KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has appointed an ethnic Chinese as finance minister, the first ethnic minority to hold the powerful post in 44 years. In addition ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — When Abdullah Hussain released his novel “Interlok” in 1971, the author could not have known the impact it would have on this Muslim-majority country. Few at the time read the ...

TANGKAK, Malaysia (Reuters) - On Malaysia's lush green rubber estates, Indian laborers whose ancestors were brought by British colonial rulers in the 19th century to work in tin mines and on ...

The first quarter of 2017 indicated that Malaysia’s economy is growing robustly again. In general, the country’s market economy – compared to other countries in Southeast Asia – is built on a solid ...

In a landmark policy shift, Malaysia’s government has said it will end its 31-year-old use of a quota system that has effectively limited the enrollment of Chinese Malaysians at the country’s best ...

Malaysia’s education minister told lawmakers this month that information released by his ministry showing that thousands of spaces at the country’s universities were going unfilled had been incorrect.

Ethnic Indian villagers gave up a high-profile struggle Monday to prevent Malaysian condominium developers from razing their homes, but one grief-stricken woman tried to set herself on fire as ...

FILE PHOTO: Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia sees any ...

PANANG, Malaysia (RNS) — For ethnic Chinese Malaysians, Lunar New year celebrations can be both raucous street festivals and private, family affairs, a time to clean the house, pay debts and start ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday appointed an ethnic Chinese as finance minister, the first ethnic minority to hold the powerful post in 44 years ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia sees any proposal for the forced displacement of Palestinians as constituting ethnic cleansing and a violation of international law, the foreign ministry said on ...