Dela Rosa, who had been taking refuge at the Senate since Monday, has now moved to a different location after what his wife described as an "escape" before dawn on Thursday.

This comes as the Malaysian police said on Friday that investigations are ongoing into allegations that Low had attended secret meetings in Kuala Lumpur last year.

In a letter to Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto, Chinese businesses said policy shifts on mining, export earnings and enforcement have raised costs and uncertainty.

Rolling one-hour power outages, which hit parts of the capital Manila and the rest of the main island of Luzon, are scheduled to spread to the central islands.

The concept, which draws on the ancient Greek historian Thucydides, describes the danger that conflict can erupt when a rising power challenges an established one.

The Norwegian foreign ministry said its decision was shaped by evolving security conditions in Europe and around the world

The move to abandon the charges, brought under US president Joe Biden's administration, came after Adani hired new lawyers led by Robert Giuffra, one of President Donald Trump's personal lawyers, The New York Times reported on Thursday (May 14).

On Tuesday (May 12), Chinese actress and Melaka's Tourism Friendship Ambassador Fan Bingbing was granted an audience with Malaysia's king, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, at his palace in Johor.

Singapore Airlines, which holds a 25 per cent stake in Air India, disclosed the figure in its annual report released on Thursday (May 14), citing airspace restrictions, supply chain constraints and higher fuel prices as key headwinds.

The US president said China had agreed to purchase 200 Boeing jets and expressed interest in buying US oil and soybeans.

Early elections in these two states would allow Barisan Nasional to drum up momentum and signal that the pact has regained strength ahead of the next general election, observers say.

Being part of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government has helped UMNO retain some relevance, but this will bring a different challenge come election time, says Asian Studies professor James Chin.

The Quad risks geopolitical insignificance if summit-level meetings are not resumed, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent appeal for Indians to change their consumption habits to insulate the economy is a startling move, says Mihir Sharma for Bloomberg Opinion.

Delhi’s chief minister said “once a week, each of us should have a no-vehicle day” amid fuel disruptions from the Middle East conflict.

Chinese President Xi Jinping says he and US President Donald Trump have agreed on a relationship based on “constructive strategic stability”. Analysts weigh in on what the "new positioning" means.

The prosecution had rejected his first bid to have the charges of possessing methamphetamine and sildenafil – a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction – dropped.