Malaysia

Rescue teams saved a person from a flooded car under a bridge in the southern province of Adana on Jan. 23 as heavy rainfall triggered flash flooding in the province.

Malaysia’s veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad was named as the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate Sunday as a bruising election battle looms against scandal-plagued premier Najib Razak and his long-ruling coalition.

Every Christmas, London's Heathrow Airport surprises its passengers with original commercials.

In 2016, for example, main characters in the video were incredibly sympathetic teddy bears, who were actually grandparents going to their grandchildren for the holidays. The video was viewed over 5 million times.

Malaysia has received proposals from three companies offering to continue the search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which has been missing since 2014, but no decision has been made yet.

Turkish writer Mustafa Akyol stated on Sept. 26 that he was detained by police in Malaysia for 18 hours before being released. 

"It is true. Thank God I am now free after 18 hours in detention. Thanks so much to all who helped, supported, and prayed," Akyol tweeted on Sept. 26.

The crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is a lonely spot in the southern Indian Ocean, 1,250 miles due west of the southern tip of Western Australia and 2,000 miles south-south-west of Kuala Lumpur - the place where the 239 people on board were last seen alive, reported the Independent.co.uk.

An American company has proposed to continue the search for an MH370, which was halted earlier this year, giving new hope to the families of the missing, reported BGNES. 

This was confirmed by the firm and a Malaysian minister  on Thursday, offering new hope to families of the missing.

Seized pangolin scales are shown by a Malaysian Customs officials after a press conference at Customs office in Sepang, Malaysia on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017.

Is this the world’s bravest journalist? Or the most stupid?

The unnamed reporter was on the flight taking Kim Jong-nam’s body back to North Korea following his assassination with VX nerve agent in Malaysia.

It is believed Malaysia reached a ‘swap deal’ with notorious despot Kim Jong-un following a diplomatic row over the investigation into the murder.

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.