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A senior military official in Cambodia says the huge explosion over the weekend that killed 20 soldiers at an army base in the country’s southwest appears to have been an accident caused by mishandling of ammunition by troops ..read more
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Pakistani police say gunmen have fatally shot a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in the northwest ..read more
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Local media in Kazakhstan say authorities have arrested a former interior minister in connection with a deadly police crackdown on unrest that gripped the country in 2022 ..read more
Chinese coast guard fires water cannons at Philippine vessels in the latest South China Sea incident
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Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, damaging both, in the latest flareup in an increasingly tense territorial conflict ..read more
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A Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth with three astronauts who lived for six months on the country’s space station ..read more
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Foreigners are visiting the country, encouraged by the sharp drop in violence, increased flight connections, and the bragging rights that come with vacationing in an unusual destination ..read more
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Known for a number of scenic photo spots that offer a near-perfect shot of Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji, the town on Tuesday began constructing a large black screen on a stretch of a sidewalk to block the view of the mountain ..read more
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Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano is spewing more hot clouds after an eruption forced the closure of schools and airports, pelted villages with volcanic debris and prompted hundreds of people to flee ..read more
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South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik says his government is considering sharing advanced military technology with the United States, United Kingdom and Australia through the so-called AUKUS partnership ..read more
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A court in the Maldives has thrown out former President Abdulla Yameen’s 11-year prison sentence on money laundering and bribery and ordered a retrial ..read more