HONG KONG - Most stock markets fell on Wednesday following a tepid day on Wall Street as investors bided their time ahead of a highly anticipated US Federal Reserve policy announcement later in the day.

The United States is proposing that foreign visitors provide their social media history over the last five years to enter the country, including those from Australia, Germany, Japan and the UK who can now enter without a visa.

Taekwondo athlete Watcharakul “Nano” Limjittakorn won Thailand's first gold medal at the 33rd SEA Games with a victory in the Women’s Individual Freestyle Poomsae event on Wednesday.

JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has pushed back on Bali’s plan to ban Airbnb Inc rentals, saying such services are needed to foster tourism in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

NEW DELHI — India's festival of lights, Diwali, was on Wednesday announced as an addition to the intangible cultural heritage list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), sparking celebrations.

Cambodian authorities have detained 75 Thai nationals in connection with suspected online scam activities as part of an ongoing nationwide crackdown, according to local media reports.

BRASILIA - Brazil’s lower house of Congress has approved a bill that could slash former president Jair Bolsonaro’s prison sentence for plotting a coup, after efforts by a lawmaker to disrupt the proceedings sparked chaos in parliament.

A total of 1,168 schools have now been closed in border provinces  affected by the fighting between Thai and Cambodian forces, with 102  being used as evacuation shelters, Education Minister Narumon Pinyosinwat said on Wednesday.

Two Russian men have been arrested for allegedly selling drugs using  QR code stickers posted throughout Bangkok that used AI technology to make the process a ‘treasure chasing game".

HANOI — Vietnam's parliament adopted reforms to the media and state secrets laws on Wednesday which press freedom advocates say will make it harder for journalists to protect the identities of their sources and increase legal risks for reportin...