
Malaysia's long-ruling coalition hangs on to power
Malaysia's long-governing coalition won national elections with a weakened majority to extend its unbroken, 56-year rule, fending off the strongest ...

Blatter urges Asia to seek more World Cup places
FIFA President Sepp Blatter urged Asian football authorities on Friday to push for more World Cup berths at the expense of Europe and South America, ...
World sea piracy down 35 percent in first quarter
World sea piracy fell 35 percent from a year ago in the first quarter of 2013, with the spotlight shifting to West Africa as navies helped keep ...

Malaysia PM dissolves Parliament to hold elections
Malaysia's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Wednesday to call for general elections that will pit a coalition that has ruled for nearly 57 years ...

Lion takes on AirAsia with record jet orders
Indonesia's top discount carrier, which catapulted into the global aviation spotlight with record deals to buy Airbus and Boeing planes, is taking the ...

Malaysia's Tan Twan Eng wins Man Asia book prize
Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng's novel "The Garden of Evening Mists" has won the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. Tan's novel is set in the traumatic ...

Filipino sultan's quest sparks crisis in Malaysia
Unlike many other Muslim royalties basking in grand palaces and opulent lifestyles, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III's kingdom sits in a rundown two-story ...

Armed Filipinos elusive after Malaysian assault
Malaysian security forces on Wednesday battled a group of Filipino intruders in the rugged terrain of Borneo after they escaped a military assault ...

Malaysia attacks Filipinos to end Borneo siege
Malaysia launched airstrikes and mortar attacks against nearly 200 Filipinos occupying a Borneo coastal village Tuesday to end a bizarre three-week ...

6 police, 7 assailants killed amid Malaysian siege
Gunmen ambushed and killed six Malaysian policemen as fears mounted that armed intruders from the southern Philippines had slipped into at least three ...

14 killed in Malaysia standoff with Filipinos
Fourteen people were killed in a shootout Friday as Malaysian authorities tried to end a three-week standoff with about 200 members of a Filipino clan ...

Thailand, Muslim militants agree to peace talks
Thailand's government signed a breakthrough deal with Muslim insurgents for the first time ever Thursday, agreeing to hold talks to ease nearly a ...

Interpol: Suspected match-fixer flying to Milan
Interpol's chief says Singaporean police notified authorities in Italy of suspected football match-fixer Admir Suljic's flight to Milan ahead of his ...
Suspected match-fixer Suljic arrested in Milan
Suspected football match-fixer Admir Suljic was taken into custody early Thursday after landing at Milan's Malpensa airport on a flight from ...
World sea piracy falls to five-year low in 2012
World sea piracy fell to its lowest level in five years in 2012, thanks to a huge reduction in Somali piracy, an international maritime watchdog said ...