Australian grandmother Maria Exposto, who faced death by hanging after being found guilty of importing ice into Malaysia in 2014 has had her conviction overturned by the country's federal court.

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was acquitted on Tuesday of trafficking more than one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine through Kuala Lumpur International Airport in December 2014.

Maria Exposto, 55, from Sydney was freed on Tuesday after the Federal Appeal Court of Malaysia agreed that she was an innocent dupe and had not known she was carrying drugs in December 2014.

Oksana Voevodina, 27, says she was told via a friend that her son Ismail is in 'mortal danger', that she should drop her paternity lawsuit against the former Sultan of Malaysia, and stop speaking to the press.

The entertainer and author again was caught in a flub that was reminiscent of when he gave Miss Colombia the crown in 2015 and then had to take it back and give it to Miss Philippines.

Charles Morell, lawyer for Nora Quoirin's family, says her parents still 'cannot understand how she could leave by herself' and wander into the Malaysian jungle where she was found dead Tuesday.

Travellers were boarding a Malaysia Airlines flight on New Year's Day from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland when their journey came to a sudden halt.

Flight MH145 from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland was cancelled about 8.45pm on New Year's Day after passengers sat in the plane on the tarmac for hours.

The woman, named as Helen, found a note taped to the door of her Perth rental property outlining why the house was in lockdown.

The adorable creature perches on railings next to the woman in Mangrove Park, Perak, Malaysia. It moves behind the woman to kick her before nibbling on the sleeve of her shirt.

Russian beauty queen Oksana Voevodina and her former husband the Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan are at war after their ill-fated and short-lived marriage and battling over a financial settlement.

Oksana Voevodina, 27, revealed the astonishing messages during a TV interview with presenter and politician Ksenia Sobchak. She claims they were sent by the Sultan's 'hidden Czech wife'.

Ina Meliesa Hassim was fired from her position with Malaysia Airlines in 2017 for being just one pound 'overweight'. The Industrial Court of Malaysia ruled in favour of the airline.

The Malaysian flag carrier scooped a total of three accolades at the annual Cellar in the Sky Awards in London, which included the coveted title of having the best overall wine cellar for 2019.

USS America has steamed to intercept a Chinese government survey ship and several of its China Coast Guard escorts after they ventured into contested waters off the coast of Malaysia.

Prince Charles, 71, has praised the British Asian community for it's contribution to the national coronavirus pandemic as he launched a fundraising appeal for families struggling in South Asia.

The Duke of Sussex was duped into believing he was speaking to 17-year-old environmentalist Greta, who told him she wanted to one day marry Prince George (pictured).

Every time a customer buys a 'Mermaids' biscuit at the counter, the US coffee chain will donate 50p to the British charity of the same name. It has also produced an ad lauding its cafes as 'safe spaces'.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 fell nearly 10 per cent in the morning session on Friday (pictured), and ended more than six per cent down despite a slight recovery.

The experiment would have seen the Saturday qualifying replaced with a sprint race, in which drivers lined up in reverse championship order, with the leading driver starting at the back.

In an eagerly-awaited document, Francis did not even refer to recommendations by Amazonian bishops to consider the ordination of married men and women deacons.

El Paso shooting suspect Patrick Crusius, 21, says he purchased his AK-47 rifle from Romania and his ammo from Russia in his August 3 attack in a Walmart that left 22 dead.

Wence and Jerald Flores-Monge, aged 21 and 18 , were arrested after spewing racial profanities at a store worker in Kenner, Louisiana. A third family member, Sandy Monge also was charged.

Days after Walmart pulled a controversial sweater featuring a cartoon Santa Claus doing cocaine with the tagline 'Let It Snow' from its website, the infamous novelty item has now become a best-seller.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The footage is thought to have been filmed in an oil field west of Palmyra, Syria, in 2017 as four Russian-speaking soldiers attack a Syrian national.

The Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media were praised as 'recognised experts and reputable scientists' by a senior Russian official last week. Pictured: White Helmets in Syria, 2017.

The footage, posted online, is thought to have been filmed in Qamishli, in the north east of the country, from inside a civilian car on Wednesday.

One of the Russian-bought Facebook ads showed imagery of a black woman 'dry firing' a rifle, which was indicative of the 'divisive social and political messages' used in the campaign.

A GoFundMe called 'Seventh District Baptist Church Fires St Landry' has received just under $480,000 for the three black churches in Louisiana that were burned down.

The 'Seventh District Baptist Church Fires St Landry' page grew in virality by Wednesday following a surplus of shares of the GoFundMe by several notable figures, including the site itself.

France take on Russia in their first game back at the Stade de France since November's terrorist attacks in Paris. Les Bleus were photographed meeting fans in the city on Tuesday morning.

There have been books, articles, films and plays galore about Philby, Maclean, Burgess and Blunt, but nobody seems to know or care about the 'Fifth Man', John Cairncross

There are thousands of versions of this cake with the roughly similar legend behind them that a young woman made it for the man she liked, who promptly fell in love with her on tasting it

Greg Lee, 41, from Williamsburg, Virginia, was fed up with battling his 6.5 stone Rhodesian Ridgeback Jax every fortnight to cut his nails so started squirting canned cheese on his head.

Remarkable footage shows the well-dressed woman, aged in her late 60s, pointing and shouting at a group of young girls at a crossing in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.

Katy Perry showed that she embodied the spirit of a feline as she appeared in a bold leopard print dress at the The Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball.

The Mexican actor, 40, spoke in delight about the forthcoming Rogue One prequel show as he took part in a live Q&A with IndieWire via Instagram on Thursday.

The Russian Doll co-creator, 39, is set to make her mark in a galaxy far, far away with the drama, Variety revealed on Wednesday.

Theresa May and husband Philip touched down in Osaka, where world leaders are gathering for the G20 summit of powerful nations.

Putin's decree released on Wednesday formalizes Russia's departure from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with the United States following Washington's withdrawal.

U.S. Southern Command tweeted video and images from the incident on Friday. They say the SU-30 Flanker 'aggressively shadowed' a U.S. EP-3 aircraft.

The Russian President used the craft, a C-Explorer 3.11, to explore the Soviet Shchuka-class submarine Shch-308 which sunk in the Baltic Sea in October 1942 after hitting a German mine.

Environmentalists have warned that the scale of the blazes, across central and east Russia, could accelerate global warming, aside from any immediate effects on the health of inhabitants.

U.S. diplomat Jon Huntsman has resigned as Donald Trump's ambassador to Russia.

The spike in radiation in Russia yesterday may have been caused when one of Vladimir Putin's top secret Zircon hypersonic missiles exploded during tests, according to news reports in the country.

Vladimir Putin vowed to prevent the emergence of mass protests yesterday speaking to French President Emmanuel Macron in southern France .

Russia's Soyuz rocket with Vladimir Putin's six-foot tall humanoid robot on board has failed to dock at the International Space Stations. The setback has been blamed on issues with docking systems.

O'Donnell claimed on the air that a source had told him 'the co-signers of Donald Trump's Deutsche Bank loans are Russian billionaires close to Vladimir Putin.' Trump's lawyers threatened to sue.

Volodymyr Tsemakh, an alleged separatist in the area where the Malaysian Airlines jet was shot down in 2014, was freed by a Kiev appeals court today pending further investigation.

Putin (pictured today) voted in Moscow elections which have taken on a rare significance after a series of candidates were detained and barred from the ballot, sparking mass protests.