KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia lost 0-4 to Japan in their home leg against the "Blue Samurai" in Group C of the 2012 Asian Zone Olympic Qualifiers at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil here tonight.

KABUL: Furious Afghans threw rocks and screamed “death to America” on Wednesday, setting fire to shops and vehicles as gunshots rang out at protests against Qurans being burnt at a US-run military base.

KUALA LUMPUR: PAS Spiritual Leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has reiterated that the party will never recognise "the forbidden state of Israel".

SUNGAI PETANI: Police obtained a remand order against an unemployed man to facilitate investigation into the murder of a 60-year-old grandmother.

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today struck out a habeas corpus application filed by Saudi Arabian columnist Hamza Kashgari Mohamad Najeeb to determine that his arrest and deportation from Malaysia to Saudi Arabia was unlawful.