AFP

Malaysia’s official Palm Oil Council today slammed as “irresponsible” and “badly informed” a French senator’s call to slap a 300-percent tax increase on palm oil, known in France as a ‘Nutella tax’ after a popular brand of spread.

Pictures of the image have gone viral among local Christians on Facebook and large crowds have gathered at the Sime Darby Medical Centre.

Exports, the mainstay of the trade-dependent country, had fallen in July and August because of weak demand from Europe and China.

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr insists it is not necessary for Kuala Lumpur to be a signatory to the UN refugee convention.

'Now your housework and cooking come easy. You can rest and relax. Deposit only RM3,500 (US$1,150)' reads the flyers tacked to trees.

The smartphones, worth RM3.23 million (US$1.07 million), were stolen on Oct 20 from the cargo area of the KL International Airport.

Muslim pilgrims completed their final haj rituals in Mecca today as the annual pilgrimage came to a close without any major incidents.

A Lippo spokesperson said it would challenge the Singapore High Court’s decision on Monday backing an arbitration tribunal that sided with Astro.

'The gov't should immediately extend a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty for all crimes.'

More than two million Muslims began the main rituals of the annual haj pilgrimage today, heading from Mecca to Mina.

Petronas has 30 days to make follow-up submissions for the industry minister to take into account on whether to approve the acquisition.

The National University of Singapore (NUS) says today that it will question a Malaysian law student over a sexually explicit blog.

Malaysian PM Najib Razak pledges today to support economic development in the conflict-wracked and impoverished southern Philippines.

Putrajaya plans to change the law to prevent judges from lifting jail sentences for those convicted of statutory rape.

The man who killed one of Australia's top heart surgeons more than two decades ago has been deported back to Malaysia after being released from jail.

Aseem Trivedi's lawyer says Maharashtra state’s advocate-general had filed an affidavit to the Bombay High Court.

Chiew Seng Liew, jailed over the fatal 1991 shooting of Victor Chang, was driven out of Sydney’s Long Bay Correctional Centre late today.

Four Malaysian Muslim transvestites today lost a landmark case challenging an Islamic law that bars them from dressing as women, activists said.

AIA says the US$1.73bil deal will make it the number one insurance provider by premiums in what it described as the 'high-growth Malaysian market'.

'There is a defect in the driver’s side power-window switch, which can cause earlier wear in the switch, says a Tokyo-based company spokesperson.

Singapore has banned a satirical local movie three days before its theatrical release because it was deemed offensive to the island’s ethnic Indian minority.

The long-haul arm of budget carrier AirAsia said today it would suspend operations to Iran, citing currency “volatility” as the carrier mounts new profitable destinations across the Asia-Pacific.

In her Facebook rant, Amy Cheong commented on the length of Malay wedding celebrations and derided the community’s divorce rates.