AFP

The July crash of a Brunei air force helicopter that killed 12 military personnel occurred because the pilot was flying at an 'unauthorised low level'.

They say the Islamic law that bars men from dressing or behaving as women is unconstitutional.

'The cabinet has decided that there is not going to be any change... We need this to ensure that we can fight cybercrime.'

Dany Bahar is suing Lotus and Malaysia’s DRB-Hicom for 6.7 million pounds (US$10.6 million) over his June dismissal, says DRB-Hicom.

Since its inception, Singapore's two casinos have been fined more than US$1 million, mostly for violating laws aimed at deterring locals from gambling.

An executive avoided jail after admitting he disguised a payment to a middleman allegedly hired to bribe corrupt bank officials in Malaysia.

Nearly 700 descendants of the founder of a village in Kedah gathered in what is believed to be the largest family reunion in the country.

The Joint Action Group For Gender Equality, which comprises six groups, says in a statement urges the judiciary to clarify its decision.

The long-haul arm of AirAsia says it would add six leased aircraft to its fleet as it pushes to build up its presence in the Asian region.

Analysts say Malaysia's vital export sector beats expectations and call the performance positive amid global sluggishness.

The whale was spotted yesterday on a beach in Sabah but died the same day, says Julin Bagang, a local fisheries department official.

Air pollutant readings broke records going back to 1999, except for levels reached when a natural dust storm hit the city two years ago.

International Federation of Musicians calls for a global boycott of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra following its termination of nine musicians.

The Straits Times reported that the boys had taken the buses to go joyriding, although police refused to confirm the reason.

The sum was awarded to Krishnan in 2010 after he and James Riady had a falling-out over a failed Indonesian pay-television venture.

South Korean police said today they have arrested an Indonesian woman for a scam related to Japan’s earthquake and tsunami disaster in March last year.

Malaysia will immediately evacuate its nationals from strife-torn Syria in response to the worsening security situation.

'We have 12 fatalities in the helicopter crash. Two military cadets survived the crash,' says Brunei air force spokesperson Norudin Salleh.

Muhammadiyah, which has some 30 million adherents, had earlier announced that according to its astronomical calculations Ramadan begins today.

Rajesh Khanna, often referred to as the “first superstar” of Bollywood and the Hindi film industry's biggest heart-throb in his day, died today after months of being unwell. He was 69.

Malaysia’s IHH, Asia's biggest hospital operator has raised almost US$2.0 billion (RM6.3 billion) in the world’s third-largest IPO this year, Dow Jones Newswires reported today.

Feral dogs have invaded a brand-new US$790 million botanical attraction in Singapore and attacked a visitor, forcing authorities to step up a hunt for the strays around the sprawling complex.

Under the new laws, inmates on death row would also have the chance to ask for their sentences to be commuted to life imprisonment.

Singapore today announced plans to ease the application of the death penalty in some murder and drugs cases but maintained that capital punishment, carried out by hanging, will remain.