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China, India ramp up rhetoric in border row

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Beijing and New Delhi doubled down on their rhetoric over border tensions on Wednesday. China and India held the 13th round of talks in an effort to settle the conflict, but failed to come to a compromise.
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Taliban blasts west for keeping mum on Afghanistan dire situation

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The Taliban warns Afghanistan is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. Meanwhile, representatives of the new rulers of Afghanistan, attending talks with the EU and US officials in Doha, say the west is keeping silent over the Taliban request to unfreeze Afghan assets.
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Iran, China topping agenda of Blinken talks with Israel, UAE FMs

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Iran’s nuclear programme and China will be at the top of the agenda of a trilateral meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts from Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Russia: Deliberate attempts escalating tension in Asia

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The Russian foreign minister says deliberate attempts are being made to escalate the security situation in Asia. Sergey Lavrov attributes this to the military blocs seeking ‘the logic of the cold war and policy of containment.’
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North Korea’s Un vows to build ‘invincible’ army

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to build an “invincible” military. He has also blasted hostile U.S. policies toward Pyongyang as well as its joint war games with neighboring South.
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Turks believe Erdogan party to fall from power in next vote

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Nearly 54 percent of voters in Turkey believe that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will lose office in the general elections of 2023, a recent survey by private pollster Metropoll revealed.
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Taliban to hold talks with EU-US envoys in Doha

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Taliban representatives are to hold joint talks with EU and US officials on Tuesday in Doha, the bloc has confirmed. The new Afghanistan rulers, seeking international recognition and support, have recently held negotiations with US representatives.
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China says conducted beach landing drills amid tension with Taiwan

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China's military announced it has carried out beach landing and assault drills in a province directly across the sea from Taiwan amid heightening tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island.
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China, India talks to ease border tensions fail

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Talks between Chinese and Indian army commanders to defuse border tensions ended in a stalemate and failed to ease months-long standoff which has sometimes led to deadly clashes, the two sides announced.
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Hezbollah chief: Daesh aims to ignite civil war in Afghanistan

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The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah says the Daesh terror outfit aims to stoke tensions and plunge Afghanistan into a civil war. The comment comes days after dozens were killed and wounded in a Daesh-claimed attack on a mosque in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz.
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Ex-Pentagon software chief: US has lost AI battle to China

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Pentagon’s former software chief has admitted China is heading for global dominance and ‘and control of everything’ because of its advances in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning as well as cyber capabilities.
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China condemns ex-Australian PM visit to Taiwan

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China has lodged solemn representations with Canberra over former Australian Prime Minister's visit to Taiwan. Beijing has advised Australia to abandon the ‘Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice’.
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China denounces Taiwan chief’s ‘anti-Beijing’ comments

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China has slammed remarks by Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen during ‘national day’ speech. She said the island will not bow to pressure from Beijing and will continue to bolster its defense capability.
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Taliban says U.S. not to recognize them as Afghan rulers

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Following the recent face-to-face talks with the US officials in Qatar, the Taliban has announced Washington will not formally recognize them as the new Afghanistan rulers.
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Taiwan says won’t ‘bow to China’s pressure’

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Taiwan chief executive says Taipei hopes for easing tension with Beijing, but would not bow to its pressure. China’s President Xi Jinping has promised peaceful reunification with the self-governed island.
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Taliban urges U.S. to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets

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The Taliban has called on the United States to unfreeze Afghanistan foreign assets. The request was made during the negotiations between the Taliban and the U.S. in Qatar on Saturday. This was the first direct talks between the Taliban and Washington since American troops evacuated Afghanistan in August.
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Larijani: Iran Should Be Vigilant About Taliban, Afghanistan

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Former Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has called for “deeper vigilance” in the country’s diplomacy toward Afghanistan and the Taliban.
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Taliban rules out cooperation with U.S. against Daesh

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The Taliban has announced they will not work with the Unites States to fight against Daesh in Afghanistan. This as the terror group claimed responsibility for the Friday's deadly attack on a mosque in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz which killed and wounded dozens of worshippers.
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China’s Xi: Taiwan independence a dead end

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China’s President Xi Jinping has warned "Taiwan independence" drive goes against the trend of history and will lead to a dead end. Beijing considers the island as part of the People’s Republic of China.
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Beijing: CIA China center shows cold-war mentality

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The China Mission Center launched by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reflects US Cold-War mentality, Beijing says. The CIA has announced the formation of a new China Mission Center which will focus solely on Beijing.
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China invited to Russia-sponsored Afghanistan meeting

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Beijing has received an invitation to attend the Moscow summit on Afghanistan, China has confirmed. Earlier, Russia has invited the Taliban representatives to the international forum, scheduled for October 20.
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China calls U.S. to provide details of nuclear submarine incident

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China says Washington must release the details of the recent incident in the South China Sea involving a U.S. nuclear submarine. Reports say the US submarine collided with an unknown object off the sea.
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U.S. delegation to meet with Taliban in Qatar

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A U.S. delegation will meet with the Taliban representatives in Qatar this weekend. It’s the first face-to-face meeting between the two since the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in late August.
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Daesh claims responsibility for fatal blast at Afghan Mosque

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Daesh terror group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz Province on Friday. The explosion has killed and wounded tens of civilians.
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U.S. nuclear submarine collides object in South China Sea

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A nuclear powered U.S. submarine has struck an unknown underwater object in the South China Sea, according to the military. Several sailors were hurt in the incident.
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