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Today's news:IAEA, Pyongyang activated a second nuclear reactor in Yongbyon; New, gruesome feminicide in India; Vietnamese vice-minister of industry and trade arrested for corruption; Thousands of Afghan migrants in prisons in Pakistan and Iran forcibly repatriated; Russian oil companies increase deliveries to China and India.

Today's news: more and more children in Gaza suffer from dizziness due to lack of food. Bangkok blocks the granting of new gun licences for a year. Burmese women fleeing war imprisoned, beaten and forgotten in Indian prisons. Katholikos Karekin II, Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, against peace talks with Azerbaijan.

Today's news: Japan's new Industry Minister wants to revive microchip production; Tehran executes child bride Samira Sabzian; India - the world's former second largest sugar importer - risks having to import this raw material from 2025 due to climate change;. Fighting continues in Gaza UN postpones (again) Security Council vote on truce; Joint patrol operations on the border between China and Laos.

Today's news: Prison system in Israel is collapsing, over 3,000 more inmates since October alone; International troops on the southern side of the inter-Korean border will rearm in response to the North's increasing military activism; In Pakistan artificial intelligence used to create a rally by former premier Imran Khan, now in prison; Myanmar's civil war has caused more than 2.6 million new internally displaced persons.

Today's news: at UN Security Council new vote on Gaza truce, with over 20,000 dead; Beijing prepares to test first "made in China" ocean drilling ship; Hanoi indicts dozens of people for bribery in 12 billion euro scam; Pakistan uses artificial rain for the first time to combat smog in Lahore; In Kuwait, the funeral of Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah was held yesterday.

Today's news: To protect women from abuse, Afghan Taliban locks them in prison; Over19,000 Palestinian casualties in Gaza, Israeli army mistakenly kills three hostages while Tehran executes "a Mossad agent"; Record number of bullying cases in Seoul schools; Tokyo sanctions Russian entities for war in Ukraine; Iranian woman to serve 13 years in prison for social posts regarding the killing of her son in protests over Mahsa Amini.

Today's news: Indonesia will send 100,000 workers to Japan over five years; Afghan refugees in Pakistan will be allowed to stay in the country another two months; China says it has brokered 'a temporary ceasefire' between Burma's coup junta and ethnic militias; Taiwan presidential candidates divided over submarine development; 800,000 Russians have moved to Crimea since 2014.

Today's news: Indonesia deploys army in rice fields to help farmers cope with drought; Another charge against Filipino journalist Maria Ressa dropped; Dozens arrested in Malaysia for illegal mining of rare earths; Iran wants to deploy new troops on the border with Turkmenistan and Afghanistan; In India, two people broke into parliament and sprayed coloured gas.

Today's news: The UN votes on a non-binding resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza; Hundreds of Nepalese are said to be enlisted in the war in Ukraine: Pakistan protested to Afghanistan over the latest attack in which dozens of soldiers died; India asks the US for information about Sikh separatists; Japan tries to keep the squirrels at bay; Plane crashes in Russia increase.

Today's news: Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Hanoi; Malaysia's premier will be joined by a new finance minister; Scandals continue to haunt the government of Fumio Kishida in Japan; Yemen's Houthis hit a Norwegian oil tanker bound for Israel; No news of Aleksej Naval'nyj from Russia.

Today's news: Myanmar militias make new territorial gains; The Indian Supreme Court confirmed the legality of the withdrawal of Kashmir autonomy; South Korea's government meets with childless couples to counteract under-natality; Chinese dissident who had exposed the spread of Aids in rural areas dies; The possibility of a tragedy in Gaza recedes; Elections in Azerbaijan brought forward; Migrants stranded in Russia recruited for war in Ukraine.

Today's headlines: Japan's prime minister is set to replace his right-hand man. Indonesia’s president blames human trafficking for the increase in Rohingya arrivals. Laos is proposing new economic reforms that do not convince the population. Due to climate change, a flower sacred for one of Taiwan’s indigenous people is disappearing.