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Another 700 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants were rescued off Indonesia on May 15, police said, as Myanmar undermined calls for a coordinated response to the human-trafficking crisis by threatening to boycott a planned Southeast Asian summit.

Malaysia said on May 14 it would push boats full of migrants back to sea, a policy that has drawn criticism from the U.N. refugee agency as thousands remained adrift in Southeast Asian waters. 

Kuwait Finance House (KFH) is exploring the possible sale of its Malaysia unit, as the Islamic lender looks for a leaner structure while seeking greener pastures through its Turkish franchise.

Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia will continue to push boats holding thousands of migrants back to sea, a senior Thai official said on May 134, despite a U.N. appeal for a rapid rescue operation to avoid a humanitarian crisis. 

Malaysia will turn away boats bearing desperate migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh unless they are in imminent danger of sinking, a top coast guard official said May 13.

Thailand and Malaysia may set up camps and detention centres to shelter hundreds of refugees arriving on their shores, officials said on May 12, as a leading inter-governmental agency said about 7,000 boatpeople were still adrift in the Bay of Bengal.

Shares in European aerospace giant Airbus fell more than three percent in opening trade May 11 after one of its A400M military planes crashed in Spain over the weekend, killing four.

Four boats carrying some 1,400 Rohingya migrants were rescued off the coasts of Indonesia and Malaysia on May 11, officials said, a day after nearly 600 others arrived in a wooden vessel off Indonesia's Aceh.

The Turkish Air Force has temporarily grounded its two Airbus A400Ms after the crash of a plane of the same type in Spain, daily Hürriyet learned May 10. 

At least four people were killed May 9 when an A400M crashed near Seville airport in southern Spain during a test flight, the first fatal incident involving the new transport craft.

Germany's air force has temporarily grounded its sole Airbus A400M until an investigation determines the cause of the crash of a plane of the same type in Spain, a military spokesman said May 10.