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European Union ambassador Aidan O'Hara is assaulted at his home in Khartoum. EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Josep Borrell calls the assault a "gross violation of the Vienna Convention". [https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-africa-65306695 (BBC News)]Sudan closes its airspace, cancelling all flights in and out of the country. Kenya likewise suspends all flights to and from Sudan. [https:--www.flightglobal.com-air-transport-sudanese-airspace-closed-as-armed-conflict-erupts-152865.article (Flight Global)] [https:--www.kenyans.co.ke-news-88216-kenya-airways-adjusts-flight-schedules-over-khartoum-fighting (Kenyans.co.ke)]China, Malaysia, and the United States urge their citizens in Sudan to hide, find shelter, or evacuate the country. [https:--www.scmp.com-news-china-diplomacy-article-3217317-chinese-embassy-sudan-issues-high-alert-notice-tells-citizens-stay-indoors-away-windows (SCMP)] [https:--www.freemalaysiatoday.com-category-nation-2023-04-17-foreign-ministry-looks-for-ways-to-get-malaysians-out-of-sudan- (FMT)] [https:--www.cbsnews.com-news-sudan-military-factions-at-war-civilians-cower-death-toll-tops-100- (CBS News)]"De facto" leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan declares the Rapid Support Forces to be a rebel group, and orders the group dissolved. [https:--www.aljazeera.com-news-2023-4-17-sudan-army-declares-rsf-a-rebel-group-orders-dissolution (Al Jazeera)] Battle of Khartoum2023-04-17
Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad sues units of Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Coutts for a combined amount of US$2.9 billion on the basis of negligence and conspiracy to defraud. The lawsuit is a bid to recover lost assets of more than $23 billion. 2021-05-11
Malaysia reports their first two cases of the B.1.525 variant in two people who travelled from Dubai. 2021-03-5
Malaysia reports a record 12 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll from the virus to 263. 2020-11-3
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency claims a Vietnamese fishing vessel tried to ram one of their boats when they tried to detain it for illegally entering and fishing from Malaysian waters. 2018-03-31
Malaysia announces the discovery of 139 mass graves near the border with Thailand with some graves containing more than one body. 2015-05-25
Malaysia toughens its sedition laws to cover all online media and provide for mandatory jail sentences. 2015-04-10
Seven people are killed in a landslide in Malaysia's Cameron Highlands. 2011-08-8
The sodomy trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is delayed after the presiding judge Mohamad Zabidin Diah dismisses the defence's efforts to have him replaced. 2011-06-6