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North Korea warns of new ‘deterrent’ ahead of US-South Korea drills

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North Korea denounces US-South Korea drills, KCNA says

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Kyrgyz president says he will run for a second term

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How a northern Philippine town learnt to live with the world’s rarest crocodile

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Ukraine offers Russia truce in Black Sea as food supply fears mount, source says

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Air India to test all pilots for banned substances

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Shipyard explosion in southeastern China kills fire and rescue worker

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Shipyard explosion in south-eastern China kills fire-and-rescue worker

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Taiwan warns against Uganda travel as passport disputes grow

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Heavy rain soaks eastern Japan, prompting highest-level warning

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Johor villagers grapple with dumping of illegal construction waste allegedly from Singapore

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Taiwan throttles mobile internet speeds in defence drill

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A quarter of Japan museums mull over disposing war materials amid lack of space: Poll

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Bangladesh curbs power use as gas shortages worsen

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Air India mandates drug tests for all pilots after mid-air plunge

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Air India expands drug testing to all pilots after captain tests positive for marijuana

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Former Nepal prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba returns home, faces graft probe

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Turkey lays out plans for defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia

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Thai PM suspends permits to buy guns after school shooting. But will this work?

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China to tighten entry and exit controls from Sept 15

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Taiwan says it was targeted last month in AI-driven hacking campaign

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Human Rights Watch urges Taliban to release detained UN, NGO staff

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Xi Jinping’s secretive graft purges spawn underground market for leaks

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Putin threatens tit-for-tat seizures of foreign vessels

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Social media trends to blame? Why Malaysia is tightening hiking rules and what it means for hikers

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Iran says Strait of Hormuz is under its control, Fars news reports

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Hong Kong’s first regulated stablecoin faces its market test

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Can Iran’s ‘Asian friends’ reopen Hormuz when the US cannot?

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New Zealand PM Luxon calls leadership challenge response ‘decisive’

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Indian actor's video with endangered gibbon sparks investigation

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Penang ready to step up measures as air quality hits unhealthy level

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Climate change and AI add to pressures on Asia Pacific’s health systems

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Pentagon funded a $533 million artillery plant that made nothing

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Emails reveal Indian carmakers' fuel contamination worries before public retreat

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Rescuers comb waters near Bali for 5 missing after ferry blaze

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‘Our real friend. Our PM’: Modi’s BJP attempts to mend bridges with India’s youth

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South Korea's Incheon airport becomes world's busiest for global traffic

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Japan protests Putin's first visit to disputed islands

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Singapore PM Wong sends condolences to China over death of former premier Zhu Rongji

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Singaporean man rescued in Malaysia wanted by CNB, believed to know kidnapper

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Chinese state-linked observatory sought New Zealand site, spy agency says

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Chinese state-linked observatory sought NZ site, spy agency says

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Japan PM says Putin's visit to disputed islands 'absolutely unacceptable'

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BTS star V reveals hearing loss battle during livestream

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Meta says it has taken down 756,000 Australian teen accounts as ban enforcement looms

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North Korea may increase western Russia deployment to 50,000 troops

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Russia's Putin visits disputed Kuril Islands, samples fish roe, media say

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