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Indonesia's president-elect holds talks with Malaysian leader on bolstering ties

Apr. 04, 2024 03:12 AM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto held talks Thursday with Malaysia's leader on bolstering bilateral ties as part of a regional visit that has also taken him to China and Japan. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he and Subianto discussed next...

Frozen in time: Families of those on missing Flight 370 cannot shake off their grief without answers

Mar. 07, 2024 02:10 AM EST

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened a law firm and had two babies. But part of her is frozen in time, still in denial over the loss of her mother on a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in 2014. ...

Malaysia may renew the search for MH370 a decade after the flight disappeared

Mar. 04, 2024 01:31 AM EST

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian officials said Sunday they may renew the hunt for MH370, after a U.S. company that tried to find the plane in 2018 proposed a fresh search in the southern Indian Ocean where the Malaysia Airlines plane is believed to have crashed a decade ago. ...

Thailand and Muslim separatist rebels agree on roadmap to peace, Malaysian facilitator says

Feb. 07, 2024 06:20 AM EST

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's facilitator said Wednesday that the Thai government and Muslim separatist rebels in southern Thailand have agreed in principle on a roadmap to try to end a decades-long Muslim insurgency. The sides held two days of talks in the Malaysian...