Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has asked a Malaysian court to throw out a sodomy charge against him, two weeks before the start of a trial that he maintains is politically motivated, his lawyer said Thursday. The government has repeatedly denied Anwar’s claim that the charge was orchestrated to block him from leading a three-party opposition [...]

After numerous allegations of abuses had been made by his wife, Manohara Odelia Pinot, since they were married, Tengku Temenggong Tengku Mohamad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra finally came forward to make a denial. The son of the Sultan of Kelantan today lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi Police Station at about 7 pm, [...]

The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic Thursday; the first global flu epidemic in 41 years, as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere climbed to nearly 30,000 cases. The long-awaited pandemic announcement is scientific confirmation that a new flu virus has emerged and is quickly circling the globe. [...]

Lawmakers from Indonesia accused Malaysia’s navy Tuesday of illegally entering its waters 19 times since May, reigniting a long-standing dispute over the resource-rich territory along their sea border. The International Court of Justice gave Malaysia sovereignty to two islands north of the Ambalat oil and gas block in the Celebes Sea in 2002, but the [...]

A medical examination of a teenage US-Indonesian model who claimed she was raped and tortured by her Malaysian prince husband, has confirmed she was physically abused, a forensic expert said on Tuesday. Manohara Odelia Pinot, 17, last week told reporters she was treated like a sex slave after her marriage last year to Tengku Temenggong [...]

The number of confirmed Influenza A (HIN1) cases in Malaysia now has risen to five, with the latest two cases involving two German nationals, aged 30 and 32, who are holidaying in Southeast Asia. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, speaking to reporters in Putrajaya, said the duo arrived in the country on Air [...]