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WorldHong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed 10 years after pleading guilty to conspiring to collude with foreign forces under the national security law, in his second conviction under the Beijing-imposed law.
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WorldSouth Korea plans to expand its Cheonghae anti-piracy mission to waters south of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz, adding a P-8A patrol aircraft, 75 personnel and mine-clearing assets, pending cabinet and parliamentary approval.
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WorldSaudi Arabia and Syria have signed a defence cooperation agreement between their defence ministries during Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's visit to Riyadh, alongside more than $403 million in Saudi development loans.
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WorldMorocco says its voluntary commitment to the Western Sahara ceasefire will not change after the UN peacekeeping mission ends, the Royal Palace said on Wednesday.
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WorldSouth Africans voted on 4 November 2026 in municipal elections seen as a tough test for the ANC, with failing services, crime and jobs topping voters' concerns.
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WorldIndonesian President Prabowo Subianto has sacked his chief of staff, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, a day after his arrest over alleged illegal wiretapping of the president and other senior figures.
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WorldAt least 14 people were killed and more than 30 wounded when missiles struck a military training camp near Qatabah in northern Al-Dhalea province, southern Yemen, on Wednesday, 4 November.
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WorldIran’s Revolutionary Guard says four oil tankers were destroyed after striking naval mines south of the Strait of Hormuz, with two other vessels seized — claims that could not be independently verified and that named no vessels.
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WorldPresident Donald Trump has said the war with Iran played a part in Republican losses in Tuesday's midterm elections, in which Democrats won control of both houses of Congress, while insisting he does not regret the Iran decision.
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WorldKeisha Lance Bottoms has won Georgia's governor race, the Associated Press projected, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a US state and Georgia's first Black and first woman governor.
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WorldNorth Korea fired multiple missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday from the Sondok area, South Korea's military said, in the country's fourth reported weapons test in a week.
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WorldDemocrat Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's open US Senate seat, defeating former Republican Representative Mike Rogers, and will become the first Muslim American to serve in the Senate.
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