MANILA, May 18 - The Philippine Senate was due to convene as an impeachment court on Monday that could decide the future of Vice President Sara Duterte, with a heated battle between two rival political camps set to be front and centre in the trial.
PARIS, May 18 - G7 finance ministers gathering in Paris on Monday will try to find common ground on tackling global economic tensions and coordinating critical raw material supplies, even as geopolitical differences threaten to test the group's cohesion.
The political drama is rattling a country with a weak economy facing stagflation concerns.
Skyrocketing fuel prices are starting to impact air travel in Southeast Asia with low-cost carriers particularly vulnerable, writes aviation analyst Brendan Sobie.
Mr Kim Jong Un stressed ideological loyalty and vigilance against the “arch enemy”, South Korea.
SEOUL, May 18 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said plans to strengthen frontline units on the border with South Korea, as well as other major units, were key to \"more thoroughly deter war,\" state media KCNA reported on Monday.
Several fatalities have been reported in recent years but diving and water sports-related accidents are still relatively rare.
The Korean president found Mr Trump and Mr Xi's talks over affairs on the Korean Peninsula to be constructive.
SEOUL, May 17 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call on Sunday and discussed the outcome of the U.S.-China summit meeting, the South Korean Blue House presidential office said in a statement on Sunday.
Speaking at a Pakatan Harapan (PH) convention, PM Anwar Ibrahim suggested that Barisan Nasional’s announcement that it would go solo in contesting upcoming Johor state polls was akin to threats that could amount to “betrayal” to their unity government partnership.
BANGKOK, May 17 - Thai police have charged a train driver with negligence after a crash on Saturday in central Bangkok in which a freight train collided with a public bus at a rail crossing, killing eight people and injuring 32.
The PM also hit out at certain state governments for giving handouts just before the elections.
Rafizi Ramli, who was formerly economy minister, said the “kamikaze mission” was worth it as he wants to offer a political platform to those who believe that political power belongs to the people.
The products lacked quarantine certificates and failed to meet veterinary hygiene standards.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 - Two prominent former Malaysian ministers said on Sunday they would vacate their parliamentary seats and resign from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling coalition party to join a small party that they would take over.
He was charged with negligence causing death and serious injury.
MANILA, May 17 - Philippine government lawyers have urged the Supreme Court to reject the bid of fugitive Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity linked to his role in a bloody \"war on drugs\", to block his arrest and surrender.
Mr Lai also reiterated his stance that Taiwan was a “sovereign, independent, democratic country”.
TAIPEI, May 17 - The expression \"Taiwan independence\" means the island neither belongs to nor is subordinate to Beijing and that only the Taiwanese people can decide their future, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday.
Former ministers Rafizi and Nik Nazmi have left the ruling PKR for the Malaysian United Party.
Students complained of dizziness, nausea and vomiting, though most only required light medical examinations.
Mr Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mt Everest for a record 32nd time.
KATHMANDU, May 17 - A renowned Nepali Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday, an official said, smashing his own record set last year.
The junta said on April 30 that it has placed Suu Kyi under house arrest but this has not been independently verified.
As of the afternoon of May 11, no students had been reported to require hospitalisation.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) last week unsealed an arrest warrant against senator Ronald Dela Rosa, accusing him along with other "co-perpetrators" of the "crime against humanity of murder".
A local arrest warrant is not needed to enforce the ICC’s order, the government argues.
Samsung accounts for 22.8 per cent of the country’s exports.
President Donald Trump departed China on May 15, 2026, after a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that was scrutinized from every angle for clues on where the relationship is heading. Trump hailed the trip as “incredible,” while Xi remarked that it marked a “new
He has been slapped with a no-fly ban on all Qantas planes.
Norway is limiting sales of its most sensitive defence technologies to allies and closest partners.
China’s accelerating missile buildup is increasingly turning industrial capacity, stockpile depth, and sustained precision-strike capability into decisive factors in the emerging military balance over Taiwan and the wider Indo-Pacific. This month, Bloomberg reported that China
Scammers are drawn by Sri Lanka’s relaxed visa regime and reliable, high-speed internet.
China, which has stepped up cooperation with regional governments in recent years to crack down on scam networks, has acknowledged the geographical shift.
Many visitors have been wearing short skirts and revealing tops during the warmer months.