Malaysia Airlines Passport Stolen

• Malaysia airline to check passports says Interpol head

  The head of the international police agency Interpol says a "major airline in Malaysia" soon will start checking travelers' passports against its global database of 40 million stolen or lost travel documents.

• Missing Malaysia Airline plane throws spotlight on passport theft

  When a German tourist refused to surrender his passport as collateral at a car rental stand along a popular beach in the Thai resort city of Phuket, the woman behind the counter pulled out a bag full of passport books to prove he could trust her.

• Terrorism cannot be ruled out in missing Malaysia Airlines jet: CIA

  The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency said on Tuesday that terrorism could not be ruled out in the disappearance of a Malaysian airliner.

• Interpol shows image of two Iranians on missing jet

  Interpol has released an image of two Iranians who were traveling with stolen passports on a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner.

• Man with stolen passport on missing jet Iranian asylum seeker: police

  One of the two men traveling on a missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner was an Iranian asylum seekers, officials said on Tuesday

• Stolen passports probed in missing Malaysia Airlines plane mystery

  Authorities questioned travel agents on Monday at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the vanished Malaysia Airlines plane with stolen passports, part of a growing international investigation into what they were doing on the flight.

• Thailand grapples with 'massive' fake passport racket

  With huge numbers of visitors and patchy law enforcement, Thailand has a booming black market for fake identity documents, and it was here that two passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines jet were apparently able to get hold of stolen passports.

• Men with stolen passports on Malaysia Airlines plane not of Asian appearance: investigator

  The two men who used stolen passports to board a Malaysian jetliner that went missing on Saturday were not of Asian appearance, the chief Malaysian investigator said on Monday.

• One person travelling on missing Malaysia Airlines with stolen passport identified: police

  Malaysia has identified one of two men who boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines flight with stolen passports, the country's police chief said on Monday.

• Suspect passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines jet had 'Asian features'

  Malaysia's interior minister said two passengers who used stolen passports to board a Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing with 239 people aboard had "Asian facial features", according to a report.

• Thai police target 'passport ring' in vanished flight probe

  Thai police said on Sunday they were investigating a "passport ring" as details emerged of bookings made in Thailand with stolen European passports for the vanished Malaysia Airlines flight.

• Malaysia launches terror probe over vanished jet

  Malaysia on Sunday launched a terror probe into the disappearance of a passenger jet carrying 239 people, investigating suspect passengers who boarded with stolen passports, as relatives begged for news of their loved ones.

• Malaysia Airlines plane missing: two passengers had fake passports

  Malaysian authorities are investigating the identities of at least two other passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight, in addition to two who were found to be using stolen passports.

• Two on missing Malaysia jet used stolen EU passports

  Foreign ministry officials in Rome and Vienna confirmed on Saturday that names of two nationals listed on the manifest of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight match passports reported stolen in Thailand.