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India test-fires first fully indigenous AK-203 rifle at Korwa plant
Every component and raw material for the Russian-designed rifle can now be sourced within India, ahead of an order for more than 600,000 units.
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Indian frigate INS Udaygiri makes port call in Colombo
The 149m frigate docked at the Port of Colombo on Tuesday, the same day Rajnath Singh began the first Indian Defence Minister visit in 38 years.
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Trump threatens to bar Bombardier from US market unless it builds there
The US president told the Canadian planemaker to move manufacturing or lose access, hours before Canada's retaliatory tariffs on $20bn of US goods take effect.
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UK announces import ban on West Bank settlement goods in policy 'reset'
UK bans imports of West Bank settlement goods. Foreign Secretary Miliband calls occupation unlawful in policy reset.
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Oil extends gains after US and Iran trade tanker strikes in Hormuz
Brent rose above $97 after the US struck three Iranian tankers and the IRGC said it hit three tankers and three US vessels. Brent gained 7.8% last week.
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Thailand ends visa-free entry for Sri Lankan passport holders from September 15
Sri Lankans must obtain an e-Visa before travelling to Thailand from September 15, under measures gazetted in Bangkok on August 31.
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Anak Krakatau eruption grounds 209 flights at Jakarta airport
Volcanic ash from the Indonesian volcano halted operations at Soekarno-Hatta airport, closed schools and stopped fishing fleets.
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At least 25 killed, most of them schoolchildren, in Cape Verde bus crash
A bus returning from an annual outing to the Pico do Fogo crater plunged into a ravine on Cape Verde's Fogo island, killing 25 people including its driver.
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US military calls Iran's claim of a strike on an unmanned vessel 'a total lie'
CENTCOM says it has redirected 92 commercial ships under its blockade of Iran, after Tehran claimed it hit an unmanned US vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Students feared trapped after six-storey hostel collapses in Delhi
A 75-bed paying guest building near Delhi University's South campus came down on Sunday afternoon, with rescuers and residents digging through the rubble.
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Iran pledges economic reforms and warns of 'more painful' response to further attacks
Parliament Speaker Qalibaf says any new attack will draw a faster, heavier response, as Tehran calls livelihoods its main battle alongside the military front.
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Indian agency breaks drug ring that was shipping hashish oil to Sri Lanka by sea
India's Narcotics Control Bureau seized 77kg of hashish oil bound for Sri Lanka and arrested five people, including a Sri Lankan refugee.
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Sri Lankan held in Indonesia with 101 birds packed in a suitcase
Quarantine officers at Jakarta's main airport found 101 birds in 15 boxes inside a suitcase, including two protected species.
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USS Abraham Lincoln leaves Thailand after first port call in nine months at sea
The carrier's 5,000-strong crew spent five days at Pattaya following a long Middle East deployment and reports of food shortages and broken plumbing on board.
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Five EU states aim to sign migrant 'return hub' deals with third countries this year
Germany, Austria, Greece, Denmark and the Netherlands agreed steps toward deals to send migrants without legal residency outside the EU. Rights groups object.
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Iranian tanker hit by US missiles near Kharg Island, Tasnim reports
Iran's Tasnim agency says four US missiles struck a tanker at the anchorage off Kharg Island, the country's main crude export hub. No casualties reported.
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One dead and 11 missing after Typhoon Saudel rains trigger Jiangxi mudslide
Typhoon Saudel mudslide hits Gaoping Town, Suichuan County at 4 a.m. Saturday, damaging 12 houses. Over 10 people trapped.
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Chinese national pulled alive from Nepal hydropower tunnel, third survivor in two days
The Nepali army says the man was rescued from the same Trishuli River tunnel where two Nepalis were brought out alive a day earlier, 10 days after the flood.
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UN votes 164-1 to drop the Mercator map for one that shows Africa's true size
The 'Correct the Map' resolution passed with only the United States opposed, backing the Equal Earth projection over Mercator.
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US envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Moscow for Ukraine talks
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow to meet Putin, as the Kremlin ordered a three-day pause on strikes against Kyiv.
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US strikes three Iranian tankers after saying Iran fired missiles at two of its warships
Centcom says it disabled two crude carriers and destroyed a third after ballistic missiles were launched at a US aircraft carrier and a destroyer.
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India-funded model village hands over 24 homes in Polonnaruwa
'Suhada Gama' model village, the 21st of 25 Indian-funded homes for low-income families in Polonnaruwa, officially opened with 24 housing units.
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Nepal to rebuild early-warning system on China border after glacial flood
Seismic sensors, cameras and satellite link being installed in Rasuwa where glacial flood began. Previous network was swept away and unmonitored.
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Saudi Arabia blames Iran for tanker attack that killed two Filipino sailors
The Sidr was hit north of Oman's Musandam Peninsula. Riyadh and Doha have condemned the attack; Iran says two tankers hit mines on an unauthorised route.