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A screengrab taken from a video shows an explosion, as North Korea blows up part of a road connected to the southern part of the peninsula on October 15, 2024.
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North Korea blows up roads near border with South after warning it would completely cut ties
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Deepfake romance scam raked in $46 million from men across Asia, police say
A Taiwanese Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet prepares to land at an air force base in Hsinchu on October 14, 2024. China deployed planes and ships to encircle Taiwan on October 14, in drills Beijing said were aimed at sending a "stern warning" to "separatist" forces on the self-ruled island. (Photo by I-Hwa CHENG / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)
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A record number of Chinese warplanes flew close to Taiwan during military drills
Russia's President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in June, the first visit of its kind in more than two decades.
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North Korea sending citizens to help Russian military fight Ukraine, Zelensky says
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Eight monkeys found dead at Hong Kong zoo, government says
A Taiwanese Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet prepares to land at an air force base in Hsinchu, Taiwan on October 14, 2024 amid Chinese military exercises around the island.
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Taiwan condemns Chinese military drills around island as ‘unreasonable provocation’
China’s censorship is among the toughest in the world. So why did it let Kanye West play?
Marital rape is still not outlawed in India. Changing that would be ‘excessively harsh,’ government argues
North Korea accuses South of flying drones over Pyongyang
Despite Trump’s embrace of Orbán, Senate Republicans sound alarms over Hungary’s democratic backsliding
He told his mother there was ‘no way’ he’d meet someone in Australia. Then he fell in love at first sight
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo for efforts to rid world of nuclear weapons
Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in literature for ‘intense poetic prose’ confronting human fragility
Apple supplier employees detained in ‘strange’ case in China
Fact check: Trump, on a lying spree, made at least 40 separate false claims in two Pennsylvania speeches
Investors went wild for China during its big holiday. But Chinese shoppers showed little of that optimism

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In this screen grab from video released by the Taiwan Coast Guard, a view of a China Coast Guard boat from a Taiwan Coast Guard boat as it passes near the coast of Matsu islands, Taiwan on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Taiwan Coast Guard via AP)
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Video CNN takes exclusive look at prep for pandas’ move from China 2:36
<p>Retired US Navy Adm. James Stavridis, a former supreme allied commander of NATO, tells Fareed about his latest novel, “Restless Wave.”In his previous works of fiction, Stavridis has looked to the future, exploring possible superpower conflict with China and how technology could change war in coming decades. In this novel, he looks back to World War II in search of lessons.</p>
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<p>The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which presented the award in Oslo, Norway, said the prize was awarded for their efforts "achieve a world free of nuclear weapons."</p>
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<p>Japanese biotech company Heartseed is pioneering a new treatment for heart failure – regrowing heart tissue. By injecting specially engineered heart muscle cells directly into the heart, it can begin to repair itself.</p>
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China

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Pets in China are earning ‘snack money’ in cafes as their owners send them to work
They’re cute, cuddly and coming to America: China’s newest panda diplomats headed for Washington
Aryna Sabalenka defeats home favorite Zheng Qinwen to win third straight Wuhan Open title
Jannik Sinner makes Novak Djokovic wait for 100th career title with victory in Shanghai Masters final
Xiaohongshu: How ‘China’s Instagram’ is transforming the travel industry

India

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The High Commission of India in Canada is seen in Ottawa, Ontario, on Oct. 14, 2024.
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Canada expels Indian diplomats after tying government agents to ‘serious criminal activity’
Ratan Tata, Indian tycoon who took his empire global, dead at 86
A trainee doctor’s rape and murder sparked mass protests in India. A man has now been charged
Coldplay tickets for $11,000? Uproar in India after tickets sold out in minutes and resold for outrageously high prices
In a single Delhi house, several hundred years of Indian history

Japan

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This photo taken on September 4, 2024 shows a Qantas Airways Boeing 737-800 plane coming in to land next to a Qantas Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft preparing to take-off at Sydney International Airport.
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Qantas apologizes after R-rated film plays on every screen during Sydney-Tokyo flight
American WWII bomb explodes at Japanese airport, causing large crater in taxiway
How Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains changed the world of rail travel forever
Fifth time’s a charm as former defense minister finally wins Japan ruling party leadership contest and will become country’s next leader
He’s the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. A court just exonerated him.

North Korea

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This US military file photo shows a US Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launching station in Israel on March 4, 2019.
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What is THAAD? The powerful US anti-missile defense system is being sent to Israel – along with up to 100 supporting troops
North Korea to cut off road and rail links to South Korea
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un threatens to destroy the South with nuclear weapons if provoked
A North Korean defector who struggled in South Korea stole a bus and tried to drive across the border, police say
Biden aims to put final stamp on Quad partnership with hometown summit

Pakistan

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Security officials early Monday examined the site of the explosion outside Karachi's international airport.
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Chinese workers targeted in deadly Pakistan airport suicide blast
Killing of Nasrallah is a key prize for Israel, but it’s too early to write off Hezbollah
Pakistan says police responsible for killing a doctor accused of blasphemy
Pakistan police fatally shoot blasphemy suspect in second such killing in a week
Pink, peacock-populated, possibly possessed Pakistani palace

South Korea

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Kim Yeji shoots during the women's 10m air pistol final at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in Chateauroux, France, on July 28, 2024.
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After shooting to newfound internet stardom, Kim Ye-ji insists that ‘nothing has changed much’ since the Olympics
US and South Korea reach tentative agreement on new cost-sharing deal for US troops ahead of potential Trump victory
BTS star Suga fined for riding a scooter while intoxicated
South Korea court sentences highest-ranking police officer yet to jail over Halloween crush
Meet the 80-year-old Miss Universe Korea contestant proving age is just a number

Southeast Asia

Family members of the victims hold photos of their loved ones during a mass cremation for those who died in the Thai Bus Fire Tragedy at the Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam School in Uthai Thani, Thailand, on October 08, 2024. The devastating bus fire in Pathum Thani, Thailand, resulted in the tragic deaths of at least 20 children and three teachers.
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Small town in Thailand holds mass cremation for 23 who died in a school trip bus fire
Ex-Philippine President Duterte to run as mayor despite drug killings legacy
In the commercial heart of Vietnam, embracing the chaos is part of the fun
She’s obsessed with baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng. So she flew across the world to see her
‘Hotel in nature’: Inside the world’s best new skyscraper