Malaysia

Malaysia bars civil servants from using Israeli navigation app Waze due to 'security concerns'

Muslim-majority Malaysia is a staunch supporter of the Palestinian ​cause and does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel.

 Where are we heading? An illustration of the Waze logo.
Chess

Banned Israeli chess players demand 'world' be stripped from Malaysian championship title

India's Vishwanathan Anand plays against Israel's Boris Gelfand during a tie-break of FIDE World chess championship match in State Tretyakovsky Gallery in Moscow on May 30, 2012.

Israelis unable to compete in FIDE amateur chess tournament taking place in Malaysia

Container ships are docked at Tanjung Pelepas Port in Gelang Patah, Malaysia June 29, 2026.

Malaysia tightens cargo regulations, detains containers bound for Israel passing through its port


Israeli squash team goes to court to fight ban from world championship

The Men’s World Team Squash Championship, set for December 7, was moved from New Zealand to Malaysia and Israelis are not able to visit.

A pair of competitors take part in the professional squash tournament on Wednesday night in the outdoor glass court built in the center of Tel Aviv

Malaysia PM's cabinet resigns amid political turmoil

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's cabinet tendered its resignation, ending a tumultuous 17 months. There is no obvious successor.

 Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin speaks during opening remarks for virtual APEC Economic Leaders Meeting 2020, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 20, 2020

The cyber threat the Hamas-Malaysia front poses to Israel - opinion

New research on what happened during the operation indicates an orchestrated and well-planned effort across social media platforms to target Israeli and Jewish users.

A GIRL holds a flag at a rally in support of Gaza in Kuala Lumpur.

Details of over 200,000 students leaked in cyberattack

A pro-Palestinian Malaysian hacker group known as "DragonForce" claimed that it hacked into AcadeME last week.

[Illustrative] A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him.

Israel keen to establish ties with SE Asia's Muslim nations - envoy

The region's three Muslim-majority states - Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei - sharply criticized the Israeli attacks during 11 days of hostilities in May.

Map of Southeast Asia

Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after 113-day voyage

The vessel sailed on Feb. 11 from Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh carrying 90 Rohingya refugees, most of them women and children, with the hope of reaching Malaysia.

Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat as they get interrogated by the Border Guard Bangladesh after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at Shah Porir Dwip near Cox's Bazar

More than 200 injured when two trains collide in Malaysian capital

The incident occurred when one of the trains, which was empty after being repaired, collided head-on with another train carrying 213 passengers travelling in the opposite direction on the same track.

Train tracks

Malaysia to hand 1,200 Myanmar detainees to country's navy

Malaysia is home to more than 154,000 asylum-seekers from Myanmar.

Myanmar army armoured vehicles drive past a street after they seized power in a coup in Mandalay

Muslims have 'right to punish' French, says former Malaysian PM

"Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past," but the killing of a French teacher was still unacceptable.

Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 13, 2020

Israeli, Emirati hospitals hold int'l conference on children's treatment

This collaboration marks the first of its kind between hospitals in Israel and the UAE.

Dr. Ori Pollak, director of the Children's Intensive Care Unit at Hadassah's Heart Institute in Jerusalem.