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Thursday, January 15, 2026
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Topic: Malaysia

One Myanmar migrant dies in road accident as hundreds flee Malaysian detention centre

A total of 131 migrants escaped from the Bidor immigration detention depot in Malaysia's western Perak state Thursday night, Immigration Department director-general Ruslin Jusoh said.

Sultan Ibrahim of Johor sworn in as Malaysia’s 17th king under rotating monarchy system

Under a unique system of monarchy, the heads of Malaysia's nine royal families take turns to be the King, known as the 'Yang di-Pertuan Agong' every five years.

McDonald’s Malaysia seeks $1 million in damages against Israel boycott movement

Gerbang Alaf Restaurants Sdn Bhd, the licensee of McDonald's Malaysia, is suing BDS Malaysia over social media posts linking the franchise to Israel's actions in Gaza.

Man charged after alleged bomb threat forces Malaysia Airlines plane to return to Sydney

Flight MH122 left Sydney Monday for Malaysia and returned to Sydney about 3 hours later after the passenger 'allegedly became disruptive' during the flight, Australian police said.

Swiss watchmaker Swatch sues Malaysia for ‘illegally’ confiscating rainbow-coloured watches

In May, the authorities confiscated watches from Swatch's 'Pride collection' because of the presence of the letters 'LGBTQ' on the watches, Malaysian home minister said.

Malaysia to sue Meta for failing to remove ‘undesirable’ content on Facebook

The action against Facebook comes days ahead of regional polls in 6 states that are expected to pit PM Ibrahim’s multi-ethnic coalition against a conservative Malay Muslim alliance.

Malaysia says British WW2 cannon shells found on detained Chinese carrier ship

The discovery comes amid reports this month that scavengers have targeted two British WW2 wrecks off the coast of Malaysia which were sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1941.

On Camera

A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.