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US targets Iran’s drone programme with sanctions

Washington pressures Tehran ahead of reopening nuclear negotiations

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Prince Andrew asks US court to dismiss ‘baseless’ sex case

Duke of York’s lawyers accuse Virginia Giuffre of suing ‘to achieve another payday’

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Deadly Taiwan building fire traced to incense burner

With 46 deaths, blaze marks nation’s deadliest in decades

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Hundreds of flights cancelled as China tackles Covid-19 surges

Flare-ups in dozen regions linked to tourists

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Thailand’s digital vaccination certificate due next month

Committee authorises 102 firms to issue e-certs

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Suu Kyi aide gets 20 years’ jail for treason

U Win Htein, 80, first high-ranking NLD member to be sentenced by junta

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Philippines postpones self-rule vote in restive Muslim region

Ex-MILF members say they need more time, polls to be held in 2025 instead

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Bali ‘suitcase killer’ gets early release from prison for good behaviour

Heather Mack’s boyfriend remains in prison

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3 policemen fatally shot, 70 more injured at Islamist rally in Pakistan

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan has been behind major anti-France protests

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UK cuts last countries from Covid travel ‘red list’

Britons arriving from 7 previously blocked nations now exempt from 11-day quarantine

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UK mulls criminalising coercive conversion therapy

Offenders would face up to 5 years’ prison; religious teachings not included in definition of practice, says govt

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Twitter users have good laugh over Facebook rebranding

While disgruntled critics aim jibes at embattled social network, microblogging site explodes with tweets mocking name change

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Facebook rebrands parent company to Meta amid criticism over platform’s dysfunction

Observers call move a ‘distraction’ as social network attempts to move past damning scandals