Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Wednesday (March 18, 2026).

For the past decade, Whitney Spielfogel's family has taken an annual multi-generational trip over the holiday season and New Year's with her parents. Hawaii, Costa Rica, Cabo, Tulum, Turks and Caicos.

A “Thank You, Thailand” video challenge gained popularity among foreign tourists sharing end-of-trip round-ups after holidays in the country, with clips listing everything from meals and massages to ...

Globally, women traveller flight bookings are booming, growing 13% year-on-year (YoY), based on Trip.com Group's data. This trend is seen particularly across Southeast Asia, where in Indonesia -- ...

BEAUFORT, N.C. (WITN) - As the search for Nancy Guthrie enters another week, many across the country are calling for updates in a number of missing persons cases. That includes the case of Ann Marie ...

A jury found a Bellingham woman accused of fatally shooting a man in 2021 guilty of second-degree murder in Whatcom County Superior Court on Monday. The decision to convict Lynda Clare Mercy, 67, came ...

After nearly five long years, an arrest was made in the 2021 acid attack that left a Long Island woman with severe burns on her face when she was ambushed outside her home by an unknown assailant, law ...

Caroline Lupini has been traveling the world with the help of credit card rewards since 2011. She has visited over 110 countries and is able to utilize her knowledge of credit cards and to make travel ...

Terrell Campbell, 29, was charged with assaulting Nafiah Ikram outside her home. Mr. Campbell later described the assault in a rap lyric, prosecutors said. By Samantha Latson A man who prosecutors ...

Police on Long Island, New York, say they have identified and arrested the perpetrator of a vicious 2021 acid attack that left a college student disfigured. Nafiah Ikram was attacked in March 2021 ...