KUALA LUMPUR -- The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia remain open to negotiations to ease tensions between the two, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday.

Anwar, who spoke with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday, said in a statement that Malaysia is committed to supporting peaceful dialogue. (Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand-Conflict)

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TOKYO -- At least 52 people were injured in northeastern and northern Japan following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the region, local media reported Wednesday.

Authorities in Aomori, Hokkaido and Iwate prefectures have confirmed 37, 11 and 4 people injured, respectively, Kyodo News reported. (Japan-Earthquake-Injury)

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PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK -- Nine Cambodian civilians had been killed as of 12:00 p.m. and 46 others wounded in the ongoing Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, Cambodian Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra said on Wednesday.

He said in a Facebook post that more than 127,000 Cambodian people have fled their homes near the border with Thailand for safe shelters. (Cambodia-Thailand-Conflict)

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MANILA -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised downward the Philippines' economic growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 amid reduced public infrastructure spending and tighter scrutiny of government projects, according to the Asian Development Outlook December 2025 released on Wednesday.

The country's gross domestic product growth is now projected at 5 percent for 2025, down from an earlier estimate of 5.6 percent, and at 5.3 percent for 2026, lower than the previous forecast of 5.7 percent. (Philippines-GDP) Enditem