This handout photo taken by the 12th Ranger Forces Regiment of the Royal Thai Army on Nov. 14, 2025 and released on Nov. 15 shows seized macaque monkeys in blue mesh bags after being rescued from a wildlife smuggling operation in Aranyaprathet district in Sa Kaeo province near the Thailand-Cambodia border. Two men suspected of being part of an international wildlife smuggling network were arrested after they were intercepted in a car carrying 81 macaques near the Thai-Cambodian border, according to the Thai military.`

Men moving 81 macaques, meth arrested in Thailand

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China tells citizens to avoid Japan travel as Taiwan row grows

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Brazilian federal police officers stand guard near the entrance of the venue hosting the UN Climate Change Conference, or COP30, in Belem, Brazil, on Nov. 12, 2025 a day after Indigenous protesters stormed the entrance and clashed with guards while demanding climate action and protection for the Amazon forest.

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Australian energy minister to push for hosting COP31 at Brazil climate summit

Australia and Turkey submitted bids in 2022 to host the United Nations climate conference, and both countries have refused to concede to the other ever since.

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Trump says Cambodia, Thailand going to be fine after calls over conflict

Long-running tensions over a disputed border between the two Southeast Asian nations erupted into five days of fighting in July, when at least 48 people were killed and an estimated 300,000 temporarily displaced, before Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim brokered the ceasefire.

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US, several Arab states urge 'swift adoption' of UN Gaza resolution

A draft of the resolution seen Thursday by AFP "welcomes the establishment of the Board of Peace," a transitional governing body for Gaza, which Trump would theoretically chair, with a mandate running until the end of 2027.

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Indonesia says its Gaza peacekeepers would focus on health, infrastructure tasks

President Prabowo Subianto and Jordan's King Abdullah, who is making a state visit to Indonesia from Friday, would discuss the initiative of US President Donald Trump.

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In Jakarta, Prabowo greets 'brother' King Abdullah II of Jordan

Prabowo and Abdullah share a decades-long personal friendship that dates back to at least 1981, when they met during a joint military training at Fort Benning in the United States. On many occasions, Prabowo has described Abdullah as a close friend and a “true soldier”.

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Japan trying to revive wartime militarism with Taiwan comments, China state media says

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Taiwan tensions rise amid Japan-China dispute, US arms deal

The 1972 Japan-China Joint communique normalized bilateral relations, with Japan acknowledging the "One China" policy recognized by many other countries including the United States.

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300 Indonesians return home as Malaysia steps up deportation

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Afghan nationals carried out two suicide bombings in Pakistan, says minister

Both the bombers involved in the attacks have been identified as Afghans, he told parliament in a session carried live on television.

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President Prabowo Subianto (left) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese react as a piece of paper blows off their lectern during a press conference on Nov. 12 on board HMAS Canberra in Sydney, Australia.

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Indonesia, Australia sign new security deal

A view of the Malaysia Bench, one of the 10 ASEAN benches installed along the Jeju Olle Trail Route 8 or ASEAN-Korea Olle, is shown in this handout photo taken on Nov. 11, 2025. Set against Jeju’s natural scenery, the bench embodies the friendship and cultural exchange between ASEAN and South Korea.

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ASEAN ‘benches’ in Jeju celebrate bloc’s ties with South Korea

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Malaysia scrambles to find anyone 'still alive' after migrant shipwreck

Fourteen people have been rescued alive so far since the boat capsized last week near Thailand's Tarutao island while trying to reach Malaysia.

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US announces new military operation in Latin America

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Trump says no US government official will attend G20 summit in South Africa

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Trump says lost 'sovereignty' in New York after Mamdani win

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Leaders meet for Amazon summit amid worries over global cooperation

Dozens of country leaders will gather on Thursday in Brazil’s Amazon city of Belem ahead of the annual UN summit on climate change, hoping to advance progress despite growing concerns that multilateral cooperation is on the brink.

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US orders 10% flights cut at major US airports due to shutdown

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Hitler likely had genetic condition limiting sexual development: research

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Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono (right) and Croatian counterpart Gordan Grlić Radman deliver a joint press statement on Nov. 10 on at the Foreign Affairs Ministry building in Central Jakarta.

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Indonesia, Croatia vow closer cooperation and OECD support

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BBC chief resigns after row over Trump documentary

Tim Davie and the broadcaster's head of news, Deborah Turness, resigned after accusations that a documentary by its flagship Panorama program had edited a speech by Trump in a misleading way.

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British grandmother on death row arrives back in London

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Germany bans Muslim group accused of advocating caliphate

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In Jakarta, Prabowo greets 'brother' King Abdullah II of Jordan

Displaced Palestinian children wave the Palestinian national flag as he stands on the rubble of a destroyed building at the Bureij camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Sept. 22, 2025.

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Indonesia seeks strong UN oversight for Gaza peacekeeping

An Israeli soldier shouts at Palestinian protesters who went out to pray on their land, threatened by Israeli settlement expansion, in Beit Lid, near Tulkarm, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Nov. 7, 2025.

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President Prabowo Subianto ('center') speaks to journalists after a handover ceremony on Nov. 3, 2025, of one of two Airbus A400M military transport aircraft to the Air Force at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in East Jakarta.

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New A400M military aircraft ready for humanitarian missions in Gaza, says Prabowo

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US may ask UN to mandate international force in Gaza for two years, document shows

The United States has drafted a United Nations resolution that approves a two-year mandate for a Gaza transitional governance body and an international stabilization force in the Palestinian enclave, according to the text seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

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