Kuala Lumpur, May 1

Cotabato City, Philippines - Malaysian peacekeepers on Saturday began pulling out of the Philippines' troubled southern region of Mindanao, with high hopes that hostilities would not break out betw

New Delhi - The Indian Railways has won a 1-billion-dollar contract to construct a 103 kilometre high-speed rail segment in Malaysia, a newspaper report said Friday.

Kota Baru (Malaysia), May 9 : The Kelantan State Government in Malaysia plans to extend its h

Taiping (Malaysia), May 9 : Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader M. Manoharan created history by becoming Malysia’s first state assemblyman to be sworn in while detained under the Internal Security Act.

Manoharan became third Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee to be sworn in as an elected representative.

The 46-year-old DAP leader and Hindraf legal adviser was sworn in before Selangor State Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim at the Kamunting detention centre at 9 a. m. on Thursday.

In 1978, ISA detainees Chian Heng Kai and Chan Kok Kit were sworn in as DAP Members of Parliament at the detention centre in Kamunting, the NSt Online reported.

Kuala Lumpur - The Red Cross has received the green light from Myanmar's government to dispatch its first aid flight, planned for Thursday, to the cyclone-devastated country, a spokesman said.