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  Muslims have right to be angry, kill millions of French people: Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad

  World | October 29, 2020 20:41 IST

  Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday that Muslims have a "right to be angry and to kill millions of French people". 

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  Mahathir Mohamad resigns in Malaysian political upheaval

  World | February 24, 2020 14:32 IST

  Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad tendered his resignation to Malaysia's king Monday while his political party quit the ruling alliance in a shocking political upheaval less than two years after his election victory.

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  Top Malaysian diplomat summoned to MEA over Mahathir's comments on India's 'internal affairs'

  World | December 21, 2019 19:19 IST

  India on Saturday lodged a strong protest with Malaysia over its Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's criticism of the new citizenship law, saying such comments were not in sync with established diplomatic practice of non-interference in any country's internal affairs.

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  ‘Factually inaccurate’: India rebukes Malaysian PM for citizenship law remarks

  World | December 20, 2019 21:47 IST

  "I am sorry to see that India, which claims to be a secular state now is taking action to deprive some Muslims of their citizenship," the 94-year-old Malaysian PM commented on Friday

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  Setback to Xi Jinping's 'Belt-Road' initiative as Malaysia scraps China-backed $22 bn projects

  World | August 21, 2018 16:11 IST

  Malaysian PM Mahathir said both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang understood the reasons behind the cancellations and "accepted them."