Malaysia
Singapore judges asked to show ‘mercy’ in high-profile execution appeal
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A lawyer for a Malaysian man sentenced to hang for smuggling heroin into Singapore...
Read moreRussian oil tanker hit by U.S. sanctions heading to Malaysia
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -A Russian-flagged ship targeted by U.S. sanctions and suspected of carrying Iranian oil is...
Read moreRussia’s PSB denies owning oil tanker targeted by U.S. sanctions
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Russia's Promsvyazbank (PSB) said on Monday its unit PSB Leasing did not own the oil tanker...
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Quake rattles Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 7 people
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake killed at least seven people and injured dozens more when it struck inland...
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Star witness against ex-Goldman banker says wives used to disguise 1MDB kickbacks
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two Goldman Sachs bankers concocted a scheme involving their wives to conceal kickbacks...
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Ex-Goldman banker’s 1MDB corruption trial hits snag over evidence disclosure
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker accused of helping loot Malaysia's...
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Myanmar junta urges ASEAN envoy not to engage with ‘terrorist’ groups
(Reuters) - Myanmar's military government has criticised calls for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' special envoy to the conflict-torn...
Read moreMalaysia may reconsider murder charge against teen accused of killing newborn
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian prosecutors may reconsider a murder charge made against a teenage girl accused of killing her...
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ASEAN envoy seeks Myanmar junta blessing to meet its opponents
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -A special Southeast Asian envoy to the crisis in Myanmar on Thursday said...
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Factbox-ASEAN’s five-point peace agreement on the crisis in Myanmar
(Reuters) - Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have urged Myanmar's military to follow a five-point "consensus"...
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Myanmar to skip ASEAN ministerial meeting, Cambodia says
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia said on Tuesday that Myanmar had confirmed its absence from this week's meeting of the...
Read moreMalaysian girl charged with murder over death of baby born of rape
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian teenager accused of killing her newborn baby she says was conceived of rape was...
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Thailand to seek travel bubbles with China, Malaysia
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will have talks on bilateral travel bubble arrangements with China and Malaysia later this month, an...
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Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir discharged from hospital
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's 96-year-old former prime minister, has been discharged from the National Heart Institute, the hospital...
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Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir allowed home but still receiving hospital treatment
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who served for more than two decades in the top...
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Yelps, tears as Malaysia starts vaccinations for young children
By Ebrahim Harris KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia kicked off a COVID-19 mass vaccination programme on Thursday for children aged...
Read moreBomb attacks hit southern Thailand; two killed in police raid
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Bombers set off at least 13 blasts in a town in southern Thailand overnight, and police killed two...
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Cambodia to host summit of ASEAN foreign ministers from Feb 16
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet next month to discuss...
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U.S. says sufficient evidence of forced labour at Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The United States on Friday said it has sufficient information to determine that Malaysian palm oil...
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Cambodia PM urges Myanmar junta chief to allow aid, envoy visit
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen urged Myanmar's military ruler to allow a...
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