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Malaysian palm oil futures closed slightly lower on Thursday, having hit their weakest level in two weeks after top edible oil importer India raised the tax on refined palm oil from Malaysia to 50% from 45% for six months.

Malaysia’s biggest supermarket chain Mydin has removed products labelled palm-oil-free from its stores, its top executive said as part of a campaign by the world’s second-largest producer of the oil to protect the commodity’s image at home and abroad.

In terms of security, antagonistic Japan-South Korea relations would further polarize the already rivalrous relations in Northeast Asia

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has urged the Hong Kong government to show a "commitment to negotiation" to end months of protests, as she welcomed its decision to withdraw an extradition bill that mobilised millions of opponents.

Oil prices were little changed on Thursday as support from a sharp drawdown in U.S. crude inventories was countered by fears of slowing global demand growth amid doubts over resolving the U.S.-China trade feud.

India and Indonesia last year agreed to set up a special task force to enhance connectivity between the strategic Andaman and Nicobar Islands and provinces in Sumatra Island

European Union representatives to Indonesia on Thursday challenged a plan to impose duties on European dairy goods in retaliation for the bloc’s duties on palm biodiesel, warning such action would violate World Trade Organization rules

A Nigerian palm oil expert, John Omale, has said that he disagrees with concerns been spread by the European Union and other global warming advocates that palm oil cultivation was contributing to global deforestation.

Baring groundnut and palm oil, the majority of oils traded low on weak global cues and physical demand with soya refined being quoted at ₹748-50 for 10 kg, while soy solvent ruled at ₹715-720

Malaysia’s biggest supermarket chain Mydin has removed products labeled palm-oil-free from its stores, its top executive said on Thursday, as part of a campaign by the world’s second-largest producer of the oil to protect the commodity’s image at home and abroad.

Researchers in the U.K. are calling for stronger criteria to ensure that high-quality forested areas remain intact, even if they run through oil palm plantations

Denying the accusation that it launched a black campaign against Indonesian palm oil, the European Union (EU) said the market had put the label of "palm-oil free" in their products to attract their consumers.