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Today’s headlines: Kuala Lumpur strengthens its regulatory framework on AI-related technologies; Over a hundred settlers attack a Palestinian family to prevent them from returning home; China has opened a military training centre in Laos; The death toll from the floods in Thailand rises to 23.

Today’s headlines: US exemption from flight ban allows flights for Shia pilgrims from Iran to Najaf; Myanmar: 21 people arrested for sending funds to a platform linked to the government-in-exile; Indian Supreme Court takes action against police over the wave of rapes; Tokyo wants a ‘Japanese CIA’.

Today's news: Xi and Trump: US-China dialogue channel on AI risks and benefits. Pakistan thwarts an Afghan Taliban attack in Gulistan. Hanoi and Pyongyang plan to strengthen defence cooperation. Singapore's population hits a new record high.

Today’s headlines Pakistan foils another Taliban attack on the border; Cambodia hands down seven years’ imprisonment for four supporters of the Candlelight Party; Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey discuss a defence agreement following Houthi attacks; Four new airport projects in Tajikistan

Today’s headlines: Xi welcomed by Trump; US announces two-month extension of trade truce; Pakistan: raids on ten targets linked to drone launches in Afghanistan; Protests in Delhi following a gang rape near a girls’ boarding school; In Israel, the Electoral Commission excludes (at first instance) Arab parties.

Today’s headlines: Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington begins; The Indonesian Parliament passes a law to resolve land disputes; In Sri Lanka, relatives of victims of enforced disappearances demand an independent commission; Eight countries urge Israel to fulfil its commitments under the Gaza peace plan.

Today’s headlines: Naga teenager killed in Manipur; Pakistan: Aleema Khan, sister of the former prime minister, arrested; Singapore’s online safety commission: 500 reports in two months, with the youngest victim aged 7; Houthis report dozens of deaths following air raids in Yemen.

Today’s headlines: At least three people killed in Pakistani raids in north-eastern Afghanistan; Typhoon Dujuan in Japan: transport services and tourist resorts closed; Tensions sky-high in the West Bank after the killing of a settler; 100 Palestinian teachers prevented from reaching their schools; Putin’s ‘United Russia’ dominates the Duma elections.

Today’s headlines: Washington grants a visa to an Iranian delegation for the UN General Assembly (but still denies one to Palestine). Taiwan launches a global alliance for natural disaster response. In India, there is a row within the Tata Group over a stock market listing. In Kyoto, a shrine for soft toys.

Today’s headlines: the South Korean president rules out sending troops to a conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington gives the green light to the sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib will be able to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest. Australia tightens restrictions on student and working holiday visas. Voting has begun in the Russian parliamentary elections.

Today’s headlines: Search continues through the rubble of the collapsed building in Gaza; Rodrigo Duterte reappears in court in The Hague 18 months after his arrest; Myanmar expels a jailed US businessman in the name of “good relations with Washington”; Cabinet reshuffle for Takaichi; a minister from the Japan Innovation Party.

Today’s headlines: Yemeni reject Saudi claim of Houthi drone towards Mecca; John Lee presents Hong Kong’s first five-year plan; China inaugurates the Pinglu Canal, a new maritime route to South-East Asia; Indian drug regulator raises alarm over Pakistani creams.