MANILA, May 21 - The Philippine justice minister on Thursday ordered law enforcement to apprehend a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court and said authorities had leads on his whereabouts, a day after a court denied his bid to prevent his arrest.
Despite the market volatility, analysts insist the current situation bears little resemblance to the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis, when the rupiah collapsed.
ADELAIDE, May 21 - Australian populist party Pauline Hanson’s One Nation said it wanted to create a Norway-style sovereign wealth fund and for the government to take a share of offshore production licences in federal waters as it unveiled its energy policy at the Australian
Mr Lee Jae Myung gifted Ms Sanae Takaichi a set of nine traditional masks.
The government says the move will not hurt tourism, with India and China measures under review.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s back-to-back Beijing visits gave Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a rare optics win, projecting China as a power both Washington and Moscow have reasons to engage, even as analysts say the stakes differed sharply.
Around 50,500 workers had been set to walk off production lines.
The social media giant will pay A$650,000 plus legal costs, ending a three-year legal saga.
The driver operating the train during the crash had earlier tested positive for drugs.
MOSCOW, May 21 - Russia delivered nuclear munitions to field storage facilities in Belarus as part of major nuclear drills, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
Avalon Airport's domestic terminal was closed for several hours on Thursday after a suspicious item was found.
They had caused around 10 billion rupiah (S$726,000) in losses to victims.
Businesses have started to discuss contingency plans, including scaling back or closing shop in Indonesia entirely.
The issue was reportedly discussed at a bilateral integrated defence consultative body.
Nearly half of the country’s Ceylon tea exports go to the Middle East region.
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 21 - Iran said on Thursday it was reviewing Washington's latest position on ending the war after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he was prepared to wait a few days to \"get the right answers\" from Tehran but warned of renewed attacks if it did not
The stand-off reflects Seoul’s emerging position on the front lines of a global debate on AI-driven gains.
The man was not charged and the airport reopened later in the day.
The eldest daughter of King Vajiralongkorn has been in a coma since December 2022.
Smart Lanes will be activated at 33 traffic-prone locations to boost lane capacity.
It comes as the US weighs whether to proceed with a $14bn arms sales to Taiwan, which China claims as its own.
A federal court ruled in October 2024 that X was required to respond to a notice.
The albino buffalo is set to be sacrificed during an Islamic holiday later in May.
The West Papua National Liberation Army, an armed separatist group, claimed responsibility.
JAKARTA, May 21 - Indonesia's military said on Thursday that armed separatists in the country's easternmost province of Highland Papua killed eight civilians in the region of Yahukimo.
US President Donald Trump said on May 20 he would speak to Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, but gave no details.
New South Wales police said a 35-year-old man had stolen and pawned photography equipment.
The Finance Ministry said price adjustments are based on the automatic pricing mechanism formula.
Experts say the rush to open the bridge indicates Kim Jong Un’s enthusiasm for cooperation with Moscow.
May 21 - Beijing is holding up a proposed visit by the Pentagon's under-secretary of defence for policy, Elbridge Colby, as China pressures U.S. President Donald Trump over a $14 billion weapons package for Taiwan, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Mr Xi Jinping will try to act as a mediator between Mr Donald Trump and Mr Kim Jong Un.
A year has passed since conflict broke out between India and Pakistan, briefly raising fears of an all-out war between the two nuclear powers. While violent conflict between the neighbors has been commonplace for the past 80 years, this latest round of fighting felt different.
WASHINGTON, May 20 - The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change, with the world's biggest historical emitter the United States among those
Food safety fears in India are rising as viral videos and failed tests deepen public distrust.
For Filipino urban professionals, earning a living requires paying a premium to stay connected and employable, says Nicasio Pimentel from the University of Antique.
The annual haze blanketing Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore is the visible outcome of political and economic choices, says this researcher.
The Trump-Xi summit in Beijing may have projected calm at the leader level, but it should not be mistaken for strategic convergence. Whatever one makes of the new language of “constructive strategic stability,” the underlying reality is one of constrained rivalry, not
Japan’s NEC Corporation has launched a project to develop an Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) – a spacecraft designed to transport satellites to their intended orbits after they have separated from the rockets that lift them into space. Without an OTV, a satellite must use its
When the leaders of the United States and China met in Beijing on May 14 and 15, 2026, the global press coverage was predictable. Tariffs: Taiwan. Iran. Boeing. The coverage was accurate. It also missed the most important shift in regional capital flows in two decades. For most
Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has unveiled one of the most consequentialeconomic interventions since the fall of Suharto: a plan to centralize exports of strategiccommodities — including palm oil, coal and ferroalloys — through a state-controlledstructure linked to the
ANKARA, May 20 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump in a call on Wednesday he welcomed the extension of a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, adding he believed contested issues between the sides could be resolved, according to the Turkish
Less than a week after hosting Donald Trump, China’s leader Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to Beijing. Unlike Trump’s visit, this was a routine meeting. The Chinese and Russian presidents have met more than 40 times since 2013, with the latest
Russia and China showed they were shoulder-to-shoulder on the world stage, but it became clear there are limits, says the BBC's Russia Editor.
A North Korean women's football team played in South Korea marking the first time athletes from the North have crossed the border in nearly 8 years.
