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Mahathir Mohamad smiles during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday, May 10, 2018. Mahathir says he expects to be sworn in as prime minister today. (AP Photo/Adrian Hoe)

Is 92 too old to lead? Malaysia’s Mahathir doesn’t think so

By TIM SULLIVAN and EILEEN NG - Associated Press

A kid holds a poster of Palestinian Fadi al-Batsh portrait at a mosque in Selayang, on the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. The Palestinian envoy in Malaysia says the body of the Hamas militant killed last week in Kuala Lumpur will be repatriated to the Gaza Strip for burial. Fadi al-Batsh, an electrical engineering lecturer at a Malaysian university, was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle as he was on his way to a mosque early Saturday. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)

The Latest: Hamas buries, vows revenge for slain engineer

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Customers eat nasi uduk, which is Indonesian style steamed rice cooked in coconut milk dish, at street food stall in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Judges on a popular British cooking show are being ridiculed for ignorance of Asian food after insisting the chicken in a Malaysian contestant's rendang curry should have been crispy. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

British show’s take on rendang curry riles Southeast Asians

By STEPHEN WRIGHT - Associated Press

Death in Malaysia is 22nd due to faulty Takata air inflators

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North Korea again beats Malaysia, again 4-1

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Malaysia's Kunanlan Subramaniam, left, and North Korea's Jong IL Gwan battle for the ball during their Asian Cup qualifiers soccer match at Thunder Castle stadium in Buriram province, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. North Korea beat Malaysia 4-1 . (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

North Korea beats Malaysia 4-1 in Asian Cup qualifying

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Amid political tension, NKorea and Malaysia meet in Thailand

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Indonesian Siti Aisyah, second from right, is escorted by police as she arrives for a court hearing at Shah Alam court house in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong were accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a Malaysian airport. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)

Kim Jong-nam case: North Korean ‘masterminds’ evade murder trial

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

Pat Perez of the United States hits a ball on the fourth hole during the first round of the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges, as the first official PGA Tour in South Korea, on Jeju Island, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. (Park Ji-ho/Yonhap via AP)

Column: Golf’s big-money Asian swing is worth the travel

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

After 3 delays, North Korea and Malaysia to play in Thailand

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United States' Bobby Wood (9) celebrates his goal against Panama in front of cheering fans, with teammates Dax McCarty (13) and Michael Bradley (4) during the second half of a World Cup qualifying soccer match, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. The United States won 4-0. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

US striving to avoid World Cup playoff vs Syria or Australia

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

In this combination of photos, Indonesian Siti Aisyah, left, and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, right, are escorted by police as they leave their court hearing at Shah Alam court house in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Aisyah and Huong, accused of fatally poisoning Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's ruler, pleaded not guilty as their trial began Monday in Malaysia's High Court, nearly eight months after the brazen airport assassination that sparked a diplomatic standoff. (AP Photos/Daniel Chan)

Siti Aisyah, Doan Thi Huong plead not guilty in North Korean Kim Jong-nam’s assassination

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

In this March 9, 2017, file photo, the North Korean flag is seen behind razor wire on top of a wall at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia has banned its citizens from traveling to North Korea as the country faces increasing diplomatic pressure over its weapons programs. The foreign ministry announced the ban in a statement Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, and said it would last until further notice. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Malaysia bans travel to North Korea, soccer match postponed

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FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, the damaged port aft hull of USS John S. McCain, left, is seen while docked next to USS America at Singapore's Changi naval base in Singapore. The collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker highlighted a long-simmering dispute between Singapore and Malaysia over which country should control a 60-meter (197-foot) wide guano-encrusted outcropping at the edge of the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Royal Malaysian Navy, the U.S guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is seen after a collision, off Johor, Malaysia, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. A number of U.S. sailors were missing after a collision between the USS John S. McCain and a tanker early Monday east of Singapore, the second accident involving a ship from the Navy's 7th Fleet in the Pacific in two months. (Royal Malaysian Navy via AP)

Adm. John Richardson, Navy chief, orders probe into Pacific fleet after collisions

By Lolita C. Baldor, Annabelle Liang and Stephen Wright - Associated Press

Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, center left, and Indonesian Youth And Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi, center right, pose together as Jamaluddin apologized to Indonesia for the mistake, which makes the red-and-white Indonesian flag resemble Poland's on a guidebook, in a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. Indonesia accused the Malaysian organizers of the Southeast Asian Games of negligence after the Indonesian flag was printed upside down in a souvenir guidebook. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)

Malaysia apologizes for showing Indonesia’s flag as Poland’s

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 29, 2016, file photo, a woman cries while demonstrating with relatives of passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing. U.S. seabed exploration company Ocean Infinity said on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, it had offered to take the financial risk of a renewed search for the missing Malaysian airliner, as victims' families urged the Malaysian government to agree to a private-sector hunt for Flight 370's wreckage. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

US company offers to take financial risk of new MH370 search

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaks at Starbucks annual shareholders meeting in Seattle on March 22, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Malaysia, Indonesia Muslim groups call for Starbucks boycott

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FILE - In this May 14, 2015 file photo, construction workers chat in front of a billboard for state investment fund 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) at the fund's flagship Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to recover $540 million in assets, including penthouse apartments, paintings by Vincent Van Gogh and a yacht known as the Equanimity, that it says were stolen from Malaysia's troubled sovereign wealth fund, prompting objections from Malaysian officials who said Friday, June 16, 2017 there was no evidence of such crimes. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul, File)

Malaysia rejects US claims over assets said stolen from 1MDB

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

Malaysia Airlines jet diverted in Australia over bomb scare

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press