KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is considering cutting its export tax on palm oil and plans to slow implementation of its biodiesel mandate to help meet global demand amid an edible oil shortage, its commodities minister told Reuters on Tuesday.

HANOI: The SEA Games open in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Thursday after a six-month Covid delay with Southeast Asian pride at stake in everything from football to bodybuilding and eSports.

The Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld the one-year prison sentence given to four leaders of the former People's Alliance for Democracy for breaking into and damaging the premises of state-run NBT TV station in 2008.

SUPHAN BURI - A drug dealer shot two police officers, killing one and wounding the other, before he was himself shot dead, as a police sting erupted in violence in Don Chedi district on Monday night.

After the army on Monday banned its soldiers and agencies from buying products through Lazada's online platform, the Royal Thai Armed Forces Command, air force and navy have also reacted, but in softer tones.

Gay dating app Grindr said on Monday it would go public through a merger with a blank-check acquisition firm - a deal that values it at $2.1 billion (72 billion baht) and features Tiga Investments CEO Raymond Zage on both sides of the transaction.

MANILA: The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos cemented a landslide presidential election victory Tuesday, as Filipinos bet on a familiar dynasty to ease rampant poverty -- dismissing warnings the tarnished clan will deepen corruption a...

MEDELLíN, Colombia: Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.

Thai consumer confidence dropped for a fourth straight month in April, hitting an eight-month low, due to concerns over higher living costs and the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a survey showed on Tuesday.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis.