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Election battle won, real test begins for new Malaysian PM

Anwar Ibrahim has won a hard-fought battle to become Malaysia’s new Prime Minister

The Independent UK

Malaysia’s Anwar gets to work, promising inclusive government

Southeast Asian nation’s new prime minister says he will govern for all as he reaches out across political divides.

Al Jazeera

Malaysia's Anwar begins work as PM after polarising election

Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim is expected to start discussions on forming his cabinet on Friday as he begins work as prime minister at a challenging time, with the economy slowing and the country deeply split after a close election.

Reuters

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Opposition leader Anwar named next Malaysia PM

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Malaysia's perennial opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was named prime minister on Thursday, ending a days-long political impasse after inconclusive election results.

AFP

From prisoner to prime minister, Malaysia's Anwar had long ride to top

Becoming prime minister caps Anwar Ibrahim's roller-coaster political journey, from a former deputy PM who was imprisoned in the 1990s led to a reform movement that became a major political force.

WEKU

Malaysia’s longtime opposition leader Anwar sworn in as PM

Malaysia’s longtime opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as the country’s new prime minister on Thursday, ending days of uncertainty after divisive general elections produced a hung parliament.

France 24

Anwar sworn in as Malaysian PM

KUALA LUMPUR: Perennial opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as Malaysia’s prime minister before the country’s king in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, ending a five-day political impasse after inconclusive polls.

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Anwar sworn in as Malaysia’s PM after 25-year struggle for reform

Veteran politician finally secures top post after inconclusive election led to days of haggling and king’s intervention.

Al Jazeera

Why is Malaysia’s king helping choose the country’s next PM?

Four days after an inconclusive election, efforts continue to form a new government in the Southeast Asian nation.

Al Jazeera

Divisive Islamists loom over Malaysia politics after big win

Former premier Muhyiddin Yassin and veteran opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim are locked in a race to become Malaysia’s next prime minister. Whichever man wins power will have to contend with an increasingly popular hardline force.

Tribune News Service

Malaysian king calls council of sultans to resolve election crisis

Malaysia's king on Wednesday called a special meeting of his fellow hereditary sultans to discuss who should be prime minister as an unprecedented post-election crisis entered its fourth day.

Reuters

Malaysia faces first hung parliament as support for Islamic alliance surges

A cobbled-together coalition, which includes a party supportive of sharia law, is on the cards after tumultuous election results.

Crikey

Malaysian polls see Islamist surge

Malaysia's election has not immediately resulted in a new government, but it has produced an instant winner -- political Islam.

Bangkok Post

Explainer-Who is Malaysia's king and why is he picking the prime minister?

Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah is in the spotlight as he mulls his choice on who will be the country's next prime minister, after an election left no party with a majority in parliament and coalition talks failed.

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Al Jazeera

Disunity in Malaysia: King needs more time to choose next PM

The monarch fails to resolve the stalemate caused by Saturday’s election which delivered a hung parliament.

Reuters

Malaysia's king calls Anwar and Muhyiddin for an audience -palace

Malaysia's King Al-Sultan Abdullah called on Tuesday the two main contenders to be prime minister - opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former premier Muhyiddin Yassin - for an audience at 4.30 pm (0830 GMT), the palace said in a statement.

Bangkok Post

Malaysia's Anwar, Muhyiddin vie for premiership in post-election crisis

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's incumbent coalition said it would not support opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim or former premier Muhyiddin Yassin in forming a government, adding to the political crisis from an inconclusive election.

Al Jazeera

What do we know about talks to form a new Malaysian government?

The weekend election left the leading coalitions scrambling to secure a majority in a polarised political environment.

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The Independent UK

Spotlight on Malaysia's king to resolve election stalemate

Malaysia’s election uncertainty has deepened after a political bloc refused to support either reformist leader Anwar Ibrahim or rival Malay nationalist Muhyiddin Yassin as prime minister, three days after divisive polls produced no outright winner

Reuters

Malaysian police warn of ethnic tensions on social media after divisive election

Malaysian police have cautioned the country's social media users to refrain from posting "provocative" content on race and religion after a divisive general election on Saturday that ended in a hung parliament.

Reuters

Malaysia king to choose prime minister in post-election crisis

Malaysia's King Al-Sultan Abdullah said on Tuesday that he will pick the next prime minister soon after the leading two contenders failed to win a majority in an inconclusive election on Saturday.

AFP

Malaysia's Anwar in talks with arch-rivals despite anti-graft pledge

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday he is in talks with the party of ex-premier Najib Razak, who is in jail for corruption, to form the next government after an inconclusive election.

The Independent UK

Malaysia's hung election crisis drags out as party dithers

Malaysia’s longest-ruling coalition says it has not decided which bloc to support after weekend elections left neither with enough seats to form a government on its own, and it would ask the nation’s king to give it more time

Al Jazeera

Malaysian currency, stocks fall as vote ends in hung parliament

Markets react negatively after election results in first hung parliament in Southeast Asian country’s history.

AFP

Race on to form coalition govt in Malaysia after election deadlock

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Rival Malaysian political blocs on Monday tried to woo smaller parties to form a coalition government after the weekend's general election that saw major gains by a conservative Islamist party.

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