1. Indonesia shut an airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes of lava, rocks and ash.

2. In Dubai, operations at the airport remain disrupted after Tuesday's storm flooded the runway, resulting in flight diversions, delays and cancellations.

3. Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, as Western countries pleaded for restraint in responding to Iran's missile and drone attack.

4. An Assyrian church bishop who was stabbed during a service at his church in Sydney said he was recovering quickly.

5. Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC posted a 9% rise in first-quarter net profit that beat market expectations as it rides a wave of demand for semiconductors.