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The Navigator—latest issue out now! This month • Europe-Taliban talks raise difficult questions about values and pragmatism • Climate shocks, inflation and AI competition reshape Indo-Pacific resilience Stay ahead with our regional roundup Read here: buff.ly/23AvzlZ

Pacific women MPs share the push for more representation in parliaments buff.ly/f11RzSy

Japan, US confirm joint yen-buying intervention, signal more action buff.ly/FuZX2PL

New MoU to Expand VMF-PNG Defence Force Cooperation buff.ly/OnYLgbb

Why Taiwan’s idyllic eastern outlying islands are increasingly crucial in its defence calculus buff.ly/w24Et3c

Cook Islands election: ‘The political party system is facing extinction’ buff.ly/ZBle2ij

Prabowo draws flak over Iran nuclear remarks, North Korea mediation claim buff.ly/a1A5xKG

Aung San Suu Kyi appears healthy in first confirmed outside contact for 2.5 years buff.ly/G3RbDwn

Pakistan deploys large number of Chinese SH-15 guns along India border buff.ly/edN4QS3

Japan and US confirm rare joint intervention to prop up yen buff.ly/MCzSjNw US President Donald Trump says helping to bolster the Japanese currency is a sign of friendship.

Malaysia keeps voting for change. Is Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan running out of time to deliver? buff.ly/X4KTWiM

India-China border trade resumes after 6 years; first batch of 16 traders flagged off for Tibet buff.ly/1joRRDX

'Ceases to be a nuclear power': The high-stakes deal the new UK PM inherits buff.ly/yGivs43

Timor Leste army builds all-women unit buff.ly/oIgGbUe

A global threat for millennia: experts warn Australia’s nuclear submarine legacy will be weapons-usable uranium cache buff.ly/2bZL62g

At least 14 killed in suicide attack at police station in northern Pakistan buff.ly/nvidaSZ

How crypto miners are stealing power in Southeast Asia buff.ly/0DDInvD Across Southeast Asia, illegal cryptocurrency miners are stealing vast amounts of electricity, straining national grids, and exposing links to organized crime.

Thai PM Anutin apologises to Russians, orders tighter security after five Chonburi killings buff.ly/qzNCEK5

South Korea records its highest-ever temperature of 42.5°C buff.ly/UoGxqXm Much of the country has been placed under heat warnings, with many cities seeing temperatures climb into the high 30s.

Indonesia urged to play more active role in global climate diplomacy buff.ly/MYscYJ7

Naoero returns: Pacific nation reclaims its ancestral name buff.ly/JgLyjjg