At least 62 Myanmar refugees have been killed and over 200 injured when a fire swept through their camp in northern Thailand, with officials fearing that the toll could rise further.
Hectic parleys through out the year led to finalisation of the long-awaited India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on services and investment during the 20th India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit held in New Delhi at the end of the year.
An Indian maid was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her employer's house in Malaysia, the second case of sudden death involving an Indian worker in the northeast Georgetown district this year. The body was discovered at 11 pm on Sunday night by a neighbour who was asked to check on the maid by the employer, who was away travelling to Kuala Lumpur.
A 23-year-old Saudi journalist, who had allegedly made blasphemous remarks on Twitter was deported from Malaysia on Saunday, despite pleas from rights groups that he may be executed in his home country.
Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday has been acquitted by a high court of the sodomy charges by his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari, a verdict sure to strengthen the opposition alliance ahead of the general elections which could be announced anytime this year.
Affluent travellers from India, China and South Africa are making a beeline to Malaysia and are set to become the top source markets of big spenders for the scenic country's tourism industry over the next two years.
Two aircrafts of Pakistan's national carrier PIA, together carrying 554 passengers, was forced to land in different incidents in Turkey and Malaysia on Wednesday after they received bomb threats.
Shelving its expansion plans in Thailand and opting for fast-growing Indonesia, India's Tata Motors is in talks with a leading Indonesian automobile company to produce its popular no-frills Nano car.
India and Malaysia on Friday signed a landmark pact that paves the way for freer flow of trade in goods and services, besides enhanced investment and economic cooperation between the two countries.
The average age of an Indian by 2020 would be 29 years as compared to 29 years in case of China and 48 for Japan.
Seeking to give new impetus to the bilateral relations, India and Malaysia today formally announced firming up of Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) to boost trade and decided on a range of other engagements in various sectors, including defence.
Singh hailed Malaysian companies particularly in the infrastructure sector for their good reputation and asked them 'to take a long term and strategic view' of the Indian economy and market.
Emerging economies can expand at a "reasonable pace" in the next four to five years even if growth in developed nations is moderate, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said.
The first set of cars for the $600 million project to be used in the system's inaugural 20 km run were inaugurated at monorail factory at Rawang in Malaysia.
The ruling, which came in to force from January, has drawn flak from Malaysians who have been visiting friends and relatives in India without restrictions in the past.
Unidentified persons hurled stones at a Gurudwara in Kuala Lumpur, damaging a front window of the building, adding to religious tensions over a series of attacks on churches in this Muslim-majority country. The police on Wednesday termed the incident as the handiwork of 'naughty youngsters' and said they are looking into the matter. Several volunteers were inside the Gurudwara when stones were thrown at approximately 6.45 pm, the police said.
Nearly 40,000 Indian nationals have gone "missing" in Malaysia after the expiry of their tourist visas, Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammad Najib Tun Razak said on Monday, indicating that he may take up the issue with New Delhi during his forthcoming visit to India.
In a letter to US Homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano, IATA's director general Giovanni Bisignani said 'the air transport system cannot support 100 per cent pat-down searches over the long term' even though short-term temporary and extra-ordinary security measures were needed until the immediate threat had abated.
Pirates are holding 45 crew members, including Indians after they seized a UK-flagged chemical tanker and a Panamanian carrier off the piracy infested Somalia's coast, a top official of the maritime watchdog said in Kuala Lumpur.
Warning that terrorists wanted to sabotage the Indo-Pak peace process, Pakistan on Sunday said the two countries should not allow extremists to dictate terms to them.
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