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Pakistan has locked down Imran Khan's stronghold - but it could backfire

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Who's to blame for the toxic smog choking South East Asia?

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Why the lonely in China are hiring 'temporary children'

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Malaysia’s haze-related school closures leave parents scrambling to keep children on track for exams

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Extreme rain, overwhelmed drains: Why Bangkok flooded and what could have been avoided

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DOJ arrests two, seizes 187 devices in North Korean laptop farm crackdown in Texas

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How Beijing combines conservation and trade in panda diplomacy

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The Frontier Express: when Samsung gets money

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Police clash with Imran Khan supporters in northwestern Pakistan

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Azerbaijan's governing party defends school uniform rules after hijab dispute

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PTI opposition jailed as Trump embraces Pakistan’s Asim Munir

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Over 20 flights affected after scissors feared lost at Okinawa airport in Japan

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Taiwan warns Europe of dangers of dependence on China

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BBC FM radio transmissions suspended in Afghanistan

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As US relaxes tariffs, a China child car seat maker sees opportunity

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Eight injured in South Korea knife attack

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Former right-hand man of purged Chongqing chief Bo Xilai under probe, China’s graft watchdog says

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Afghan authorities suspend BBC radio broadcasts across country, broadcaster says

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‘Not as easy as one might imagine’: Poor visibility, wild animals hamper firefighting in Indonesia

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Volcanic crater lake in eastern Japan draws crowds on reopening after 8-year closure

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Taiwan finance minister to attend APEC meeting in Hong Kong

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Malaysian police probing Molotov cocktail attack on Rohingya settlement in Johor

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South Korea’s Lee welcomes home Arctic container ship as route faces viability tests

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Haze in Malaysia: Schools in Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, several other districts to shut on Oct 14

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Japan, US review troops' off-duty rules after Okinawa killing

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Prosecutors drop most impeachment charges against Philippine VP Duterte

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Japan, US review troops’ off-duty rules after Okinawa killing

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India 'cockroach' leaders detained after entering barricaded protest site

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Modi says India trusted partner as supply chains weaponised

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Damaged and drained, Indonesia’s peatlands go up in smoke

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Australia will do ‘anything we can’ to stop US execution from being shown online: PM

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Pakistan train derailment kills four, injures over a dozen

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South Korean police detain man over stabbing of eight people at shopping mall

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India youth protest leaders detained after entering barricaded Delhi protest site

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Mauritius imposes curfew after unrest over police shooting

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India detains top ‘Cockroach’ leaders after flash protest

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Indian police detain 'cockroach' movement leaders demanding election chief stand down

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Indonesia arrests Brazilian woman with cocaine in shampoo in Bali

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Trump aligns with Putin yet again, squeezing Ukraine and Europe

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China approves local clearing organisation for Visa after years-long wait

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India’s superpower dream is just another recycled Modi slogan

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Woman unplugs freezer in South Korean shop to charge phone, leaving owner with melted ice cream

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Smoke, swamps and snakes hamper Indonesia’s battle against forest fires, officials say

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Malaysia to raise transboundary haze issue at ASEAN meeting, says existing disaster mechanisms do not cover it

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The seven stages of American decline

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Iran war-depleted arsenal making US a less potent power

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India’s youth shifts tactics as police clamp down on election protests

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Qantas plane grounded after passengers on long-haul flight report bedbug bites

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