Flooding Kills 24 in Malaysia and Thailand

Nearly 160,000 have been left homeless since the flooding began Flooding in Malaysia and Thailand has killed 24 people and left nearly 160,000 homeless since mid-December, in the deadliest regional flood season in a decade, according to recent reports. Malaysian authorities said the rain is expected to last at least another week, Reuters reported. The death total includes 10 in Malaysia and 14 in Southern Thailand. The news comes as Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak visited sites of the flooding following his return from Hawaii on Friday. Razak had been criticized for playing golf with U.S. President Barack Obama during the floods...

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AirAsia Plane Missing with 162 Aboard

The lost flight is the third major aviation disaster connected with Malaysia this year An AirAsia plane carrying 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore vanished early Sunday, and initial search and rescue efforts failed to locate the aircraft. Flight 8501 was due to land at Singapore’s Changi Airport at 8.30 a.m. local time after departing from Surabaya, Indonesia. But air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane in Indonesian airspace at about 7:24 a.m., officials said. “We don’t dare to presume what has happened except that it has lost contact,” Djoko Murjatmodjo, Indonesia’s acting director general of transportation, told reporters. Some 10 hours after the aircraft vanished, and with darkness having set in, no sign...

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