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Moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Hualien in Taiwan

China’s earthquake monitoring agency reports tremor centred off Hualien district at a depth of 19 kilometres on Thursday evening

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Iran-Iraq-Israel conflict escalates across the Middle East, oil continues to surges past US$100

Additional strikes were reported in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, defying a United Nations Security Council resolution issued demanding that Iran halt as...

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Support for mandatory death penalty in drug trafficking cases rises in Singapore, Minister says

Survey findings cited by K Shanmugam show increasing backing for capital punishment in serious drug offences, with the minister dismissing claims that support s...

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Iran demands recognition of rights and reparations as preconditions to end war

President Masoud Pezeshkian outlines three conditions for halting hostilities triggered by US-Israeli strikes on Iran, calling for international guarantees and...

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Trump vows to “finish the job” as Iran strikes Gulf shipping assets

Global energy markets face renewed turmoil after Iranian forces targeted merchant vessels in the Gulf and warned oil could surge to US$200 a barrel

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Iran’s new supreme leader reported “safe and well” despite reports of injuries in US-Israeli strikes

Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father Ali Khamenei after the latter’s death in a February attack, remains under protection with limited public communicatio...

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Strait of Hormuz vessel attack intensifies strikes deepening regional war

Cargo vessel hit by projectile as Iran, United States and Israel escalate attacks across the Middle East amid mounting fears over global energy supply disruptio...

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China moves to reassert influence over North Korea as cross-border ties deepen

Infrastructure expansion and rising trade signal renewed engagement between Beijing and Pyongyang amid shifting geopolitical alliances

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US and Israel intensify strikes on Iran as Tehran defies demands, raising global energy fears

Air raids and missile launches deepen humanitarian crisis and disrupt oil shipments, while markets brace for economic fallout

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UN warns of “toxic rain” and humanitarian strain as Middle East conflict escalates

Oil depot strikes in Iran and regional unrest displace hundreds of thousands and disrupt global supply chains

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Global fuel shortages spread as US–Israel–Iran conflict disrupts energy markets

Countries introduce emergency energy measures as oil and gas supplies tighten during 11th day of hostilities in West Asia

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Southeast Asian authorities confront rising threat of teen far-right radicalisation

Officials in Indonesia and Singapore warn that social media is driving radicalisation among young, often disillusioned individuals

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Iran expands regional attacks as oil markets jolt and tensions escalate across the Gulf

Hostilities have also intensified along Israel’s northern border, where Israel has carried out repeated strikes against Hezbollah positions in Lebanon