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Armenian archbishop arrested on drug-related charges amid crackdown on clerics

Iran holds drills in Gulf, firing ballistic, cruise missiles at simulated targets

France's Macron: unity between Europe and U.S on Ukraine is "essential"

Indonesian military steps up relief for flood-hit Sumatra; death toll above 860

Kremlin says Russia is encouraged by talks with US, ready to engage further

Deadly cyclone dents Sri Lanka's peak tourism season

Taiwan opposition says ban of China's Rednote app is censorship

Hong Kong faces low election turnout as residents mourn deadly fire

Taiwan, Japan voice concern over Chinese military movements

Deadly Sumatra flooding triggers memories of Indian Ocean tsunami

Australian defence minister to visit Japan as 'strategic alignment' grows

Oprah Winfrey praises Australia's social media ban for children

Japan issues safety advisory in China ahead of Nanjing Massacre anniversary

Analysis-South Korea's nuclear submarine gamble raises prospect of underwater arms race in Asia

Putin, Modi agree to expand and widen India-Russia trade, strengthen friendship

US widens travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says

American playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Japan on alleged drug smuggling

Chinese-linked hackers use back door for potential 'sabotage,' US and Canada say

Russian attacks cut power, heating for tens of thousands in southern Ukraine

Honduran presidential candidate Nasralla says voting data altered

UK sanctions Russian intelligence agency GRU over Novichok poisoning

Turkey summons Ukrainian, Russian envoys over Black Sea attacks

Israel says it strikes two south Lebanon towns

US says Pentagon review sees opportunities to strengthen AUKUS submarine deal

Russia's Putin arrives in India for summit talks with PM Modi

Iran invites Lebanon's foreign minister to discuss bilateral ties

Sri Lanka cyclone survivors afraid to go home, stuck in relief centres

Russia mocks EU deliberations on frozen assets, says seizure will prompt 'harshest response'

Honduran centrist candidate calls foul on vote data after Trump-backed Asfura edges ahead

Italy says Germany and other countries may be interested in GCAP jet programme

Turkey building a sub as it ramps up homemade defence industry

Iraq backtracks after Hezbollah, Houthis mistakenly listed for asset freeze

Putin says Russia will take all of Ukraine's Donbas region militarily or otherwise

ADB, World Bank launch Pacific islands projects under new cofinancing model

Aid workers stand trial in Greece on migrant smuggling charges

Russia's Medvedev says EU seizure of frozen assets could be tantamount to justification for war

Exclusive-China massing military ships across region in show of maritime force, sources say

Turkey told Russia, Ukraine to keep energy infrastructure out of war, minister says

Australia jails ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ for 16 years