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Today's news: The death toll from floods in Vietnam has risen to 55. Myanmar’s military junta reportedly arrested a thousand foreigners in its latest raids on scam centres. Indian counterterrorism units searched the offices of the Kashmir Times. Amnesty International has called on Pakistan to explain the enforced disappearances of six Pashtun activists.

Today's headlines: four more arrests in connection with the attack near the Red Fort in Delhi; Four Chinese and American citizens arrested for illegally exporting Nvidia chips to China; The (provisional) death toll from the floods in Vietnam rises to 41; Malaysia suspends funding to the football association over the forged documents scandal.

Today's headlines: Trump reportedly approves a 28-point plan for peace between Russia and Ukraine that is very close to Moscow's position; Philippines: former Bamban mayor Alice Guo convicted of human trafficking for activities in scam centres; In Oita, Japan, 170 buildings destroyed by the largest urban fire in decades; In Malaysia, 11 Burmese and Bangladeshi shipwreck survivors accused of illegal residence.

Today's headlines: The first trial on sectarian violence against Alawites has begun in Aleppo; New wave of floods in central Vietnam: 8 dead and coffee plantations submerged; Protesters in Delhi demand government action against severe air pollution; Burmese army raid results in 350 arrests at scam centre on Thai border.

Today's headlines: Vietnam orders the arrest of a journalist in Berlin for anti-state activities; 45 Indian pilgrims killed in a bus accident while travelling from Mecca to Medina; Taiwan arrests Chinese citizen for espionage; In Singapore, a 24-year-old Malaysian man is charged with fraud amounting to $31.5 million.

Today's headlines: Manila, over 600,000 take to the streets to protest corruption in flood projects; Indian authorities have arrested a Kashmir resident linked to the attack on the Red Fort in Delhi; At least 18 victims in Central Java due to landslides caused by torrential rains; UNIFIL accuses Israel of opening fire on peacekeepers; Azerbaijani prosecutors seek life imprisonment for five Armenian leaders from Nagorno-Karabakh.

Today's headlines: UN Security Council to vote on Trump's plan for Gaza on Monday; Indonesia prepares 20,000 soldiers for health and reconstruction tasks; The state of Karnataka is the first in India to offer paid menstrual leave; Trump says Thailand and Cambodia “will be fine” after new border tensions; Pakistan's Supreme Court denounces attack on the Constitution after amendment limiting its powers.

Today's headlines: the house of the doctor who drove the car that exploded at the Red Fort in Delhi demolished in Kashmir; Trump administration approves its first sale of spare parts for Taiwanese fighter jets; Japan denies citizenship to three children of Japanese from Hokinawa who arrived in the Philippines during World War II; Escort spacecraft for the return of astronauts from the Chinese space station.

Today's headlines: Gunfire on the border between Thailand and Cambodia, Phnom Phen calls for independent investigation; The new Japanese government intends to abolish restrictions on arms sales; Progress against tuberculosis in India: incidence has fallen by 21%; Russia prepares a plan to exploit its rare earth reserves.

Today's headlines: Islamabad accuses Delhi of the attack, tensions skyrocket again; For the first time, a Thai king visits China; A newly built bridge collapses in Sichuan province, China; Philippine mayors under fire for confirming trip to London despite typhoon; Shoigu wants a new big city in Siberia on the border with Mongolia.

Today's headlines: Syria's al Sharaa accepts the six-month suspension of US sanctions and promises to fight ISIS; China and Japan in war of words after Takaichi's comments on Taiwan; Germany 'mistakenly' deports Uyghur woman to China from Germany; Singapore to introduce sustainable fuel levy on all flights; In Russia, 254,000 people to be laid off from the beginning of 2025.

Today's headlines: two dead but less damage than expected as super typhoon Fung-wong passes over the Philippines; Pakistan is the country with the fastest growing solar energy sector in South Asia; Xi Jinping opens the Chinese National Games, organised for the first time jointly by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao; Kyrgyzstan wants an International Day of Nomadic Culture.