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Nepal’s young PM faces gravest test after flood catastrophe

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Japan’s hypersonic subs bring it closer to the nuclear edge

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While helping African farmers, China’s not funding food processing

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China's Xi to hold talks with Egypt's Sisi in rare visit to country

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion with foreign entities

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Critically low water reserves in haze-hit Sarawak due to prolonged dry spell

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Crackdown on dirty kitchens rides wave of online anger in India

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Over 20 injured as Penang ferry collides with oil tanker

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UN agency says it has no role in Malaysia's planned repatriation of Myanmar refugees, warns country is still unsafe

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After more than 200 days at sea, US aircraft carrier arrives in Thailand from Middle East

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Pacific Islands Forum starts with leaders missing, China furious

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Sources in Tibet and Nepal reveal stories of flood destruction, survival

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to enter plea in foreign collusion trial

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Thailand sentences activist over royal motorcade livestream

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Trump warns Iran of ‘biggest attack of them all’

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US shops allied frigates to close China shipbuilding gap

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‘Like a mud apocalypse’: Survivors reckon with devastation after Nepal’s deadly flood

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Commentary: Rebuilding Nepal without repeating mistakes of 2015 earthquake

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Time for binding rules on self-targeting autonomous weapons

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Rivers turn to conveyor belts of dead bodies with more washing up at Nepal’s shores

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PAS and UMNO are set to propose a Malay unity pact, but can they settle their seat disputes?

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Pacific Islands Forum meeting ‘less productive’ with a third of its leaders absent

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US urges G20 to cut trade imbalances, focus on China

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Nepal disaster a climate 'warning signal': Foreign minister

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Nepali families hold symbolic funerals for missing after floods

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River water smashed into tunnel and chased me for 20 minutes, Nepal worker tells BBC

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China and the US offer competing showcases of global power

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Thailand halves visa-free stays to 30 days for passport holders from 60 places, including Singapore

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Himalayas face severe glacial flood risks in years ahead, UN official warns

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Thailand shortens visa-free stays for dozens of nations, including Singapore, from Sep 15

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Women survivors face sanitation woes in Nepal relief camp

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COSCO’s global fleet doubles as Beijing spy network, US says

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Trump running out of bullets against an intractable Iran

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India, Indonesia’s hidden hands in SE Asia’s scam centers

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Whisper stuff: the call Wall Street can’t put in writing

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South Korea proposes record $761.6b 2027 budget to supercharge AI investment

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Nepal-Tibet toll tops 1,000 as tunnel rescue offers last hope

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Japan to relax overtime regulation under workaholic PM Sanae Takaichi

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Chinese rescue work in Tibet flood disaster zone still trudging along days later

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China better suited to build, not own, Indonesia’s solar dream

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'We're coming to get them': Rescuers pin hopes on underground spaces after deadly Nepal floods

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North Korea-US summit appears 'possible at any time': Seoul spy agency

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South Korea's policy chief resigns after investments controversy

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The final minutes before floodwater crashed through Nepal-China border

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Nepal’s wall of missing offers last hope after Himalayan flood

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Indonesia closes 9 national parks temporarily following forest fires; prioritises firefighting in 6 provinces

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South Korea police officer admits to closing missing person cases to avoid work

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UNHCR says it has no role in Malaysia’s planned repatriation of Myanmar refugees

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UNHCR says it has no role in Malaysia's planned repatriation of Myanmar refugees, warns country is still unsafe

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Nepal rescuers reach remote areas, electricity restored nearly a week after devastating floods

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