Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday he was prepared to go to jail as he geared up for last-ditch rallies on the eve of a trial verdict that threatens his political career.

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The long-running, politically charged trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim closed on Thursday with a judge setting January 9 for a verdict with potentially major implications.

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Malaysia plans to buy 18 Russian Su-30MKM fighters capable of carrying Russian-Indian BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, the Izvestia daily said on Tuesday.

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Australia's conservative opposition on Sunday warned it would almost certainly knock back laws vital to the government's salvaging of its Malaysia refugee swap deal.

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Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday launched a spirited defence in court against the sodomy charge against him, terming it a 'blatant and vicious lie' framed by Prime Minister Najib R

Malaysian police stormed a kindergarten and shot a man carrying a machete who held 30 children and four teachers hostage for six hours on Thursday in a tense standoff. The hostages were unharmed.

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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to hospital on Wednesday for a chest infection, his aide said.

At least four persons were injured when AirAsia, Malaysia's budget carrier, plane carrying 130 people skidded off the runway while landing in the rain.

Malaysia announced Friday a royal commission into the mysterious case of an opposition political aide who died last year, but the limited scope of the inquiry attracted immediate criticism.

An inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock, who fell from the offices of the anti-corruption agency, recorded an open verdict Wednesday with the coroner saying there was not enough evidence to prove either suicide or homicide.

A Malaysian minister has rubbished allegations that he had raped his Indonesian maid in 2007, terming them as heaps of "libellous statements and awful, ugly and wicked lies".