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Former Indonesian communications ministry officials jailed in data centre graft case

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Japan’s JR East to raise train fares for first time since 1987

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In Malaysia, regular commuters to Singapore hope for lower RTS fare

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Decoding Beijing's 2026 economic jargon - and why it matters

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Commentary: What we can learn from how Iran and US have used cheap ‘disposable’ drones differently

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Why it’s unlikely that Saudi Arabia wanted the US to bomb Iran

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Understanding who profits will be key to resolving the Iran war

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‘This is me, very pretty’: Inside a Cambodian cyberscam site

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‘Lesson’ for Johor: Data centres should not be sited too near homes, says assemblyman after outcry

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One-person firms and ‘raising lobsters’: China hunts for new ways to create jobs in AI era

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Shadow tankers: the only ships still moving through Hormuz Strait

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Thailand's Phuket airport runway reopens after Air India Express plane fault

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‘Social media is like fire’: Some wish Indonesia’s planned social media ban for youths can come sooner

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US energy chief’s deleted Hormuz X post called market manipulation

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China warns US AI military use can create ‘Terminator’ world

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Japan to release part of oil reserves ahead of IEA-led decision, PM says

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Price hikes, outlook cuts: What airlines are doing as fuel costs surge

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Thai navy says cargo ship attacked in Strait of Hormuz

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Pope laments death of children in Iran war, pledges closeness to Lebanon

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Italy’s Meloni criticises US war on Iran as part of dangerous trend

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US navy aircraft transits Taiwan Strait ahead of Trump's planned China visit

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Meta disables more than 150,000 accounts in global scam centre crackdown involving Singapore

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Airlines in Asia hike fares as Middle East war raises fuel costs

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Japan to release oil reserves as early as Monday: PM

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Trump unveils US$300 billion US oil refinery deal with India's Reliance

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Trump unveils $300 billion US oil refinery deal with India's Reliance

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India’s top court allows withdrawal of life support for man in vegetative state

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Kremlin says Britain was involved in Ukraine's missile strike on Russia

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China’s ‘lobster’ craze: OpenClaw drafts reports, books flights - and raises security concerns

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Trump’s Iran war and the dollar damage done

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Phuket airport runway reopens after plane malfunction; SIA, Scoot flights cancelled, delayed

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Thailand's Phuket airport closes runway after Air India Express plane malfunction

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Malaysia taps senior official to take next steps on graft chief

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Kremlin says it is in constant touch with Iranian leaders

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Japan marks 15 years since tsunami disaster as Takaichi pushes more nuclear energy use

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Nepal counts final votes with rapper Shah poised for PM

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Woman found dead with multiple stab wounds in Johor Bahru hotel room

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Does Iran’s new supreme leader actually matter?

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Cathay says surcharge to rise as fuel prices jump during Mid-East war

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Russia says it shot down two British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles

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Cliffside Chinese village draws visitors with cable car. Can this be replicated?

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Three vessels hit by projectiles in Strait of Hormuz

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Japan marks 15 years since quake-tsunami, Fukushima nuclear crisis

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South Korea finds faulty approvals at airport where Jeju Air plane crashed

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Seoul says it can deter threats from North Korea even if US weapons shifted to Middle East

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Punch the baby monkey isn’t being bullied: Japan zoo

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Two drones fall in vicinity of Dubai airport as Iran crisis shows no sign of easing

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Oil price volatility puts energy-dependent Asian economies at risk: Analysts

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Death of teen highlights persistent problem of illegal gold mining in Indonesia

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