A former airline boss claims the US shot down flight MH370 because the military feared it had been taken over by hackers.

Investigators seeking the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean are widening their search area to cover the chance the aircraft fell from the sky at a shallower angle than expected.

Troubled Malaysia Airlines has picked the head of Irish flag carrier Aer Lingusas its future chief executive as the airline recovers from two disasters this year.

The global halal industry excluding financial services is estimated to exceed $2 trillion and will grow 4 per cent to 5 per cent annually.

Paula Yeoman has a musical epiphany in the humidity of Borneo.

A top Malaysia Airlines executive who is in NZ this week is urging relatives of those lost aboard MH370 to be patient as the carrier works to pay compensation.

'Rotting' flowers, turtle hatchlings, sky-high thrills ... this is one cool stopover.

Former Malaysian defence attache Muhammad Rizalman has been granted bail in the Wellington District Court today.

The Malaysian diplomat charged with attempted rape is an embarrassment to his uniform and country, a Malaysian MP says.

A Malaysian diplomat facing sexual assault charges appears set to return to New Zealand this Friday.

A top airline boss has voiced doubts about the search for doomed airliner MH370 and said the plane may not even be in the southern Indian Ocean.

Malaysia has confirmed it has received a request from New Zealand for the extradition of a diplomat accused of burglary and attempted rape.

Graham Reid settles in at a colonial landmark for a cold one on a hot day in Sarawak.

Prime Minister John Key says he is confident the disgraced Malaysian diplomat accused of a sex attack on a Wellington woman will return to face legal action.

After months of tragedies and setbacks, Malaysia's tourism arm is hoping Malaysian culture, food, and cheap airfares will pull Kiwi travellers back.

"Nothing, we see nothing". The transcript of the last moments of MH17 has revealed the frantic search for the jet as air traffic controllers lost contact with the cockpit.

Graham Reid kicks back with those who have kicked the bucket.

Analysis of two satellite calls staff made to MH370 suggests the plane turned earlier than originally thought - and the search area is set to change again.

Nearly 200 cabin crew resigned from Malaysia Airlines following its double tragedy this year, causing crew shortages among staff.

An underwater search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume off Western Australia in about a month.

More than $41,000 has been stolen from the accounts of four passengers aboard the doomed MH370 flight.

People should be sceptical of Moscow’s huge aid convoy to eastern Ukraine, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.

Malaysia will send a lawyer to advise a disgraced diplomat when he stands trial in New Zealand, the country's attorney-general said.

A New Zealand tourist brutally attacked in a Malaysian hotel room believed he was going to die after being slashed and nearly suffocated.