VIENTIANE, July 26 — Malaysia has urged dialogue partners attending the Asean Post-Ministerial Conference in Laos to support a ceasefire in Gaza and end the brutal killings of Palestinians.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — The European Union (EU) reiterates its call for Russia to accept responsibility for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 ten years ago and to fully cooperate in serving justice.

TAIPEI, July 12 — Taiwan is closely watching the Chinese military, which it said posed a rising threat to the region after a flurry of warplanes passed near the island to join drills with China's Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific.

TOKYO, July 12 — Japan has warned that China risked escalating tension with Taiwan with an increase in military exercises that appeared aimed in part at readying Beijing's forces for a possible invasion of the democratically-governed island.

PARIS, July 6 — Russian wrestlers invited to compete at the Paris Olympics as neutral athletes will not take part after some leading wrestlers were left off the invitation list, the Russian Wrestling Federation (RWF) said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 — Malaysia has to exercise caution in positioning itself in its relations with other nations in view of increasingly complex geopolitics, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

HANOI, June 20 — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to build a "reliable security architecture" in the Asia-Pacific region during a state visit to Vietnam today, part of a trip to Asia seen as a show of defiance to the West.

HONG KONG, June 19 — China’s Commerce Ministry said today it had urged the United Kingdom to stop sanctioning Chinese firms, after Britain sanctioned five Chinese companies over their links to Russia.

PARIS, June 7 — United States President Joe Biden will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy here today with a package of US$225 million (RM1.05 billion) in weapons on the sidelines of D-Day anniversary events.

BEIJING, June 6 — Ukraine’s first deputy foreign minister visited China yesterday and urged it to send a delegation to a planned summit on Ukraine this month in Switzerland, in the apparent hope it was still possible to persuade China to attend.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) will conduct an investigation following a report that the United States had sanctioned a Malaysian semiconductor-related company.

MOSCOW, April 27 — The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has arrested Dzhumokhon Kurbonov, the twelfth defendant in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack case, who will remain in custody until May 22.

MOSCOW, April 25 — Russia is considering downgrading the level of its diplomatic relations with the United States if Western governments go ahead with proposals to confiscate its frozen assets, state news agency RIA quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday.

JAKARTA, March 26 — The Asean foreign ministers have strongly condemned the March 22 terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow, Russia, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives and multiple casualties, including children.

MOSCOW, March 25 — Russia lowered flags to half-mast for a day of mourning and charged four men it accused of gunning down scores of people at a concert outside Moscow on Friday night in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades.

MOSCOW, March 24 — As a result of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside Moscow, 152 people were injured, including five children, the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Moscow Region said on Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 23 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has conveyed his deepest sympathies and profound condolences to the victims, their families and the people of Russia following the deadly terrorist attack at a concert hall in Moscow yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, March 23 — Malaysia strongly condemns the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, Moscow, on March 22, which resulted in the death of at least 60 people and injuries to over 145 others.

MOSCOW, March 23 — Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire at concertgoers with automatic weapons yesterday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 more in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants.

ANKARA, March 14 — Oil prices increased today following data indicating increased demand in the United States (US), the world's biggest oil consumer, and supply concerns stemming from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, reported Anadolu.