KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — An ex-convict was sentenced 40 years in prison by the High Court today after pleading guilty to four charges of performing the 'Baiah', or giving support and possessing materials related to the Daesh terrorist group last year.

SYDNEY, Feb 23 — Australia's online safety regulator on Monday fined messaging platform Telegram about AU$1 million (RM2.81 million) for its delay in answering questions about measures the app took to prevent the spread of child abuse and violent extremist material.

VILLACH, Feb 16 — The Syrian asylum seeker suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing rampage in the Austrian town of Villach is believed to be a Daesh follower who was radicalised online, the authorities said on Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — A former contractor was sentenced to five years' jail by the High Court today after pleading guilty to possessing items related to the Daesh terrorist group in his mobile phone and laptop last year.

SINGAPORE, Feb 11 — Singapore will deport an Iranian woman and her Malaysian husband as well as ban them from re-entering the country after they were found to be engaging in activities that posed a threat to Singapore’s security.

SINGAPORE, Feb 10 — A 34-year-old self-radicalised Malaysian was arrested under Singapore’s Internal Security Act (ISA) in November last year, according to the Internal Security Department (ISD).

YALA, Jan 27 — Four armed men suspected of being members of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Pattani were killed in a shoot-out with local security forces in Kampung Charak Vakong, Kerong Pinang district in Yala province, Thailand, at 5.30am today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — The High Court here today dismissed the prosecution’s application for five family members of a suspect in the attack on the Ulu Tiram police station in Johor, who are facing nine separate charges related to terrorism, to be tried together.

PATTANI, Jan 14 — Security agencies in the Pattani region of southern Thailand have been ordered to intensify efforts to track the suspects involved in the bomb blast incident near the Mueang Pattani police station yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — A former marketing officer was sentenced to six years in prison by the High Court here today on two counts of possessing materials related to the Daesh terrorist group.

BATON ROUGE, Jan 1 — A driver crashed his truck into a crowd at high speed in New Orleans' French Quarter in the wee hours of New Year's Day then opened fire, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 35, city officials and police said.

NARATHIWAT, Dec 24 — Three rangers were injured in a gunfight with an armed group and a homemade bomb attack in Si Sakhon District, Narathiwat, early this morning.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 — Two Malaysians held at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba for the past 18 years arrived safely in the country yesterday, says Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — The sister of the man who attacked the Ulu Tiram police station early this year, which killed two police officers and injured another, pleaded not guilty at the High Court today to charges of failing to report violent ideology.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — A housewife pleaded guilty in the High Court here today to two counts of supporting and possessing materials linked to the Daesh terrorist group.

BANGKOK, Nov 14 — The German embassy in Bangkok has issued a travel warning for tourists planning to visit Thailand’s Koh Phangan ahead of the upcoming Full Moon Party tomorrow, reported German news agency dpa.

SINGAPORE, Oct 18 — A 17-year-old Singaporean was arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in August, less than a month before he planned to carry out an attack during the September school holidays in the island republic.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — The eldest brother of the man who attacked the Ulu Tiram Police Station in Johor, resulting in the deaths of two policemen and another injured, pleaded not guilty in the High Court today to two charges of supporting Daesh and possessing materials related to the terrorist group.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 2 — The Federal Court has upheld the death sentences of seven Filipino men, including a nephew of the self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram, for waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong during the Lahad Datu incursion 11 years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 30 — The government today launched the Malaysian Action Plan on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (MyPCVE) to boost combating activities and ideologies of terrorists in the country.