ISLAMABAD -- An international court has upheld Pakistan's plea against India's pondage at two hydroelectric projects in the New Delhi-administered Kashmir region, reinforcing Islamabad's position on the Indus Waters Treaty, a water-sharing agreement between the two neighbors, which India unilaterally declared it would suspend last April.

KUALA LUMPUR -- SkyeChip became the first Malaysian chip design company to debut on Bursa Malaysia on Wednesday, positioning itself at the center of Malaysia's push to move up the semiconductor value chain, as demand grows for artificial intelligence chips and data centers.

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam has enacted a law regulating artificial intelligence, becoming one of the first countries to set comprehensive rules for tools from companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

JAKARTA -- A protest letter from a major Chinese lobby group to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has cast a spotlight on rising investor concerns about the business climate in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

TOKYO -- More foreign tourists in Japan are visiting areas outside of major cities, with three of the most popular urban centers as a whole logging a decline in overnight stays while everywhere else has gotten a boost.

NEW YORK -- The U.S. has charged seven Chinese executives and four of the world's largest makers of shipping containers with conspiring to restrict supply and raise prices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TOKYO -- The government-backed Development Bank of Japan aims to provide 3 trillion yen ($18.9 billion) in risk capital to businesses over the next five years, while taking a longer view to meet funding needs for supply chain shifts and industry consolidation.

TOKYO -- The Strait of Hormuz disruption resulting from the Iran war has hit Asia the hardest, forcing affected countries to rethink energy strategy and revisit coal as an immediate solution, as climate change targets remain out of reach.

RANAI, Indonesia -- Japan is helping build up Indonesia's fishing industry in the South China Sea in a bid to strengthen the local economy and the Southeast Asian nation's ability to monitor maritime activity.