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China offers incentives to Taiwan following opposition leader's visit

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China should abandon threats against Taiwan, US diplomat says

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Cyclone lashes New Zealand's North Island, hundreds evacuated

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Getting steamy: Tourists flock to ‘jjimjilbang’ as they embrace S. Korea’s sauna and scrub culture

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Three dead, five missing as fishing boat catches fire in Malacca Strait

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India refuses to criminalise marital rape. This new series shines a light on it

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Costa Rica receives first group of deported migrants under third-country agreement with US

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US-Iran talks pause for now, disagreements remain

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Iran war lands 'triple blow' to flood-ravaged Sri Lankans

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What’s new in Bangkok: Restaurants, bars, hotels and more

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Malaysia’s work-from-home policy: Experts flag minimal fuel savings, businesses wary of economic fallout

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Trump’s outburst at Seoul over Iran war puts further strain on alliance

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Is Pursuit of Jade’s Zhang Linghe too pretty? Here’s what Chinese authorities think

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Russian regional officials say Ukraine attacked Kursk, Belgorod regions

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Bangladesh mob beats spiritual leader to death

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Iraqi parliament elects Nizar Amedi as country's new president

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Time to give the Trump-Putin-Orban axis a slap in the face

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Buffets, baristas, but no briefings: Journalists frozen out of Iran talks

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Petrol stations along Malaysia’s borders to come under police watch to curb fuel smuggling

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Trump says US forces are 'clearing' Strait of Hormuz

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Pakistani five-star hotel becomes unlikely site for US-Iran talks

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Saudi Arabia says Pakistan sends fighter jets to kingdom under defence pact

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Cathay Pacific to cut flights from mid-May to end-June as jet fuel prices surge

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Iranian source says US has agreed to unfreeze Iranian funds held in Qatar, other countries

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Thailand to increase essential goods allowance for ‘vulnerable’ groups

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Malaysian soldier allegedly assaulted by corporal in Pahang camp dies, case reclassified as murder

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Toxic tide: Myanmar’s rare earth mining surge hurting livelihoods along Thailand’s Kok River

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Driver of S’pore-registered car first to be arrested in Johor under new RON95 petrol rule: Reports

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'You are my god', Japan's PM tells British rock band Deep Purple

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South Korea president clashes with Israel on rights, disinfo claims

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UK pauses its plan to cede Chagos Islands after US opposition

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What are the main talking points at the US-Iran negotiations in Pakistan?

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New rule: Singapore-registered driver first to be arrested in Johor for allegedly pumping subsidised fuel

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Rise in foreign arrivals to China on the back of visa-free, travel-friendly policies

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Small businesses in Indonesia feel pinch of rising plastic costs due to US-Israel war with Iran

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A peek into life on the Taiwanese island off China’s Xiamen, popular with tourists on weekends

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China’s Middle East billions still woefully reliant on US gunboats

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Taiwan spotted Chinese warplanes as Xi met opposition leader in Beijing

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Malaysia awaits UN call on peacekeeping troops’ extraction from Lebanon

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Malaysia awaits UN call on peacekeeping troops extraction, including battalion from Lebanon

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Indonesia can’t stay silent on China’s UUV incursion

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US, Iran set for peace talks but doubts emerge over Lebanon, sanctions

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US intelligence indicates China preparing weapons shipment to Iran, CNN reports

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Too many players, too many grievances for one ceasefire to hold

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Fuel shortages from Iran war threaten Asia’s biggest food staple

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Japan’s unsustainable pacifist delusion

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34 men fined up to $970 for armed KTV attack in Kuala Lumpur

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