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France’s debt troubles expose cracks in Europe’s fiscal union

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Turkey says renewed attack on Iran would expand conflict, diplomacy only way

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Netanyahu’s full West Bank lockdown called collective punishment

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Book says Kushner had access to secret, Arab-funded bank accounts

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China opposes arms race in space, official document shows

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China aims to stabilise number of new births with policy support

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China’s sanctions on Taiwan allies project its power, but with limited effect

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Philippines investigates Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, after child sexual abuse images claims

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Big Tech has become the ‘ubiquitous villain’ of US 2026 midterms

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Japan-Russia ties hit new low amid Moscow’s geostrategic shift

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Russian espionage evolves from elite spies to gig operatives

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China's foreign minister urges stronger governance of deep sea and outer space

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Malaysia’s offer to help Indonesia fight forest fires still stands, says minister

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British jets join French nuclear exercise for first time, France says

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The world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires

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Two Japanese climbers die on a Himalayan peak in Nepal

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Rescuers retrieve bodies of 2 Japanese climbers killed on Himalayan peak

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Saudi missile plant expansion may produce more powerful missiles, study says

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Malaysia’s Registrar of Societies, Home Minister file appeal against stay on PN’s deregistration

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Seoul police to mobilise 4,600 for crowd safety measures during Halloween festivities

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How China's October 26 to 29 Communist Party plenum works

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Why China’s AI triumphs aren’t saving its flagging stock market

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Indonesia seizes 1.1 tonnes of ketamine in major haul

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Philippines puts bounty on Duterte’s fugitive drug-war enforcer

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Malaysia may completely ban Waze if alternative navigation apps available, says PM Anwar

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Generations of women sustain Kelantan's famed Siti Khadijah Market

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Appeals court acquits Seoul mayor in campaign finance trial

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Iran’s mountain shelters offer Taiwan a China survival playbook

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China’s market is tougher than ever. Where can Singapore firms still find room to grow?

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Hundreds of flights cancelled as Typhoon Champi shuts Taiwan

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China says US should stop discriminatory measures against Chinese research institutions

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Japan to simulate cyberattacks as PHP flaws roil global internet

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All 14 Indians in yacht incident off Yemen coast reported safe, embassy says

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Sarawak heads for state polls as pressure mounts for Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim

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Sarawak state assembly to be dissolved on Oct 26, paving way for election within 60 days

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Indonesia makes two major drug busts worth millions

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Middle schooler in South Korea beaten by peers over deepfake images of classmates

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Malaysia opposition bloc PN survives deregistration for now, but internal rifts cloud political future: Analysts

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Indonesia seeks to rev up domestic EV production amid rising demand

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Ambani's US$3.2 billion Jio Indian IPO lures investors as bids surge on final day

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From Buenos Aires to Colombo, discontent simmers under the surface of rebounding economies

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Why is Indonesia facing a rare MSCI downgrade and what's at stake?

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Taiwan union says Micron workers reject bonus proposal

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World’s oldest cave paintings in Indonesia threatened by wildfires

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Tougher discipline, and Xi’s authority, key at China’s Communist Party’s fifth plenum

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Taiwan says China using militia boats to expand 'battlefield preparation' in western Pacific

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