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Hamas conflict will heighten vigilance in Seoul

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NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA

These include border surveillance, human intelligence and Pyongyang-Hamas links. Joint live-fire exercises with US forces on October 25-27 were billed as targeting “large-scale…

Sudan aid response faces capacity challenges

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SUDAN

Collectively, participants pledged some USD2.2bn in humanitarian assistance for Sudan, against an appeal for USD4.1bn from aid agencies.

US SEC expects challenges to climate disclosure rules

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US

The SEC is one of several independent federal agencies being targeted by conservative legal activists seeking to shrink federal government powers and undermine the Biden…

Ecuador’s security crisis will deepen

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ECUADOR

The army now has a central role in combating crime groups, 22 of which have been categorised as terrorist organisations. The move has been widely welcomed, but militarisation…

Chad may face humanitarian crisis from Sudan conflict

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CHAD

Many are fleeing ethnically targeted violence conducted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and affiliated militias. The UN estimates that the number of refugees could reach 600,000…

Gaza war will upset Jordan’s cautious Israel balance

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JORDAN

He reiterated the urgency of the two-state solution and pressed for humanitarian aid corridors. Even before the October 7 outbreak of the Gaza conflict, the Israeli-Palestinian…

UNRWA row fallout could devastate Gaza Palestinians

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PALESTINIANS

Also yesterday, the head of the Saudi humanitarian agency emphasised that some countries’ decisions to halt UNRWA funding risked “aiding” the deaths of Gaza civilians. Some 1.9…

Prigozhin’s failed mutiny will weaken Putin

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RUSSIA

Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin sought the ouster of the defence minister and army chief; there was a threat of fighting in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin initially threatened…

AI will alter US digital ad industry

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UNITED STATES

This segment of the advertising industry faces formidable challenges, from growing privacy-related impediments to targeted advertising to the emergence of ad networks run by…

Severity of Israel’s downturn hinges on conflict moves

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ISRAEL

Israel’s war with Hamas is taking a growing toll on the economy mainly due to labour shortages. The economy has recovered quickly from previous short wars, but this conflict…