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Indonesia’s new capital falls victim to the politics of forgetting

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Russia, India aim to increase and diversify trade

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UK sets out new sanctions against Russia after Novichok report

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Sri Lanka cyclone survivors afraid to go home, stuck in relief centres

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Russia mocks EU deliberations on frozen assets, says seizure will prompt 'harshest response'

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Chaos after India's biggest airline cancels 1,200 flights

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Honduras election swings again, conservative Asfura takes slim lead

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Taiwan to suspend access to Chinese app Xiaohongshu over fraud

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Taiwan to ban China’s Xiaohongshu app for one year on fraud concerns

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Seoul eases travel advisory for Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, keeps restrictions in high-risk regions

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S. Korean President Lee mulls over visit to Japan in mid-January: Sources

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Myanmar military set to win sham vote — but will a shake-up follow?

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Italy says Germany and other countries may be interested in GCAP jet programme

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India clinches $2.6 billion Russian submarine deal as Putin visits

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US Shahed-style drones won’t cut it in a naval war with China

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Iraq freezes funds of Hezbollah and Houthis, official gazette says

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Turkey building a sub as it ramps up homemade defence industry

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Quantum risk is the next boardroom reckoning

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Putin says Russia will take all of Ukraine's Donbas region militarily or otherwise

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Aid workers stand trial in Greece on migrant smuggling charges

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Seoul says six nationals held in North Korea, vows to help them

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Rain forecasts raise fears in flood-hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka

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ADB, World Bank launch Pacific islands projects under new cofinancing model

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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes China’s Xinjiang region

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Japan stiffens defence resolve to protect long-term interests amid row with China

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China massing military ships across region in show of maritime force, sources say

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Trump’s Ukraine plan sidesteps monitors vital to lasting peace

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Turkey told Russia, Ukraine to keep energy infrastructure out of war, minister says

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Australia jails ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ for 16 years

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Australia says it has received AUKUS submarine review from US

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Israel identifies body of returned hostage, remains of Israeli officer still in Gaza

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Indonesia promises action on any mining permit violations as Sumatra floods toll at about 800

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How an oil pipeline battle shows the US gaining sway in Iraq

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Malaysian businessman pleads not guilty to bribing PM Anwar’s former aide

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US halted plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce, FT says

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Hong Kong races to remove scaffolding nets blamed for fuelling deadly fire

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Malaysia charges PM's former aide with receiving bribes

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Anwar’s former aide, businessman plead not guilty to bribery charges involving US$43,000

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China hopes AI can fix its consumer demand problem

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Australia says the world will follow social media ban as Meta starts blocking teens

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Optus restores nbn broadband services across Brisbane, other parts of Queensland, says telco

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‘No food’: Indonesians scrounge for supplies after flood disaster

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Asian markets stumble as traders struggle to hold Fed cut rally

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Flanked by business leaders, Macron meets Xi as EU prepares tougher trade rules

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France's Macron meets Xi for Ukraine, trade talks

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Hong Kong orders scaffold netting to be removed at over 200 sites in wake of inferno

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Bangladesh’s Gen Z battles to gain political ground after ousting long-time leader Sheikh Hasina

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