An Islamic reality TV show that made its contestants counsel promiscuous teenagers and bury corpses has named a 26-year-old mosque prayer leader as Malaysia's top role model for young Muslims.

Producers voiced hopes Sunday of launching similar versions of "Imam Muda," or "Young Leader," in other Muslim-majority countries after the Malaysian show's first season became the most-watched program to ever air on pay-television network Astro's Islamic channel.

The three-member Philippine triathlon team had a strong finish in the 2010 Port Dickson International Triathlon held at the Avillon Admiral Cove, Malaysia.

Malaysia is sending military personnel to Afghanistan for the first time to provide medical and humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged country, officials said Thursday.

Twelve personnel were scheduled to leave for Afghanistan later Thursday and 28 others will join them by September, said Lt. Col. Salawati Yahaya, a Malaysian defense ministry representative.

MANILA, Philippines -- The 38-member Philippine National Police (PNP) Dragon Boat Team has won medals in the recently concluded 1Malaysia International Dragon Boat Festival held in Putrajaya, Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia banned three works of political cartoons that criticize the government, but one of the artists said Friday he was obligated to highlight issues other cartoonists would not.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's government will enlist the help of universities to stop Islamic militants using campuses as recruitment centres for their violent struggle, according to the deputy premier.

A Palestinian man slashed himself with a box cutter outside the U.S. Embassy in Malaysia on Tuesday at a protest against Israel's attack on a Gaza aid flotilla.Some 500 people demonstrated outside the American Embassy in this Muslim-majority nation, waving banners that read "Save Gaza" and "Stop the Israeli crimes in Gaza," and shouting "Long live Palestine."They demanded the Unites States act against its ally Israel, and condemned Israel...

A tobacco giant that exhausted its inventory of small cigarette packets in anticipation of a ban threatened Thursday to take legal action against the Malaysian government for reportedly deciding to delay the prohibition.The Malaysian affiliate of Philip Morris International voiced disappointment with what it called a "precipitous" decision that would be "a devastating blow not only to our business but to foreign investor confidence in Malaysia."...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim lost his latest attempt to derail his sodomy trial Wednesday when the judge refused to let his lawyers view police documents that could help discredit Anwar's accuser.

A technician set to leave for a job in Malaysia, was found dead, hanging by his shoe laces, inside the comfort room of his boarding house inManila before dawn on Sunday.

In his widely anticipated new economic strategy Tuesday, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak criticized longstanding affirmative action policies – which benefit his political base of ethnic Malays – but gave few specific on how he would undo them.

DiGi, the third largest mobile telecoms operator in Malaysia, has been accused of tinkering with its voicemail settings to deliberately rip-off its customers. Independent news agency Mathaba alleges that the operator is ma...