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Indonesia sets Rp4.1q 2027 budget as Prabowo govt targets growth, fiscal discipline
JAKARTA, Sept 29 — Indonesia’s House of Representatives (DPR) has approved a Rp4.106 quadrillion (RM931.5 billion) state budget for 2027, with major allocations for education, social protection and food security as the government seeks to accelerate national development while maintaining
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Tehran awaits US response as Hormuz reopening talks enter key stage
TEHRAN, Sept 29 — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he expected a formal answer on Tuesday from the United States to Tehran’s proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported. Qatari intermediaries “presented ideas, and we discussed
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‘Struggling to eat’: Survivors suffer after Indonesia quake
NAGEKEO (Indonesia), Sept 28 — Sahria Lelu and her family were still living in a tent outside a mosque six weeks after a powerful earthquake that killed dozens in Indonesia, demonstrating the hard road home for thousands of survivors. The
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US ambassador to Fox News: Trump offered to sell arms to China
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 — US President Donald Trump offered to sell arms to Beijing in response to concern over weapons sales to Taiwan, the US ambassador to China said in a Fox News interview that aired yesterday. China claims Taiwan
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Bangkok flooding shows signs of easing, but key canals still at critical levels
BANGKOK, Sept 27 — Flooding in Bangkok is showing signs of easing as rainfall subsides after a monsoon trough and low-pressure system moved away from the Thai capital. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said rainfall had eased compared with the past
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Iran refuses to budge on Hormuz demands after US rejects seven-day deal
TEHRAN, Sept 27 — Iran stood firm today on its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, despite US President Donald Trump’s rejection of the proposal that had created some optimism for breaking the Mideast war stalemate. The waterway is
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One dead, 60,000 without power as powerful storm batters US Northeast
NEW YORK, Sept 27 — Heavy rain and strong winds battered the northeastern US yesterday as an unusually powerful autumn storm intensified, leaving tens of thousands without power and US media reporting one person dead. New York, Boston and Philadelphia
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Thousands march in Madrid after 87-year-old woman evicted from lifelong home
MADRID, Sept 27 — Thousands of people marched through Madrid yesterday to protest the eviction earlier this week of an 87-year-old woman from her lifelong home, calling for greater protection for tenants. Images of Maricarmen Abascal being carried from her
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No deal: Trump rejects Iran truce proposal to reopen Hormuz
WASHINGTON, Sept 27 — AFP teams in Washington, Tehran and New York US President Donald Trump yesterday rejected a truce deal proposed by Iran that Tehran said could have reopened the Strait of Hormuz to shipping within a week. The waterway
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Iran president says supreme leader backs new plan to reopen Hormuz
TEHRAN, Sept 26 — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran’s new plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz was coordinated with supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, state media reported today, quoting an interview with US media. Pezeshkian also told broadcaster
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