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Seven-year-old boy dies after being hit by school bus in Johor

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Bangladesh seizes $8b in assets tied to ousted PM Hasina

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The Arctic: Indo-Pacific deterrence challenge

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Bangladesh students demand minister quit over flood-hit exams

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China’s Wang Huning meets top North Korean official in Pyongyang: KCNA

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China's Wang Huning meets a top North Korean official in Pyongyang, KCNA reports

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Crackdown on 'objectionable' books in Indian-administered Kashmir sparks row

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'I must get out into the free world', dissident who fled China on boat tells BBC

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Bangkok's bar fire is the city's latest deadly blaze - will anything ever change?

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Johor polls result raises stakes for Anwar in upcoming Negeri Sembilan election

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Too many durians, not enough buyers: Malaysia eyes new China land route to clear record supply glut

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India to launch first private orbital rocket after decades of state-run programme

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Hegseth mocked for plan to inject US soldiers with testosterone

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Aid against the odds: running an NGO in North Korea

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More people around the world now favour China over the US, Pew study suggests

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Five arrested after Hong Kong police raid independent bookshops

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Some ships refusing US-military guided Hormuz transits after attacks, sources say

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Vietnam arrests publishers of book on Communist Party founder

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China investigates retired top media censor

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Hong Kong police raid independent bookstore run by former journalists

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Merz reaches out to AfD voters before pivotal German regional election

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Sri Lanka expands anti-dengue drive as deaths mount

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Files relating to India’s largest nuclear power plant Kudankulam exposed in data breach

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Thailand arrests boxing manager for child trafficking

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Opposing sides in Myanmar conflict open to dialogue, Thai foreign minister says

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Malaysia says startup residents in Johor's Forest City have valid travel papers, amid alleged Israeli links

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Nurse in Japan arrested over patient’s death, allegedly injected stool into IV

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India approves US$13 billion semiconductor plan

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Once shunned, Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing to visit Thailand in August

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China’s economy slows, exposing widening divide between exports and domestic demand

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‘Not surprising’: Why Thailand keeps reliving the same types of nightspot tragedies

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Why Asia’s AI investment is outpacing AI outcomes

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Air India crash report likely to be ready in October, say investigators

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All that glitters isn’t gold for Asia’s central banks

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The folly of making Bali into a financial hub

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No need to scan tickets: Tokyo train stations roll out facial recognition system

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Rise in number of Taiwanese going missing or being detained in China sparks concern in Taiwan

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Taiwan’s opposition TPP launches historic first trip to mainland China

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Food poisoning cases in Vietnam spike, with 1,500 people ill, 10 deaths in first half of 2026

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Body of Indian sailor missing after Oman ship attack found

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Seoul leads Asian stocks higher as US inflation eases rate fears

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Air India crash probe enters final stages after cockpit recorder, psychology reviews

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Techno-utopia or foreign enclave? Claims of Israeli citizens at Network School rock Johor’s Forest City

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Philippines holds first active shooter drills after school shooting killed three

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India-UK trade pact takes effect, cutting tariffs and boosting services trade

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South Korean court acquits defector over money transfers to relatives in the North

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S.Korean scientist behind global stem cell scandal stripped of top honour after 22 years

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India turns to AI to improve healthcare access

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