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News Malaysia » Sabah: Malaysia upgrades South China Sea defences amid Sabah row with Philippines

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/malaysia-upgrades-south-china-sea-defences-amid-sabah-row-with-philippines/ar-AA28huck

Published on: Sunday 19 July 2026

Long-range radar at Swallow Reef and new drones in Labuan aim to give Malaysia better oversight of its eastern waters Malaysia is stepping up surveillance on its eastern flank, pushing ahead with ...

News Malaysia » Sabah: TotalEnergies to test Malaysia offshore sweet spot

News channel or source: https://www.upstreamonline.com/exploration/totalenergies-to-test-malaysia-offshore-sweet-spot/2-1-2018721

Published on: Monday 20 July 2026

TotalEnergies is preparing to return to its Tepat oil and gas discovery offshore Sabah, East Malaysia in September, with the French supermajor now set to test the ultra-deepwater field in Block N.

News Malaysia » Sabah: Malaysia Philippines Sabah dispute

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/tag/malaysia-philippines-sabah-dispute/

Published on: Friday 10 June 2016

The legal case brought by Sulu Sultanate heirs against Malaysia highlights the unexpected links between present day tensions and European colonialism in Southeast Asia. A French court's recent ...

News Malaysia » Sabah: Eastern Sabah: Malaysia’s Frontline Against Militancy

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/eastern-sabah-malaysias-frontline-against-militancy/

Published on: Wednesday 31 January 2018

New Zealand’s Trade Agreement With India Reflects a Foreign Policy Shift In this Oct. 8, 2003 file photo, a Malaysian police armed force patrols in front of the Borneo Paradise Eco resort reception ...

News Malaysia » Sabah: Philippines, Malaysia spar over Sabah ownership, reviving long-standing dispute

News channel or source: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/diplomacy/article/3095297/philippines-malaysia-spar-over-sabah-ownership-reviving-long

Published on: Thursday 30 July 2020

The Philippines’ top diplomat this week sparked a row on Twitter by asserting ownership over the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo, reviving a long-standing territorial dispute between ...

News Malaysia » Sabah: ‘Sabah is not in Malaysia’: When Locsin awakens a sleeping giant

News channel or source: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/sabah-not-in-malaysia-when-locsin-awakens-sleeping-giant/

Published on: Friday 07 August 2020

While an analyst says silence on the Sabah claim ‘is pragmatic,’ all it takes to revive a decades-old controversy is an 80-character tweet Not even the tough-talking Rodrigo Duterte, the first ...

News Malaysia » Sabah: Fire destroys 1,000 ‘stilt’ homes in Malaysia’s Sabah, displacing thousands

News channel or source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/20/fire-destroys-1000-stilt-homes-in-malaysias-sabah-displacing-thousands

Published on: Sunday 19 April 2026

Blaze struck a ‘water village’ that is home to some of Malaysia’s poorest residents A huge fire destroyed about 1,000 makeshift homes, many of them built on stilts over water, and displaced thousands ...

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