The region should diversify energy sources and supply routes, make greater use of domestic resources where viable and become more energy efficient, the International Energy Agency recommends in a new report.

Plaintiffs led by a former Indonesian deputy law minister filed a petition last month, arguing that Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's overseas education credentials did not satisfy Indonesian eligibility requirements.

The Chinese vessel Kexue was seen "intermittently extending wire-like objects into the sea", says Japan's coast guard.

Fears that biopiracy might take a chunk out of the market have prompted the Philippines' government to announce a ban on raw ube exports.