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UK PM Starmer to hail trade and tech ties in Modi meeting

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Commentary: Is Hong Kong still ‘Asia's World City’?

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Commentary: Vietnam is courting North Korea – and still winning Western friends

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UN to slash a quarter of peacekeepers globally over lack of funds

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India's fundraising gold rush is raising thorny questions

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Malaysia’s politics shaken and stirred by alcohol controversies

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Singapore investor sees sunny returns in New Zealand solar projects

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At least 20 killed in Myanmar junta attack as paramotors widen air war

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Russia's Putin arrives for summit meetings in Tajikistan in Central Asia

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UK synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to Islamic State in call to police

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Nepal shows that sport can bring people hope in times of crisis

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Strike on festival protest in Myanmar kills at least 20, residents say

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Social media content restricted in Afghanistan, Taliban sources confirm

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Afghan Taliban foreign minister heads for first visit to India to foster ties abroad

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Indonesia finds radioactive traces at 22 facilities after US recall of frozen shrimp

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Afghanistan's neighbours signal opposition to US retaking Bagram base

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Thailand says Cambodia’s moves are key for peace, not Trump’s mediation

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Hong Kong logs record number of ‘very hot’ October days

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China says Taiwan president is 'prostituting' himself, after interview lauding Trump

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Hong Kong logs record number of 'very hot' October days

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Beijing watching closely as Japan’s incoming PM Takaichi signals pragmatism in China policy: Experts

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Sri Lanka battles wild jumbos to save white-elephant airport

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‘Predictable and preventable’: Cebu quake exposes fault lines in Philippine disaster preparedness

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Russia’s Su-35 deal gives Iran wings–but not backing

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Indonesia says 22 plants in industrial zone near Jakarta contaminated by caesium-137

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Vietnamese pastor arrested on anti-state charges

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Japan's likely next prime minister Sanae Takaichi wrestles coalition backlash

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Fans mourn death of popular Punjabi singer Rajvir Jawanda

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Protest in the ‘Beverly Hills of Malaysia’ sparks anti-elitist backlash

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Filipino vlogger accused of inciting sedition arrested for Facebook post about president

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India flags testing lapses at pharma firms after cough syrups deaths

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WHO asks India to check whether cough syrup linked to child deaths was exported

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India flags testing lapses at pharma companies after cough syrup deaths

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World Bank flags slower East Asia growth amid global uncertainty, urges deeper reforms

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Kitagawa, Robson and Yaghi win 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Indonesia police probe fake bomb threats at three Greater Jakarta international schools

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Russia will destroy Tomahawk missiles, launchers if US gives them to Ukraine, says senior lawmaker

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Afghanistan's neighbors signal opposition to US retaking Bagram base

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China, Malaysia set to hold joint military drill in October

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Why some of China’s top gaokao scorers are saying no to Beijing’s elite universities

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Erdogan hopes for resolution on sanctions, F-35s, Halkbank after Trump talks

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Swiss extends protection status for Ukrainian refugees to March 2027

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‘Provocative act’: Anwar slams Israel’s interception of Gaza aid flotilla with 9 Malaysians onboard

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Madagascar protesters reject president's offer of talks

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Phuket airport temporarily shuts runway after navy plane malfunction, dozens of flights affected

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American mistakes handing China short-term gains

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