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Vietnam’s top leader to pay rare visit to North Korea in October, sources say

25 Sep 2025

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s Communist Party chief To Lam is expected to visit North Korea next month, two Vietnamese officials said, marking the first visit in nearly 20 years for a Vietnamese leader to the largely isolated nation. The two Communist countries maintain close diplomatic ties but have currently no trade relations, according to the Vietnamese …

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Security forces patrol India’s Ladakh during curfew after deadly protests

25 Sep 2025

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) -Security forces patrolled the streets on Thursday in India’s Himalayan region of Ladakh, where curfew was clamped in some areas a day after four people were killed in violent protests demanding statehood for the federal territory and job quotas. Television images showed troop patrols amid shops and businesses shuttered amid the curfew …

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Malaysia palm oil body says EU delay on deforestation rule key to address concerns

25 Sep 2025

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia’s state palm oil agency said on Thursday that it welcomed the European Union’s proposal to delay the launch of its anti-deforestation law for a second time. The decision will allow time for the EU to address concerns about the implementation of the regulation, as well as its significant operational and structural …

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New flood fears spook evacuees after Super Typhoon Ragasa kills 17 in Taiwan

25 Sep 2025

By Yimou Lee, Fabian Hamacher and Ann Wang HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Residents in a Taiwan town where flooding from a typhoon killed 17 people sought shelter on Wednesday fearing further disaster after a lake burst its banks, as Premier Cho Jung-tai called for an inquiry into what went wrong with evacuation orders. Sub-tropical Taiwan, …

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Trump to meet Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, US official says

25 Sep 2025

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Saeed Shah WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the White House on Thursday, a Trump administration official told Reuters on Wednesday, with the meeting coming weeks after the two countries agreed to a trade deal.  U.S.-Pakistan ties have warmed in recent …

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South Korea’s Lee and Bessent discuss conditions for US tariff deal

25 Sep 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung told U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that trade talks with the United States should be “commercially rational” and meet the interests of both countries, the president’s office said on Thursday. Lee spoke to Bessent at the United Nations on the sidelines of the General Assembly on Wednesday, …

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House panel presses Rubio to secure Philippines funding to counter China threat

24 Sep 2025

By Martin Petty (Reuters) -The U.S. House committee on China has urged Washington to ensure funding for the Philippines to counter Beijing’s “aggressive and destabilising actions” in the South China Sea, according to a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which warns cuts could threaten U.S. security interests.  In the letter reviewed by Reuters …

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Thai PM says he will dissolve parliament by end-January

24 Sep 2025

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday he planned to dissolve parliament by the end of January, with a general election to be held in March or early April. Anutin won a parliamentary vote in early September to become Thailand’s third prime minister since August 2023, after pulling his Bhumjaithai party out …

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Azerbaijan arrests former top oil executive, court says

24 Sep 2025

BAKU (Reuters) -A former senior executive of Azerbaijani state energy company SOCAR has been placed in pre-trial detention after being arrested on suspicion of undermining state economic security and large-scale misappropriation, a court said. Adnan Ahmadzada, 47, worked in various top positions at SOCAR, including as the executive director of SOCAR Trading and vice-president of …

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