Malaysia's prime minister says Parliament will be dissolved Saturday, paving the way for general elections expected to be held next month that will put his long-ruling coalition with a revived opposition led by former strongman Mahathir Mohamad.

Malaysian police say an ethnic Chinese rapper has been detained over complaints that his latest music video featuring dancers wearing dog masks and performing "obscene" moves insulted Islam and could hurt racial harmony

Malaysia's top court in a landmark decision says both parents must consent to the religious conversion of a minor, ruling in favor of a Hindu woman whose ex-husband converted their three children to Islam

Malaysian prime minister leads thousands of Muslims in a rally to show solidarity with Palestinians, slamming the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Muslims in Indonesia and Malaysia protested outside the U.S. embassies Friday against President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Malaysian authorities are preparing a mass burial for 23 mostly young boys who died in a fire at a private Islamic boarding school

A fire that blocked the only exit to an Islamic school dormitory has killed 23 people who were trapped behind barred windows on the outskirts of Malaysia's largest city

Malaysian Islamic school principal says dormitory razed by fire was a temporary boarding house because the main school building was under renovation

A fire department official says the initial investigation into a fatal dormitory fire in Malaysia showed the school had just applied for building safety approval