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AsiaNorth Korea fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea on October 29, South Korea's military said, in its first ballistic launch in 17 days and about a week after Seoul proposed military talks Pyongyang had not answered.
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AsiaTaiwan says more than 50 Chinese vessels, including 34 navy warships and the aircraft carrier Liaoning, are operating from southern Japan to the Philippines, calling the simultaneous threat to Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines 'obvious'.
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AsiaChina now counts more people aged 65 and over than children aged 14 and under, official data shows, as its population falls for a fourth straight year.
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AsiaHundreds of security personnel were deployed across central Jakarta as University of Indonesia students prepared protests over the Sumatra and Borneo wildfires and government spending.
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AsiaVery Severe Cyclonic Storm Arnab began its landfall on India's Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts early on Wednesday, 28 October, with sustained winds of 125 to 135 kmph and gusts reaching 150 kmph, the India Meteorological Department said.
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AsiaIndia's Defence Acquisition Council has cleared military purchase proposals worth about $22.27 billion, with around 82 per cent to be sourced from Indian industry. The approval is in principle; contracts are yet to be awarded.
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AsiaChina will require export licences for high-performance drones and key components from November 18, 2026, under new dual-use controls announced on October 19.
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AsiaChina will be represented at this week's ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus in Cebu by the defence attaché from its embassy in Manila, Beijing's defence ministry confirmed on October 27.
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AsiaFormer Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has died at 90, Nikkei reported on Monday. He led Japan from September 2007 to September 2008 and was the first son of a prime minister to hold the office himself.
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AsiaChina's Communist Party has opened a four-day Central Committee plenum in Beijing focused on party discipline and self-governance, ahead of a major leadership reshuffle in 2027.
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AsiaIndia is preparing to evacuate thousands from its eastern coast as Cyclone Arnab approaches, with landfall expected in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday and winds gusting up to 140 kilometres per hour.
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AsiaNorth Korea has raised tensions with South Korea after a self-propelled howitzer was spotted near the DMZ, amid a UN letter row over a September landmine blast.
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