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Asia-Pacific correspondent with The Associated Press. Email to drising (at) https://teapawt.net/t.co/k0tuCDAmrE. Slowly migrating to @davidrising.bsky.social

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Russian satellites help Iran's allies strike Saudi Arabia, data and officials say apnews.com/article/russia-ir…
Russian satellites help Iran's allies strike Saudi Arabia, data and officials say

Russian satellites help Iran's allies strike Saudi Arabia, data and officials say

When Iranian-backed militias attacked the pumping stations of Saudi Arabia’s most important oil pipeline last month, they apparently had help from Russian spy satellites.

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China opens a joint airfield in Laos with construction ongoing and eyes on its military role apnews.com/article/laos-chin…
China opens a joint airfield in Laos with construction ongoing and eyes on its military role

China opens a joint airfield in Laos with construction ongoing and eyes on its military role

China’s newly opened joint military airfield in Laos is Beijing’s first overseas facility focused on air power.

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Belarus says no potash left after Trump claims massive deal for fertilizer thehill.com/policy/internati…
Belarus says no potash left after Trump claims massive deal for fertilizer

Belarus says no potash left after Trump claims massive deal for fertilizer

Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Monday that there are no available volumes of fertilizer to send to the U.S. This came after President Trump announced that he was working o…

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🔴 BREAKING: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will ⁠fly to New York for the ⁠United Nations ⁠General Assembly tomorrow, the director general of public ⁠relations at the President’s Office, Habibollah Abbasi, tells ⁠the IRNA news agency.
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US businessman Adam Castillo deported from Myanmar after months in jail, state media says apnews.com/article/adam-cast…
US businessman Adam Castillo deported from Myanmar after months in jail, state media says

US businessman Adam Castillo deported from Myanmar after months in jail, state media says

Myanmar’s military-backed government has deported Adam Castillo, a U.S. businessman, after three months in jail on charges his supporters say were trumped-up.

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New US missile appears to have left wide path of death and destruction in Iranian city, report says apnews.com/article/iran-lame…
New US missile appears to have left wide path of death and destruction in Iranian city, report says

New US missile appears to have left wide path of death and destruction in Iranian city, report says

Lockheed Martin has touted the pinpoint accuracy of its Precision Strike Missile. But the conflict monitor Airwars says a close look at what is believed to be its first use in combat highlights the...

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6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent apnews.com/article/iran-us-w…
6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent

6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent

Iran’s leadership has solidified around hard-line military generals and clerics, preparing for a prolonged confrontation with the U.S. and aiming to prevent domestic unrest.

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Iran's rial currency hits new record low as US prepares to announce more sanctions apnews.com/article/iran-rial…
Trump's 'economic D-Day' threats become warnings for countries to sever financial ties with Iran

Trump's 'economic D-Day' threats become warnings for countries to sever financial ties with Iran

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran. At a news conference Monday, he also warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever...

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Iranian families struggle to afford the basics as US ratchets up economic warfare apnews.com/article/iran-econ…
Iranian families struggle to afford the basics as US ratchets up economic warfare

Iranian families struggle to afford the basics as US ratchets up economic warfare

Tehran’s grocery stores are well-stocked, but many Iranian families can barely afford the basics. Nearly six months into the war, food, medicine and everything except heavily subsidized gasoline have...

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United Arab Emirates suspends trade with Iran after coming under renewed missile fire apnews.com/article/iran-unit…
United Arab Emirates suspends trade with Iran after coming under renewed missile fire

United Arab Emirates suspends trade with Iran after coming under renewed missile fire

The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade with Iran after it said it had come under renewed fire from the country. That will further isolate the Islamic Republic.

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Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea apnews.com/article/korea-tru…
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea

Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual joint military exercises with South Korea.

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New White House Memo Calls for Foreign-Built Warships, Return to Steam Catapults on Ford Carriers news.usni.org/2026/08/13/new… via @withemes
New White House Memo Calls for Foreign-Built Warships - USNI News

New White House Memo Calls for Foreign-Built Warships - USNI News

This post has been updated with a statement from the Shipbuilders Council of America. President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to consider foreign-built warships and auxiliary vessels for the...

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Up in smoke - Myanmar torches 50 tons of meth, heroin, fentanyl etc. Wonder what the vibe is like downwind? apnews.com/article/myanmar-i…
Myanmar torches $600 million in seized heroin, meth and other drugs

Myanmar torches $600 million in seized heroin, meth and other drugs

Myanmar authorities have burned more than $600 million worth of seized illegal drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, ketamine, marijuana and opium, in nationwide events marking the U.N.’s...

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Cambodia Supreme Court upholds treason convictions of 2 journalists, raising press freedom questions apnews.com/article/cambodia-…
Cambodia Supreme Court upholds treason convictions of 2 journalists, raising press freedom questions

Cambodia Supreme Court upholds treason convictions of 2 journalists, raising press freedom questions

Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the treason convictions and 14-year prison sentences of journalists Phorn Sopheap and Pheap Pheara, who were accused of posting Facebook photos from a restricted...

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HM the King of Thailand has named a new rose variety “Queen Suthida” to honor HM the Queen on her 48th birthday anniversary. Registered as the “Royal 3” hybrid by the Dept of Agriculture, this stunning bloom stands as a symbol of auspiciousness for Thailand’s botanical heritage.
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China says Liaoning aircraft carrier completes over 40 days of drills reut.rs/3SU2WCk reut.rs/3SU2WCk
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Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician, sparking anger apnews.com/article/cambodia-…
Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician, sparking anger

Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician, sparking anger

Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the incitement conviction of prominent opposition politician Rong Chhun but suspended the remainder of his prison sentence, allowing him to remain free while...

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Former American businessman detained in Myanmar after alleged financial misconduct apnews.com/article/myanmar-a…
American businessman detained in Myanmar after alleged financial misconduct

American businessman detained in Myanmar after alleged financial misconduct

The former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar has been detained in Yangon. The organization has investigated suspicious financial transactions by ex-board members.

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A Myanmar rights group urges FIFA to drop Mytel’s World Cup rights over connections to military apnews.com/article/fifa-worl…
A Myanmar rights group urges FIFA to drop Mytel’s World Cup rights over connections to military

A Myanmar rights group urges FIFA to drop Mytel’s World Cup rights over connections to military

A Myanmar rights group is urging FIFA to revoke exclusive 2026 World Cup broadcast rights granted in Myanmar to telecom operator Mytel, saying the company is a key revenue source for the military...

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US puts up $750K to evacuate an American who was aboard hantavirus cruise ship from remote island apnews.com/article/hantaviru…
US puts up $750K to evacuate an American who was aboard hantavirus cruise ship from remote island

US puts up $750K to evacuate an American who was aboard hantavirus cruise ship from remote island

The Trump administration has put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center...

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