Malaysia

The Sony World Photography Awards is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
To mark the occasion, more than 277,000 photographs have been submitted from 183 countries around the world.
Suffice to say, those that have made Sony’s coveted shortlist are breathtaking and thought-provoking.

Saudi Arabia's Aramco will invest $7 billion in a giant Malaysian oil refinery project, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday, as he declared ties with the kingdom were "at an all-time high."
The deal between Aramco and Malaysia's Petronas for the $27 billion project will be signed on Feb. 28, the prime minister said.     

The banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent was used to kill Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean ruler's outcast half brother who was attacked by two women who rubbed the substance on his face at the airport in Malaysia's capital last week, police said on Feb. 24.

The New Straits Times of Malaysia released a photo of Kim Jong Nam moments before he takes his last breath after being poisoned.

A United States aircraft carrier strike group has begun patrols in the South China Sea amid growing tension with China over control of the disputed waterway and concerns it could become a flashpoint under the new U.S. administration.

China's Foreign Ministry on Feb. 15 warned Washington against challenging its sovereignty in the South China Sea.

According to the Bosnian Foreign Trade Chamber, the country's arms producers achieved profits in 2016 that were between 15 and 20 per cent higher than the year before.

The Chamber's data shows that the value of arms exports in 2016 amounted to 87.4 million euros, compared to 70 million euros in the previous year.

Many people are angry with the President Trump’s falsely-labeled “Muslim ban,” which bars refugees from seven high-risk Muslim majority countries for a period of JUST 90 days. The same countries, of course, were previously identified by President Obama’s own Department of Homeland Security, but some people and media choose to forget that…

Interim Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov has appointed career diplomat Boyko Mirchev as Deputy Foreign Minister, the government says.

Stefan Petrov and Mihail Mihaylov has been appointed as Deputy Defense Ministers.

BELGRADE - US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that withdraws the United States from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.

The move on January 23 is actually a formality since the controversial TPP agreement had not yet been approved by the Senate.

The searches in the Indian Ocean for the Malaysian Airlines MH370 flight have been officially called off after three years.

According to an announcement made by China, Australia and Malaysia, although the most advanced technological equipment were used, the airplane was not located.