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US forces seize third sanctioned oil tanker, Pentagon says

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Iran issues death sentence linked to January unrest, source says

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Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China

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Five years on, ‘Putin consensus’ faces Ukraine strain

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Malaysia curbs non-AI data centres as power squeeze looms

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What's behind the latest tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

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Israel warns Lebanon it would hit hard if Hezbollah gets involved in any US-Iran war, Lebanese officials say

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Former Philippines president Duterte drew up ‘death lists’, boasted about murders: ICC prosecutor

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Japan to deploy missile systems on island near Taiwan by 2031

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‘Alpha-male’ influencer Nick Adams dropped as US ambassador to Malaysia, claims he has been promoted

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China’s military purge taking toll on command and readiness, study finds

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Rights group slams treatment of viral Japanese monkey

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Rights group slams treatment of Punch, the viral Japanese monkey

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Thailand, Cambodia dispute exchange of fire at border

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Can ASEAN’s 50-year-old foundational peace treaty hold in a more uncertain world?

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Kenyans trapped in Cambodia by trafficking scheme seek government aid to return home

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Air India technical incidents such as fuel leaks hit 14-month high

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Gunmen kill five police officers in north-west Pakistan near Afghan border

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Malaysian minister calls for royal probe into anti-graft body’s ‘corporate mafia’ claims

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Gunmen kill five police in northwest Pakistan near Afghan border, police say

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‘SEAblings’ v Korea: Online spat reveals long-buried racial tensions

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‘Best choice’ as Malaysia opposition pact PN’s new chairman, but ‘many challenges’ await Dr Sam

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South Korean health officials deny use of contaminated Covid-19 vaccines

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Sabah resort in the soup for serving up pangolin dishes

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Avoiding Japan, Chinese tourists fuel rebound in Thai tourism

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Why India’s diaspora isn’t coming home

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CK Hutchison says Panama Canal port workers removed after court-ordered takeover

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Japan’s ‘Traitor Takaichi’ hit with online smear campaign using fake accounts

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Controversial Trump choice Nick Adams dropped as nominee for US envoy to Malaysia

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US ‘leading the fight’ against South-east Asian scam compounds, FBI official says

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Russia investigating Telegram founder Durov as part of criminal case, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports

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After China, India is next on Canada’s foreign policy reset agenda

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Malaysian actress Amyza Aznan loses son to cancer; second child also battling disease

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Taiwan rattled by 5.6 magnitude quake, no reports of damage

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Australian gynaecologist accused of unneeded surgeries on women

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5.6-magnitude earthquake rattles Taiwan, no reports of damage

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Japan seeks to minimise impact of new US tariffs, officials say

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Russia supplying Iran new missile might for a US war

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Seven killed in air ambulance crash in India's Jharkhand state

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Taiwan parliament to discuss stalled special defence budget next week

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Yen to decide if Japan’s ‘iron lady’ is steely or rusty

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Taiwan Parliament to discuss stalled special defence budget next week

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Malaysia cracks down on unsafe express buses, including to Singapore. Is it enough?

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Malaysian actress Amyza Aznan's eldest son dies at 23 one year after lung cancer diagnosis

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Probe under way after illness kills 72 tigers in Thai tourist park

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Taiwan seeks US assurances tariff deal terms will not change

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China tightens Japanese trade restrictions as spat worsens

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