A Malaysian Court of Appeal granted Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s application to fully pause a civil lawsuit against him by a former aide who alleged he was sexually assaulted in 2018. A court panel ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday won a reprieve in a civil suit accusing him of sexual misconduct, after a court approved his bid to temporarily suspend ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Anwar Ibrahim, the imprisoned longtime opposition leader in Malaysia, was pardoned and released from custody Wednesday, opening the door for his possible ascent to become ...

Last November, after two decades of struggle for democracy in Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, the former leader of the Islamist Youth movement, finally became the country’s prime minister. In his long years ...

With Malaysia facing huge debts from 1Malaysian Development Bhd (1MDB), Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government is trying to fast-track already-in-motion legal action to boost the recovery of funds ...

A big question in the wake of Malaysia’s 2018 election was whether the country had embarked upon a transition to democracy after the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition’s first-ever election defeat. Over ...

For six decades after its independence in 1957, Malaysia was governed by a single party. Then in 2018 voters ejected the United Malays National Organisation, appalled by the involvement of the prime ...

Malaysia's tenth Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has gone from politics to jail and back to politics again. In November, at the age of 75, Anwar Ibrahim became Malaysia’s tenth prime minister. His ...

Malaysia is gearing up for major reforms following the latest verdict against ex-PM Najib Razak over the 1 MDB corruption scandal. Aggressive anti-graft moves, however, could also sink the country's ...