SEOUL: K-pop superstar BTS snagged the No.1 Billboard Hot 100 song chart with “My Universe,” its collaborative new single with Coldplay.

MANILA: Philippines human rights groups staged protests on Wednesday to denounce an attempt by the son and namesake of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to return his family to power by vying for the presidency.

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his personal shame and that of the Church at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, after the scale of the problem was laid bare in a devastating report.

AYUTTHAYA: Several temples in the historic city of Ayutthaya were underwater on Wednesday, as heavy monsoon rains flooded provinces across the country.

There were 9,866 new Covid-19 cases and 102 more fatalities recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Wednesday morning.

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Group Bhd's Malaysian unit will only allow fully vaccinated adult passengers on its flights as it prepares to resume domestic and eventually international flight services, it said on Wednesday.

JAKARTA: Indonesia conducted its first test flight using jet fuel partially from palm oil on Wednesday, a senior minister said, as the country plans to commercialise the fuel as it seeks creative ways to use the edible oil domestically.

TAIPEI: Taiwan's military relations with Beijing have plunged to their lowest point in four decades, the island's defence minister warned on Wednesday, following a string of record Chinese jet incursions into Taipei's air defence zone.

An adult gaur was found dead, believed electrocuted by a low-slung power cable, in Wang Nam Khieo district of Nakhon Ratchasima province on Tuesday, Thap Lan National Park chief Prawatsart Chanthep said.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei: Southeast Asian countries are discussing not inviting the head of Myanmar's junta to a summit this month, due to the military's failure to make progress on an agreed roadmap to restore peace in the strife-torn country, a ...