Year in review: Ten things that happened for the first time in 2025
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Malaysia's former PM Najib found guilty on all charges in 1MDB-related case
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Middle East 2025: Iran's war, repression, and unknown future
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Cambodia says Thai fighter jets bomb its border village
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Blast at mosque in C. Syria's Homs kills 5, wounds 21
At least five people were killed and 21 others wounded in an explosion at a mosque in the Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood of Homs, a city in central Syria, during Friday prayers, Syrian health authorities said.
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CPC delegation visits Cambodia, Laos
At the invitation of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), Xie Chuntao, vice president of the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee (National Academy of Governance), led a CPC delegation
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14 injured in stabbing, liquid spray in Japan factory
At least 14 were injured in a stabbing and an unspecified liquid spray attack in a factory in central Japan, local reports said on Friday.
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Explosion reported inside mosque in Syria's Homs province
An explosion occurred inside a mosque in the Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood of Syria's central Homs province on Friday, according to preliminary information.
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Malaysia's Najib guilty on all 21 counts of money laundering: judge
Malaysia's Najib guilty on all 21 counts of money laundering: judge
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Saudi warplanes strike STC sites in Yemen's Hadramout
Saudi warplanes on Friday carried out airstrikes on military sites affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen's southeastern oil-rich province of Hadramout, a local security official told Xinhua.
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Wife of S. Korea's ex-president Yoon indicted on charge of receiving bribes for influence peddling
Kim Keon-hee, wife of former impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol, was indicted on charge of receiving bribes for influence peddling related to personnel appointments, the special counsel team said Friday.
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Top DPRK leader stresses need to expand missile production capacity
Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), visited major munitions industry enterprises and emphasized the need to enhance overall production capacity to meet the future requirements in the operation of the missile and artillery forces, the official Korean
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Chinese-built modern railway opens to traffic in Georgia
A China-built modern railway was put into operation on Wednesday in Georgia, a key transit country for cargo and passenger transport between Asia and Europe.
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Japanese protesters rally against ruling coalition's plan to ease arms export
Japanese protesters held a rally on Thursday afternoon in front of the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo, voicing strong opposition to a plan by the ruling coalition to relax restrictions on exports of weapons significantly.
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S. Korean special counsel seeks 10-year prison term for ex-president Yoon on arrest obstruction charge: media
A South Korean special counsel sought a 10-year prison sentence for former impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol on charges including obstructing attempts to arrest him, multiple local media said Friday.
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Japan gov't adopts record 122.3 trln yen draft budget for fiscal 2026
Japan's draft defense budget was set at a record 9.04 trillion yen (about 58 billion U.S. dollars) for fiscal 2026, local media reported Friday.
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South African police continue arrests after mass shooting at a pub
Police in South Africa on Wednesday said they had arrested 11 people, including many suspected of being illegal miners, and were seeking a potential connection to Sunday's shooting at a pub that killed 10 people.
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In pics: houses demolished by Israeli forces in village of Al-Khader in West Bank
In pics: houses demolished by Israeli forces in village of Al-Khader in West Bank
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