Reuters

Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino, the son of two of the Southeast Asian country's democracy icons, died today after being hospitalised in Manila.

John McAfee hanged himself in his prison cell on Wednesday after the Spanish high court authorised his extradition to the United States on tax evasion charges.

India’s Covid-19 deaths rose by more than 4,000 for a second consecutive day today as calls for a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus mounted.

A missing Indonesian submarine has been found, broken into at least three parts, deep in the Bali Sea.

Indonesian searchers have recovered debris believed to be from the missing submarine lost in the Bali Sea on Wednesday.

India reported a record daily increase of 217,353 Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Friday.

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99.

Queen Noor defended Prince Hamza against allegations by the authorities that he carried out actions targeting “security and stability” in the kingdom.

Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption today and sentenced to three years in prison.

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

AirAsia X’s net loss widened by 82% in the fourth quarter.

Myanmar’s military seized power today in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma made his first appearance since October on Wednesday when he spoke to a group of teachers by video.

Orderly transition to Biden presidency.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail on Wednesday by a British judge.