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Today's news: the Indian state of Manipur reintroduces curfew to stem fresh wave of violence; Deaths from Typhoon Yagi increase in Vietnam and Thailand; Burmese refugees in India go on hunger strike; Between Armenia and Azerbaijan on tenth draft of difficult peace agreement arrived.

Today's news: ‘Siege’ of Duterte ally Filipino preacher Apollo Quiboloy ends with arrest; Another Burmese general on a visit to China; Indian doctors in West Bengal continue protest in defiance of a Supreme Court order; For Kim Jong Un, North Korean nuclear weapons ‘pose no threat; Russian local elections confirm all outgoing governors.

Today's news: Former Jemaah Islamiyah leaders in Indonesia continue to hold deradicalisation meetings; Indian government disbands committee critical of delays in the census; In Pakistan, thousands protest to demand the release of former premier Imran Khan; House prices continue to fall in China.

Today's news: On his last trip to Seoul, Kishida calls for continued cooperation between Japan and South Korea; More deaths in ethnic clashes in Manipur; Laos blocks import of expensive cars to curb currency devaluation; Baku Cop29 climate summit to include summit of religious leaders.

Today's news: 3477 displaced, including 1485 children, in attacks by Israeli security forces in the West Bank since 7 October; Risk of new pandemic from Chinese mammal farms, new viruses ready to jump species; The head of the Election Commission in Bangladesh resigns;Kuala Lumpur continues explorations in disputed area of.the China Sea.

Today's news: 2.3 billion deal between Emirates and Jordan for a railway line. Beijing ‘warns’ students with access to sensitive data about national security risks. Over 100,000 people at the torchlight procession in Kolkata a month after the rape and murder of a female doctor. One thousand civilians ‘trapped’ in a Buddhist monastery by fighting in the Sagaing region of Myanmar.

Today's news: About 8,000 Rohingya have left Myanmar in recent months and taken refuge in Bangladesh; Thai king approved new government presented by PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra; Former governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon Riad Salameh arrested; Fumio Kishida in Seoul Nov. 6-7 to revive alliance with South Korea.

Today's news: Defying CPI arrest warrant, Putin visiting Mongolia to strengthen economic and industrial relations; 1School bus crashes into a group of parents and children outside a school in Shandong, 11 dead; Explosion on the south-western outskirts of Kabul, six dead and 13 injured; Flooding and mudslides caused by Typhoon Yagi killed 13 people in the Philippines.

Today's news: Kuki drone attack on security forces in Manipur; The UN launched the anti-polio vaccination campaign in Gaza; The Japanese Defence Minister aims at a record allocation of funds for the next fiscal year; China's strengthens relations with Turkmenistan over gas deliveries.

Today's headlines: Ko Wen-je, a former mayor of Taipei, and current opposition leader, was arrested this morning in connection with an investigation into a property project. A report by Japanese police states that 40,000 people died alone at home in the first half of 2024. In Timor-Leste, the authorities deny demolishing homes at a site where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass next month. At least five people were killed by an Israeli airstrike against a humanitarian convoy in Gaza by US charity Anera.

Today's news: WHO announces temporary ‘humanitarian pauses’ for polio vaccinations in Gaza; The Philippines will spend $33 billion to modernise defence; The Constitutional Court in Seoul declared the country's climate targets unconstitutional as too soft; Schools closed in Karachi due to a depression in the Arabian Sea that could turn into a cyclonic storm.

Today's news: The World Food Programme (WFP) pauses travel in Gaza after a vehicle is targeted by Israeli soldiers, while the possibility of a temporary truce for vaccinations gains traction; At least 28 die in Gujarat due to monsoon rains, 30,000 people evacuated; Google wants to open a large data centre in Vietnam.