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Foreign Minister: West Asia escalation will hit families worldwide

Mohamad Hasan says ordinary families far from the fighting would ultimately bear the cost through higher food, fuel and living expenses

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Hamas says Palestinian suffering could become Israeli election campaign tool

Hamas political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya says that a change of government would not end Palestinian suffering

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Iran offers seven-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Iran offers the United States a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore maritime traffic if Washington agrees to Tehran’s conditions

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Saudi Grand Mufti urges troops to be ready to die fighting Houthis

Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti called on troops stationed along the kingdom’s borders to be prepared to sacrifice their lives fighting the Iran-backed Houthis until...

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Thailand’s PM faces key court test that could trigger election rerun

Thailand’s Constitutional Court to rule on whether barcodes and QR codes on ballots used in the February polls breached the constitutional requirement for secre...

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Abbas says Israeli policies now threaten Palestinians’ survival

Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations that Israeli policies were no longer merely undermining prospects for a two-state solution

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Malaysia to give UNRWA additional US$1m over five years

Mohamad Hasan urges the OIC to push for an immediate and lasting ceasefire with stronger action towards Palestinian statehood

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Trump - Xi summit: A great fanfare but low expectations

Major differences over Taiwan, artificial intelligence, technology controls and Iran continue to constrain the scope for a broader breakthrough.

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Anwar warns AI could deepen rich-poor divide, calls for fairer digital economy

The Prime Minister warns that rapid advances in artificial intelligence could widen the gap between wealthy and developing countries

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Iran warns war could spread to Indian Ocean if US or Israel attacks again

The warning is the first time an adviser to Iran's supreme leader explicitly mentioned the Indian Ocean, home to a strategic US-British military base at Diego G...

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Anwar - Li Qiang discuss keeping AI under human control at China expo

“AI technology and products must remain under human control, not humans being controlled by them,” Anwar says, during a visit to the Global Digital Trade Expo i...

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Xi arrives in Washington as US, China extends trade truce to January

Trade, technology, Taiwan and Iran high on the agenda as the two powers agree to extend their 11-month tariff truce until Jan 10

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China sets ‘red lines’ on Taiwan ahead of Xi-Trump summit

China warns that Taiwan, human rights and other issues touching its sovereignty and development are “red lines” that cannot be challenged