PETALING JAYA, June 10 — Although without several key players, Malaysia can still record a big win over Taiwan in the last Group D match of the second round of the 2026 World Cup/2027 Asian Cup Qualifiers, at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, tomorrow night.

SINGAPORE, May 31 — The Shangri-La Dialogue summit began today with the United States (US) and China's defence chiefs holding their first face-to-face meeting in two years and the Philippines' president set to give a speech expected to touch on the sensitive South China Sea claims.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Taiwan-based semiconductor companies are optimistic about business prospects in Malaysia's semiconductor industry, given its solid foundation and thriving semiconductor ecosystem that offers potential long-term growth.

TAIPEI, May 25 — China ended two days of war games around Taiwan, in which it simulated attacks with bombers and practised boarding ships, and Taiwan’s defence ministry detailed on Saturday the surge of Chinese warplanes and warships involved.

TAIPEI/BEIJING, May 23 — Taiwan's military mobilised its forces and said it is confident it could protect the island, after China started two days of 'punishment' drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to "separatist acts".

TAIPEI, May 21 — Thousands of people thronged the streets around Taiwan’s parliament today, protesting measures to give lawmakers more oversight over the government, pushed by opposition parties over the ruling party’s objections.

TAIPEI, May 21 — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te asked China on Monday to stop its military and political threats, saying in his inauguration speech that peace was the only choice and that Beijing had to respect the choice of the Taiwanese people.

TAIPEI, May 20 — Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's new president on Monday facing an angry and deeply suspicious China which believes he is a "separatist", and a fractious parliament with an opposition chomping at the bit to challenge him.

TAIPEI, May 18 — Taiwan's next president Lai Ching-te will pledge to secure stability by maintaining the status quo in the island's relationship with China in his inauguration speech on Monday (May 20), said an incoming senior security official.

TAIPEI, April 27 — Taiwan has reported renewed Chinese military activity near the island today, with 12 aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, a day after United States (US) Secretary State Antony Blinken ended a visit to China.

TAIPEI, April 23 — More than 80 earthquakes, the strongest at 6.3 magnitude, struck Taiwan's east coast starting Monday night and into the early hours of Tuesday and some caused shaking of buildings in the capital Taipei, the island's weather administration said.

WASHINGTON, April 21 — The United States' (US) House of Representatives passed a US$95 billion (RM452.2 billion) legislative package yesterday amid broad bipartisan support, providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, over bitter objections from Republican hardliners.

WASHINGTON, April 16 — The top US diplomat for East Asia discussed Middle East developments, the South China Sea and Taiwan issues with Chinese counterparts in Beijing, the State Department said on Monday, the latest effort by the two countries to stabilise rocky ties.

By Danial Dzulkifly SHAH ALAM, April 15 — The plans to establish an integrated circuit (IC) design hub in Selangor are in place as part of the state administration’s efforts to expand Malaysia’s semiconductor industry, said Ng Sze Han. Following a recent trade visit to several of China’s...

BEIJING, April 11 — China has banned the senior executives of two United States (US) defence companies from entering the country and froze their property in response to their arms sales to Taiwan, said its Foreign Ministry today.

TAIPEI, April 7 — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 6.01 pm Sunday, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA), as reported by the Central News Agency (CNA).

HUALIEN, April 5 — A helicopter plucked to safety on Thursday six people stranded in a mining area after Taiwan's worst earthquake in 25 years, and rescue workers reached 400 people cut off in a hotel in a mountainous national park by air, and confirmed all were safe.

TAIPEI, April 4 — A total of 41 people inside Taroko National Park were unaccounted for for more than 29 hours, since a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck eastern Taiwan on Wednesday morning.

HUALIEN, Taiwan, April 4 — The number of people injured in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Taiwan climbed past 1,000 on Thursday though the death toll remained steady at nine, with 42 workers on their way to a hotel in a national park still missing.

TAIPEI, April 3 — World leaders and officials from several governments have expressed solidarity and offered assistance to Taiwan after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the country's eastern coast on Wednesday morning.