Malaysia’s Appeal Court ruled Wednesday that U.S. fast food giant McDonald’s cannot claim an exclusive right to the ‘Mc’ prefix in the country, allowing a local food outlet to keep its name, a report said.

U.S. senators urged Malaysia to probe claims by refugees from Myanmar that Malaysian immigration officials handed them over to human traffickers on Malaysia’s border with Thailand.

Malaysia announced Thursday it will bar the religious conversion of children without both parents’ consent in a major step to ease interfaith conflicts that have strained this Muslim-majority country.

The editor of a Malaysian anti-government news Web site charged with sedition refused to attend his trial and went into hiding Thursday, prompting a court to order his arrest.

Malaysian national automaker Proton launched its first seven-seater multipurpose vehicle Wednesday, pinning hopes on the long-awaited model to spur sales and boost exports amid a global economic slump.

Oil prices dipped in Asia on Tuesday as traders weighed OPEC’s decision to maintain production levels amid persistent concerns over the global financial crisis.

Police said a man in Malaysia shot his neighbor as she picked sapodilla fruit in his tree thinking she was a monkey. Police chief in eastern Pahang state Yahaya Othman said the woman was gathering fruit Thursday when her neighbor shot her. Yahaya said the

The Malaysian government will issue a new decree restoring a ban on Christian publications using the word “Allah” to refer to God, officials said Sunday.

The Malaysian government has softened an earlier ban on the use of the word “Allah” by Christian publications to refer to God and is allowing them to use it as long as they specify the material is not for Muslims, a church official said Thursday.

Gay Asians voiced indignation Wednesday after television broadcasts of the Academy Awards in their region censored the words “gay” and “lesbian” in speeches that called for equal rights for homosexuals.