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Left to right: Mevlut Coskun, Paea I Middlemore Tupou and Darcy Jenson have been charged in Bali.

Aussie trio sentenced over father’s killing at Bali villa

Zivan Radmanovic’s loved ones were shocked when the sentences fell short of those requested by prosecutors.

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Afghanistan says Taliban forces have struck Pakistani military posts in more than 20 locations.

Pakistani, Afghan border battles displace 100,000 people

Pakistan and Afghanistan's border clashes show no signs of ending, while the US and Israel attack Iran - which shares borders with both South Asian nations.

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Sri Lankan navy sailors earlier rescued Iranian sailors from the IRIS Dena warship that the US sank.

Sri Lanka takes custody of Iran warship, 200 sailors transferred

The Sri Lanka navy is managing the Iranian warship IRIS Bushehr after it asked for help off its coast.

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Paul Noel Casey, as he is arrested in Thailand.

Fugitive on run for 10 years used dead man’s passport

For more than a decade, the suspected drug dealer lived an idyllic life overseas running a burger bar after escaping Australian police.

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A Taliban security personnel stands next to the debris of houses destroyed during an overnight Pakistani airstrike at the Balish village in Urgun district, Paktika Province earlier in the week.

Pakistan says Kabul air strikes combating ‘Taliban’s open aggression’

Troops from Afghanistan and Pakistan have clashed along the shared border following airstrikes by the latter earlier this week.

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Beloved Australian hardware giant Bunnings will be available on the Uber Eats delivery service for the first time.

Big change coming for Bunnings customers

Australia’s favourite hardware giant Bunnings is set to unveil a massive program that will change their customers’ shopping habits.

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A fireworks store exploded in China.

Lunar New Year tragedy as fireworks store explodes

Lunar New year celebrations have turned deadly after a fireworks store exploded killing at least 12 people in China.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto show documents they just signed during their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta.

The one thing Albo would not talk about on Jakarta trip

The Prime Minster has inked a new deal with Indonesia but there was a line of questioning that was off limits.

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A second Australian has died in Japan while skiing at a popular resort in the country’s north.

Australian skier killed in Japan after reported avalanche

A second Australian has died in Japan while skiing at a popular resort in the country’s north.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has announced a snap election.

Japan's ‘Iron Lady’ calls snap election after just three months

Japanese voters will head to the polls within weeks after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, just three months in, called a snap election in a bid to increase her wafer-thin majority.

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Indonesian rescue teams are searching for a surveillance plane that went missing with 11 on board. (AP PHOTO)

Frantic search as Indonesian plane with 11 on board vanishes

Some 400 people have been deployed to search for a plane that disappeared from flight tracking systems, though bad weather is hampering efforts.

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As millions travel to Asia to celebrate Lunar New Year, Australians are being urged to stay alert.

‘Serious threats’: What Aussies visiting Asia need to know

As millions of people travel to Asia to celebrate Lunar New Year, Australians are being urged to stay alert.

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Wu, the central character in Wendy Du Feng's short documentary Only The Lonely.

The unbearable loneliness of the young Chinese man

AARON PATRICK: Thanks to China’s one-child policy, the country now has approximately 30 million ‘surplus men’.

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Thai authorities say 32 people were killed after a train carrying 195 people derailed. (EPA PHOTO)

Death toll climbs after crane crushes Thai passenger train

A construction crane has crashed onto a moving passenger train in northeastern Thailand, triggering a derailment that killed at least 32 people.

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Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar cross the border into Bangladesh, August 31, 2017.

Myanmar faces ground-breaking genocide case in World Court

The case was brought to the World Court by a country not directly affected by the alleged genocide of the Rohingya, a precedent for similar claims against other countries, including Israel.

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