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Taiwan’s annual war games cut back by incoming Typhoon Gaemi
The Han Kuang exercises, which started Monday, are held every year across Taiwan to train its armed forces as China ramps up military pressure on the democratic island, which Beijing claims as part of its own territory.
UN warns Iraq becoming major regional drug conduit
Iraq has been experiencing a dramatic surge in drug trafficking and consumption for the past five years.
More than 500 arrested in Bangladesh capital over deadly unrest
More than 500 people, including some opposition leaders, have been arrested in Dhaka over violence that has wracked Bangladesh and killed 163 people since students started protesting against civil service hiring rules, police said Monday.
World leaders pay tribute to Biden as he ends reelection bid
Former president Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, wrote on his Truth Social network: "Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for president, and is certainly not fit to serve".
Flash floods across China kill at least 20, dozens missing
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged "all-out rescue and relief efforts" to find those still missing.
Israeli strike targeted ammunition depot – Media
The airstrike about 30 kilometres from the border came after Hezbollah, which holds sway over large parts of Lebanon's south, and its Palestinian ally Hamas fired rocket salvos and explosive-laden drones at Israeli positions.
South Korea resumes propaganda broadcasts aimed at North
The nuclear-armed North has sent more than a thousand balloons south since May, calling it retaliation for balloons carrying anti-Kim propaganda floated northwards by activists in the South.
7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Chile: USGS
A major magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck northern Chile on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said.
N. Korea plants ‘tens of thousands’ of mines on border: Seoul
North Korea has recently laid tens of thousands of new landmines along its border, forcing its soldiers to work in grim conditions as they suffer multiple casualties, Seoul said Wednesday.
One of Thailand hotel dead likely behind poisonings, say police
The bodies of six people of Vietnamese origin -- two who held American citizenship -- were discovered in a suite at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in the tourist centre of Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon.
