JAKARTA - Indonesia has agreed to set a moratorium on the construction of hotels, villas and nightclubs in some areas on the tourist resort island of Bali, as it grapples with the over-development of land, a senior ministry official said on...

MANILA - Former Philippine town mayor Alice Guo was held in contempt for a second time on Monday after refusing to answer senators' questions on suspected ties to Chinese criminal syndicates and how she escaped the country two months ago.

SYDNEY: Australia said on Tuesday it planned to introduce legislation this year to ban children from using social media platforms, citing the risks it could pose to physical and mental health.

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said he has directed the communications regulator not to re-route web traffic through local domain name system (DNS) servers, according to a post on social media platform X on S...

Singapore will start construction of a new mega terminal at Changi Airport in the first half of next year, aiming to lift the aviation hub’s annual passenger handling capacity by more than half, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said.

A gunman killed three Israelis at a terminal on Jordan’s border with the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday, the first such incident since the Gaza war began last year. 

Saysunee Jana of Thailand has made Paralympics history at the 2024 Paralympics in France as the first female wheelchair fencer to win three gold medals.

The LP Bank Cup football tournament match between Thailand and Russia in Hanoi yesterday was cancelled as Typhoon Yagi hit the host country.

Paris: Wheelchair racer Chaiwat Rattana claimed a silver medal in the men's 800 metres T34 event on the penultimate day of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Saturday.

PARIS - Thousands of people took to the streets across France on Saturday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister, with left-wing parties accusing him of stealing the...