Sulu is a Philippine island chain that lies between Sabah and the Philippines' Mindanao island. The sultan's family, the Kirams, are traditional rulers, with no formal political powers.

But those efforts – supported by the Philippine government, which is pursuing a peace initiative with Muslim rebels in its restive southern islands – failed as clashes in Sabah late last week ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia’s remote eastern state of Sabah on Borneo island is in crisis after militant followers of a Philippine sultan invaded to stake the Islamic leader’s ...

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has referred the issue of two new maritime laws from the Philippines, which violate the state's maritime borders, to the Federal Government and Wisma Putra for ...

A diplomatic crisis is engulfing part of Borneo, after Filipino rebels seized control of a remote section of Malaysia’s Sabah state as part of an unresolved territorial dispute that stretches ...

The Philippines is reviving its claim over the island of Sabah following Malaysia's action against an estimated 300,000 Filipinos illegally staying there.

The Philippine foreign minister sparked a diplomatic fight over Twitter by asserting ownership over the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo, reviving a longstanding territorial ...

The Philippines could be receiving pipeline gas from Sabah, east Malaysia, by 2006 via a new trunkline that would form part of the ambitious Asean grid.

If you're looking for a tropical getaway without the crowds that come with a visit to Bali, this island provides the perfect alternative destination.