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Kim Jong-un’s daughter visits state mausoleum, fuelling speculation she will be next North Korean ruler
Kim Ju-ae has been making increasingly prominent appearances in state media over the past three yearsThe daugh…
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Khaleda Zia, first female Bangladesh prime minister, dies aged 80
Zia’s archrivalry with Sheikh Hasina defined the country’s politics for a generationFormer Bangladeshi prime m…
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Thailand and Cambodia agree ‘immediate’ ceasefire after weeks of deadly border clashes
Two countries pledge in joint statement to halt all forms of attacks and further troop deployments in long-run…
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Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak jailed for 15 more years in 1MDB graft scandal
New conviction over plunder of state fund substantially increases six-year term in separate case The jailed fo…
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Myanmar’s first election since the 2021 coup: everything you need to know
The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are waryFive years af…
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Russia and China pledge support for Venezuela as Trump ratchets up pressure on Maduro
Trump again called for Venezuela’s president to leave power and said the US would keep or sell the oil it had …
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Dozens killed in hospital strike in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state
Conflict monitors say the junta has increased airstrikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar’s civil warDo…
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Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 search to resume 11 years after jet went missing
Malaysian transport ministry says robotics company Ocean Infinity will restart search operation on 30 December…
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China’s Xi Jinping raises future of Taiwan in call with Donald Trump
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and Xi told Trump that its return was an ‘integral part of the po…
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Alleged gambling kingpin linked to scam centres extradited from Thailand to China
She Zhijiang’s empire includes gambling complex Shwe Kokko that US has tied to regional scam and trafficking n…
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More than 1 million evacuated in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong makes landfall
At least two people found dead as super-typhoon hits Philippines, days after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least …
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Powerful Afghan earthquake leaves at least 20 dead and hundreds injured
Northern provinces of Balkh and Samangan worst hit by magnitude 6.3 quake, which also damaged Mazar-i-Sharif’s…
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Donald Trump praises ‘great’ Washington meeting with Anthony Albanese as leaders dine at Apec
US president tells reporters he and Australian PM ‘working on a lot of things together’ Follow our Australia n…
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Australia ‘increasingly alone’ in countering China’s influence in Pacific, aid report shows
US aid cuts hurt Washington’s standing as China recasts itself as a ‘steady’ alternative partner, Lowy Institu…
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Ukraine war briefing: China providing Russia with intelligence on missile targets, Ukrainian official claims
Ukrainian intelligence official says ‘evidence of a high level of cooperation between Russia and China in cond…