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  • A person films a fighter jet.

    China conducts military drills around Taiwan in warning to island’s president

  • People watch the news at a station in Seoul on 13 October after North Korea threatened a "horrible disaster" over the alleged flight of South Korean drones over its capital Pyongyang.

    North Korea has accused Seoul of flying drones over its capital – what is going on?

    Pyongyang has reacted to an apparent flyover with furious rhetoric, ordering artillery units at its border with South Korea to ‘get fully ready to open fire’. What happened and how worrying is it?
  • Koos van der Waals poses for a photo with his wife and daughter.

    Families seek to clear names of men who refused to fight for former Dutch colony

    Conscientious objectors refused to take part in military campaign against Indonesian independence in 1940s

  • Muslims in India face discrimination after restaurants forced to display workers’ names

  • Russia and China accused of blocking Asean statement due to dispute over South China Sea

  • China cracks down on Communist party officials for reading banned books

  • Tribal clashes in north-west Pakistan kill at least 11 people

  • Foreign Office ‘asked for UK visit by Taiwan ex-president to be deferred’ to not anger China

  • Armed attackers storm Pakistan coal mines, killing at least 21

  • More clues in 100-year-old Mount Everest mystery as climber’s foot found

Asia Pacific

  • 37th America’s Cup - America's Cup - Ngati Whatua Orakei Waka<br>Waka to lead Team New Zealand in the America's Cup race against Great Britain, in Barcelona in October 2024.

    New Zealand
    ‘We’re a powerhouse’: the Māori canoe and haka leading New Zealand into America’s Cup battle

  • Toshiyuki Mimaki standing on a pavement

    Nobel peace prize
    Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group

  • Dani Cuesta holds a banner that says 'Lim go home' as he stands outdoors next to a building

    Spain
    Spanish couple detained in Singapore over protest against Valencia owner

  • Kim Jong-un salutes applauding soldiers

    Ukraine
    North Koreans deployed alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, sources say

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South & central Asia

  • Up, up and away … Superboys of Malegaon.

    Film
    Superboys of Malegaon review – boisterous heartwarmer about movie-loving underdogs

  • Ratan Tata, who has died at age 86

    Tata
    Indian tycoon Ratan Tata dies at age 86

  • A woman on a street walks past a black and white mural of a woman covering her face with her arms, with the words 'Stop killing women' written across them in red

    Rights and freedom
    What is gender apartheid – and can anything be done to stop it?

  • A woman in a burqa walks along a street of shops with five heavily armed men in camouflage standing behind her

    Rights and freedom
    Afghan women fight to hold Taliban to account over gender apartheid

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Pictures & video

  • Elephant sanctuary evacuated after severe flooding in Thailand – video

  • The Baloch Liberation Army claims it carried out a vehicle-borne attack targeting Chinese nationals near Karachi airport in southern Pakistan

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    Police investigating after explosion near Karachi airport – video

    The Baloch Liberation Army claims it carried out a vehicle-borne attack targeting Chinese nationals near Karachi airport in southern Pakistan
  • Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second biggest city and home to 2.7 million people, hit by heavy flooding

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    Storm blows away store equipment in Taiwan as Typhoon Krathon hits – video

    Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second biggest city and home to 2.7 million people, hit by heavy flooding
  • Violent clashes between protesters and police take place in Karachi over Hezbollah leader's death

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    Violent clashes in Pakistan after Hezbollah leader's assassination – video

  • Officials expect death toll to rise as flood waters inundate Kathmandu after highest rainfall reportedly since 1970

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    Flooding and landslides caused by non-stop rain kill 148 in Nepal – video

  • A spokesperson for Indonesia's military said Mehrtens was in good health and showed no signs of PTSD, but had lost a lot of weight

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    New Zealand pilot speaks to family after release by West Papua rebels – video

  • The baby pygmy hippo has become a viral sensation on social media worldwide

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    Thai zoo moves to patent image of viral baby hippo Moo Deng – video

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