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Japan lifts tsunami warnings after powerful 7.5 quake but officials caution of mega-quake risk

Japan lifted all tsunami warnings early Tuesday after a powerful offshore earthquake struck the country’s northeast overnight, injuring dozens

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Beijing court orders Malaysia Airlines to compensate families of eight MH370 passengers

A district court in the Chinese capital has directed Malaysia Airlines to pay substantial compensation to the families of eight passengers who were on board fli...

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Thailand airstrikes, clashes escalate over border dispute with Cambodia

A Thai military spokesman says air force jets bombed Cambodian military positions after a Thai soldier was killed in an exchange of fire along the disputed bord...

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UN slashes 2026 humanitarian appeal as global funding falls to ten-year low

OCHA warns of soaring needs amid wars, climate shocks and collapsing health systems as Western support dwindles

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IndiGo faces unprecedented crisis as pilot shortages ground thousands of passengers

India’s largest airline, IndiGo, has plunged into turmoil after cancelling over 2,000 flights last week due to pilot shortages, exposing the risks of a market d...

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U.S. lawmakers propose US$901 billion Defense Bill with aid to Ukraine and pay raises for troops

U.S. Govt unveils a sweeping national defence policy bill authorising US$901 billion in spending, including US$400 million in military assistance to Ukraine and...

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Thailand launches air strikes along disputed border area with Cambodia

Tensions flared once again along the Thailand-Cambodia frontier as Bangkok launched air strikes following mutual accusations of violating a previously brokered...

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Philippines faces fastest-growing HIV epidemic in Asia-Pacific

The Philippines is confronting a rapidly escalating HIV crisis, with an average of 61 new cases diagnosed daily this year, marking a 22 per cent increase from l...

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Pearl Harbour remembrance faces historic shift as last survivors unable to attend

For the first time in decades, no living survivors of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will be present at the annual remembrance ceremony in Hawaii

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Iran hangs mastermind behind massive investment and car-purchase fraud

Iran has executed Mohammad Reza Ghaffari, the ringleader of a sprawling investment scam that defrauded tens of thousands of people through a car-buying network...

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Japan accuses Chinese jets of threatening military encounter near Okinawa

Tokyo lodges a formal protest with Beijing after Chinese fighter jets reportedly directed fire-control radar at Japanese military aircraft during two “dangerous...

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Alaska-Yukon shaken by magnitude-7.0 earthquake as Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii

A powerful earthquake rattled the remote Alaska–Yukon border region on Saturday, triggering dozens of aftershocks but no reported injuries

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Hamas signals conditional willingness to disarm as Gaza ceasefire talks reach ‘critical’ stage

Hamas has indicated it would place its weapons under a future Palestinian authority if Israel ends its military occupation