MALACCA: A picture of a sword popped up on his Facebook page, flashing the message: “If you want protection, just click this icon.”

Intrigued, Amirul, a Form Four student from Alor Gajah here, clicked on it.

MELBOURNE: The Malaysian High Commissioner in Canberra has assured Australians that asylum seekers transferred to Malaysia would be treated humanely and "with respect and dignity".

Datuk Salman Ahmad told Sky TV on Sunday that asylum seekers sent to Malaysia would "mingle" in the community while their claims were processed.

JAKARTA: Asean leaders who ended their 18th summit here have given strong support to Indonesia as the current Asean chair to continue mediating in the bloody border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand.

PETALING JAYA: Dr Jane Cardosa, who is renowned for her work on tropical diseases, has won a US$100,000 (RM300,349) grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to pursue a global health and development research project.

JAKARTA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has called on all groups to calm down and stop exploiting the issue of a purported attempt to make Christianity the official religion of the country.

Religion, he stressed, was a sensitive matter and that he did not want any religion-related debate to create tension among the people.