Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Sunday (Feb 22, 2026).

Accessing the sea through the Karnaphuli River, Chittagong’s site was exceptional in the early modern age of commerce.

A Ramadan food guide of the best halal buffets, deliveries & iftar menus in Singapore to break your fast with family and friends.

Thailand came up with a real winner for its Gulf shoreline - the Royal Coast. And then forgot to tell the world. I'm not a ...

The data backbone of surveillance projects is supported by a constellation of national databases that contain biometric and ...

On September 15, 2025, the location transmitter of an Iranian oil tanker called Reef pinged near Iraq’s offshore Basrah Oil Terminal. Reef was actually several hundred kilometers away at the Iranian ...

The democracy movement in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar has for decades found powerful champions in the Republican Party. President George W. Bush introduced, then expanded, wide-ranging ...

Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say. People wait at the Mae Tao Clinic in ...

The sound of church bells once tolled through the misty mountains of Burma’s Chin State. Today, that sacred sound has been replaced with the whistle of artillery shells. In the rubble of where ...

Siam Legal Chiang Mai, a leading law firm serving the international community in Northern Thailand, has issued comprehensive legal guidance addressing the evolving foreign buyer landscape in the ...