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14 killed in North Sulawesi floods, Indonesia 06 Jan 2026 - 12:04 pm
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South Korea's Lee snaps Xi selfie with Chinese 'backdoor' phone 06 Jan 2026 - 11:44 am
South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (L) and his wife Kim Hea Kyung (2nd L) take a selfie with China's President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (R) after a dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 5, 2026. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Philippines arrests ex-general who called for president's ouster 06 Jan 2026 - 10:56 am
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Cambodia re-proposes to Thailand to convene meeting on border demarcation 05 Jan 2026 - 06:34 pm
Cambodian evacuees return home in Battambang province, Cambodia on Dec. 30, 2025. Some 167,478 Cambodian evacuees have so far returned to their homes, Cambodia's Ministry of Interior said in a press release on Thursday. (Agence Kampuchea Presse/Handout via Xinhua)
South Korea's Lee meets Xi with trade, Pyongyang on the agenda 05 Jan 2026 - 02:58 pm
South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping (R) during a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 5, 2026. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Malaysia to introduce 10-year term limit for prime minister 05 Jan 2026 - 11:16 am
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'Tuna King' pays record $3.2 mn for bluefin at Tokyo auction 05 Jan 2026 - 10:38 am
Kiyoshi Kimura (C), president of Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai, displays a 243-kilogram bluefin tuna at his main restaurant in Tokyo on January 5, 2026, after the New Year's auction at Toyosu fish market. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
Four police killed in two armed attacks in northern Pakistan 04 Jan 2026 - 07:18 pm
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Pakistan, Malaysia Reaffirm Commitment to Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation 04 Jan 2026 - 06:43 pm
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles in first test of 2026 04 Jan 2026 - 04:43 pm
People sit in front of a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on January 4, 2026. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Chinese embassy warns citizens in Japan to stay vigilant amid surging violent incidents 04 Jan 2026 - 04:25 pm
A woman walks on a street on the first snow day of 2026 in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2, 2026. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Sri Lanka to allocate nearly 1 bln USD in 2026 for roads: minister 03 Jan 2026 - 06:11 pm
File photo: A general view shows Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. AFP
Bangladesh star removed from IPL on Indian cricket board 'advice' 03 Jan 2026 - 02:17 pm
Picture shared by Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman on X
India unveils Buddha gems after century abroad 03 Jan 2026 - 09:54 am
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Malaysia forms online safety committee to guide policy 02 Jan 2026 - 08:47 pm
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South Korean court issues fresh arrest warrant for ex-president Yoon 02 Jan 2026 - 03:23 pm
Ousted South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol (L) leaves the official residence in Seoul on April 11, 2025. (Photo by JEON HEON-KYUN / POOL / AFP)
South Koreans now free to read North's newspaper, once banned as seditious 02 Jan 2026 - 02:33 pm
A visitor reads Rodong Sinmun (front), North Korea's top newspaper, at the National Library of Korea in Seoul on January 2, 2026. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Train collides with car at rail crossing in Japan's Saitama Prefecture 01 Jan 2026 - 01:51 pm
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