises to as high as 3.1953 from Thursday's close of 3.1770.

IB Times UK covers the reaction to the alleged shooting down of Malaysia Airlines passenger plane with 295 passengers aboard over eastern Ukraine.

A Malaysian airliner with 295 people on board was shot down over Ukrainian airspace with a ground-to-air missile, according to a Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser.

Beijing steps up rhetoric after US criticised its provocative and unilateral behaviour in region.

About 97 Indonesian nationals believed to be on board stricken boat.

Mother in Malaysia who flogged a man who she claims raped her young daughter faces arrest.

Reports say Malaysian teenager may have been assaulted by up to 38 men.

Increase in hijacking incidents in the Malacca Strait, a route for about a quarter of the world's seaborne oil trade, has fuelled fears piracy could be on rise.

Worried friends and family of turtle refuge volunteer call on authorities to step up search efforts.

Underwater vehicle Bluefin-21 finishes surveying sea floor in India Ocean's search zone and finds nothing related to MH370.

AirAsia India received permit from Indian regulator to start commercial operations.

Armed assailants raided tanker before pumping millions of litres of diesel and taking three crew hostage.

Search for missing plane hampered by remote location, storms, currents, false alarms and 20,000ft deep ocean.

The arrival of the sea worms marks a time to plant rice - and a time to saddle up and throw spears at your rivals.

Sepak Takraw combines acrobatic overhead kicks with volleyball and football.

Everything you need to know about the Black Box Locator or "The Phoenix Towed Pinger Locator"

'Bomoh: Rescue Run' game based on Ibrahim Mat Zin's coconut-waving shamanic ritual is a hit

Pentagon moves USS Kidd to Indian Ocean following 'indication' that Flight MH370 vanished there

Raja Bomoh Ibrahim Mat Zin ridiculed over coconut ritual.

Google says its satellite imagery is not live and hence will not help people search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370