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  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea on October 31, 2025.
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    Trump’s trade war is pushing Canada closer to China
  • In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), an injured man is picked up by a Cambodian army soldier on a motorbike after clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops, in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, on November 12, 2025.
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    Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace agreement is falling apart after Cambodian villager killed in fresh clashes
  • The Parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 7, 2024.
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    Pakistan parliament approves more powers for army chief, curbs top court
  • Police personnel gather at the blast site after an explosion near the Red Fort in the old quarters of Delhi on November 10, 2025.
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    Two blasts a day apart in India and Pakistan’s capitals fray regional nerves in an already tense year
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, November 12.
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    Kazakhstan follows Russia in banning ‘LGBTQ propaganda’
  • Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi listens to questions from reporters during a press conference after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, South Korea on November 1, 2025.
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    How Japan’s new prime minister has brought China’s ‘wolf warriors’ back out
  • Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet, Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and US President Donald Trump during the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, 2025.
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    Thailand ‘halts’ peace agreement with Cambodia hailed by Trump after landmine explosion injures troops
  • The Dalai Lama addresses journalists at his hotel in London on May 23, 2008. Prime Minister Gordon Brown held "very warm and constructive" talks with the Dalai Lama Friday, his office said, pledging Britain's full support towards a rapprochement between Tibet and China. The 25-minute meeting -- held at the Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence on the south bank of the River Thames in London -- was the most contentious part of an 11-day visit by the Tibetan spiritual leader. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
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  • -A Chinese resident uses the gay dating app Blued on his smartphone in Shanghai, China, 17 November 2014.
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  • Former New York Governor Kathy Hochul aide Linda Sun leaves Brooklyn Federal Court after their arraignment, September 3, 2024, in New York.
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    Former aide to two NY governors, accused of being Chinese agent, goes on trial for money laundering and fraud
  • Chinese ‘cryptoqueen’ who had royal aspirations jailed in UK over $6.6 billion Bitcoin scam
  • Tesla’s China sales fall to 3-year low amid tepid demand
  • Trump defends enrolling Chinese students at US universities — and takes a swipe at France
  • How a humble cabbage became one of the Forbidden City’s most memorable treasures

India

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  • A layer of smog can be seen in the early hours of the morning at Wazirabad, in New Delhi, India, on October 18, 2025.
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    After festival of lights, New Delhi plunged into toxic darkness and world’s most polluted air
  • The last of India’s mythic superstars
  • Trump claimed India had agreed to stop buying Russian oil. New Delhi says it knows nothing about it
  • A newborn baby was found buried alive. The reason may have been her gender
  • Taliban minister confronted by rare challenge on trip abroad: women journalists
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Japan

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  • A bear attack in a supermarket in Gunma, Japan, on October 7, 2025
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    US State Department warns Americans in Japan: Watch out for bears
  • The world’s best hotel for 2025 is a waterfront skyscraper
  • Facing a spike in deadly bear attacks, Japan turns to the military and drones that bark
  • From hunger to luxury: The story behind the world’s most expensive rice
  • Japan’s new leader Takaichi says she wants to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

North Korea

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  • Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2025.
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    South Korea special prosecutor indicts former President Yoon on charges of aiding an enemy state
  • North Korea’s longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died, Pyongyang says
  • Why is there so much talk about nuclear weapons this week?
  • Trump instructs Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons ‘on an equal basis’ with Russia and China
  • Trump has departed Asia without meeting Kim Jong Un. North Koreans don’t seem to care

Pakistan

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  • Firefighters douse a car at the blast site in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, November 11.
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    At least 12 killed in Islamabad suicide attack – the most deadly assault in the Pakistani capital since 2008
  • Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to new ceasefire after more than a week of deadly clashes
  • With rare earths, deft diplomacy (and ample flattery), Pakistan shows how to deal with Trump 2.0
  • Afghanistan and Pakistan agree ceasefire after trading their deadliest fire in years. Here’s what we know
  • Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes in worst fighting since Taliban returned to power

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  • President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Gimhae Air Force Base in Busan, South Korea, on October 30, 2025.
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    The White House has shared images of Xi Jinping that most Chinese don’t see at home
  • China’s Xi in the limelight at Pacific summit with Trump conspicuous by his absence
  • Three billionaires went out for chicken and beer, and paid for everyone’s meal
  • The US and China are close to a landmark trade agreement. Here are the wildest moments leading up to it
  • Trump and Xi are set for a high-stakes summit. A breakdown of each leader’s agenda

Southeast Asia

  • Former President Suharto waves as he leaves Pertamina Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, June 15, 2001.
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    He was a US-backed dictator who led sweeping massacres. Why is he now being named a national hero?
  • Near dozen dead in Thai-Malaysia search after Rohingya migrant boat sinks
  • More than 1.4 million evacuated as second typhoon in a week slams into the Philippines
  • Typhoon Kalmaegi slams into Vietnam after unleashing deadly destruction in the Philippines
  • ‘No one can shut our voice’: Miss Universe Mexico confronts mistreatment
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