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- [Timor-Leste Parliament Backs 2027 State Budget in General Vote](https://asiapresse.com/timor-leste-2027-state-budget/): The Timor-Leste 2027 state budget cleared its first parliamentary hurdle on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, when the National Parliament in Dili approved the proposed General State Budget law in general terms.
- [Laos Endorses Migration Action Plan to Protect Workers and Promote Safe Movement](https://asiapresse.com/laos-migration-action-plan/): The Laos migration action plan was formally endorsed in Vientiane on Tuesday, November 11, 2026, as the Lao government adopted a National Action Plan for 2026 to 2030 on migration.
- [Cambodia Launches Nationwide HPV Drive to Protect More Than 700,000 Girls](https://asiapresse.com/cambodia-hpv-vaccination-campaign/): The Cambodia HPV vaccination campaign began on November 10 in Phnom Penh, as the government launched a nationwide effort to expand protection against cervical cancer for adolescent girls across the country.
- [Brunei Hosts Regional Revenue Officials for Three Days of Talks in the Capital](https://asiapresse.com/brunei-revenue-administration-meeting/): The Brunei revenue administration meeting opened in Bandar Seri Begawan on November 10, bringing officials from across Asia to the capital for three days of talks on tax compliance, data and strategic planning.
- [Saudi Arabia Closes Case Against Sri Lankan Anojan Sivarasa After Death Sentence Is Lifted](https://asiapresse.com/sri-lanka-anojan-sivarasa-case/): The Government of Sri Lanka has welcomed the formal closure of the legal case against Sri Lankan national Anojan Sivarasa in Saudi Arabia, and the Sri Lanka Anojan Sivarasa case now ends with all previous sentences against him no longer in force.
- [Maldives Tells COP31 Climate Finance Must Come as Grants, Not Loans](https://asiapresse.com/maldives-climate-finance-appeal/): The Maldives climate finance appeal took centre stage at COP31 on Tuesday, 11 November 2026, when President Dr Mohamed Muizzu told world leaders in Antalya, Türkiye, that vulnerable island nations cannot borrow their way out of the climate crisis.
- [108 Stupas Rise in a Day at Gelephu Mindfulness City in Bhutan](https://asiapresse.com/gelephu-mindfulness-city-stupas/): On Sunday, 1 November 2026, the Gelephu Mindfulness City stupas rose along a riverbank in southern Bhutan in a single day of work that drew tens of thousands of volunteers to the site of a planned new city near the border with India.
- [US Lawmakers Ask Trump Administration to Halt Deportation of Afghans to Pakistan](https://asiapresse.com/afghanistan-deportation-flights-face-opposition/): A group of 66 lawmakers in the United States has asked the administration of President Donald Trump to stop a planned mass deportation of Afghans, and Afghanistan deportation flights face opposition well beyond Congress, from refugee groups that say the people concerned could be killed if they are sent back.
- [North Korea Publishes Revised Constitution Treating South Korea as a Separate State](https://asiapresse.com/north-korea-revised-constitution/): North Korea released the full text of its revised basic law on Wednesday, and the document at the center of the news is the North Korea revised constitution.
- [Remittances to Uzbekistan Rise 8.9 Percent to $15.17 Billion in Nine Months](https://asiapresse.com/uzbekistan-remittance-inflows-keep-rising/): Money sent home by Uzbek workers abroad remains one of the largest forces in the national economy, and new central bank figures published on 11 November 2026 show that Uzbekistan remittance inflows keep rising, reaching $15.17 billion in the first nine months of the year.
- [Turkmenistan Signs $4.17 Million Solar Deal for Remote Villages at COP31](https://asiapresse.com/turkmenistan-solar-energy-transition-project/): Turkmenistan took a concrete step toward cleaner power on Tuesday 11 November 2026, when its government and the United Nations Development Programme signed a new Turkmenistan solar energy transition project on the sidelines of the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye.
- [UN Member States Urge Tajikistan to End Repression and Free Detained Journalists](https://asiapresse.com/tajikistan-faces-un-rights-review/): Tajikistan faces UN rights review pressure after United Nations member states used a peer review session in Geneva on November 5, 2026, to call for urgent action on human rights.
- [Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov Files to Seek a Second Term](https://asiapresse.com/japarov-seeks-second-presidential-term/): Japarov seeks second presidential term in Kyrgyzstan after filing his papers on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The electoral commission confirmed the filing.
- [Government Troops Push Into the al-Dahida Heights as the War Widens Again](https://asiapresse.com/yemen-government-al-jawf-offensive/): The Yemen government al-Jawf offensive has pushed further into the al-Dahida mountain range in eastern al-Jawf province, according to the armed forces of the internationally recognised government.
- [Brussels Opens a Wider Door to Damascus While Watching Moscow Closely](https://asiapresse.com/eu-syria-partnership-upgrade/): An EU Syria partnership upgrade is at the centre of a new European discussion paper seen by Reuters, as Brussels weighs a broad change in its ties with Damascus.
- [Saudi Air Defences Down Houthi Missiles and Drones Aimed at Riyadh and Mecca](https://asiapresse.com/saudi-air-defence-interceptions/): For the second day running, the skies over Saudi Arabia became a battlefield.
- [MWC26 Doha Closes With More Than 10,000 Attendees From 100 Countries](https://asiapresse.com/mwc26-doha-connectivity-summit/): Doha has wrapped up the biggest technology week in its calendar.
- [Hebron Families Return to Homes Damaged by a 10-Day Israeli Siege](https://asiapresse.com/hebron-families-return-home/): The soldiers have gone, and the cleaning up has begun.
- [Oman Unveils the Legal Framework for Its New International Financial Centre](https://asiapresse.com/international-financial-centre-oman/): Oman has laid the legal foundations of its bid to join the Gulf's financial hubs.
- [After 48 Years on the Blue Line, UN Peacekeepers Prepare to Leave Lebanon](https://asiapresse.com/unifil-withdrawal-from-lebanon/): One of the world's longest running peacekeeping missions is entering its final chapter.
- [Gulf Defence Ministers Approve a Forward Command Headquarters in Kuwait](https://asiapresse.com/gcc-forward-command-in-kuwait/): Kuwait is about to take on a bigger role in the Gulf's collective defence.
- [Yarmouk University Marks 50 Years as Prince El Hassan Urges Ethical Use of AI](https://asiapresse.com/yarmouk-university-golden-jubilee/): Yarmouk University celebrated half a century since its founding on Wednesday, as the Yarmouk University golden jubilee brought royalty, academics, alumni and students together at the Al-Kindi Auditorium in Irbid, in northern Jordan.
- [Israel's Parliament Sworn In as Eisenkot Tries to Forge a Government](https://asiapresse.com/eisenkot-tasked-with-forming-government/): With Eisenkot tasked with forming government, Israel's new parliament was sworn in on Tuesday without a coalition in place, after a deadlocked general election stripped Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his parliamentary majority but left his main rivals with no clear path to power either.
- [Iraq Parliament Orders Inquiry Into Oil Smuggling Route Through Iran](https://asiapresse.com/iraq-parliament-orders-oil-smuggling-inquiry/): Iraq parliament orders oil smuggling inquiry was the headline decision from Baghdad on Wednesday, after Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi instructed a temporary committee of senior lawmakers to examine intelligence about a route used to smuggle Iraqi oil from the fields of Kirkuk and the Kurdistan Region through Iran to Afghanistan.
- [Georgia Joins Four-Country Green Energy Corridor to European Markets](https://asiapresse.com/georgia-green-energy-corridor-agreement/): The Georgia green energy corridor agreement signed in Antalya on November 10 gives Tbilisi a formal seat in one of the region's most ambitious energy projects: a four-country plan with Azerbaijan, Turkey and Bulgaria to move renewable electricity from the South Caucasus into European markets.
- [Cyprus Leaders Agree Two New Crossings as Kokkina Waits Its Turn](https://asiapresse.com/cyprus-leaders-agree-new-crossings/): Cyprus leaders agree new crossings will open across the island's dividing line under a deal reached on Monday between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, the first concrete confidence-building step of their renewed dialogue.
- [Bahrain Crackdown on Shia Clerics Follows Iran's Wartime Attacks](https://asiapresse.com/bahrain-crackdown-on-shia-clerics/): The Bahrain crackdown on Shia clerics has become the sharpest domestic consequence of the Iran war for the smallest state in the Gulf, according to a Reuters investigation published on November 6.
- [Azerbaijan Signs Green Energy Corridor Deal With Georgia, Turkey and Bulgaria](https://asiapresse.com/azerbaijan-green-energy-corridor-deal/): Azerbaijan green energy corridor deal became the headline energy story of the COP31 summit in Antalya this week, after Azerbaijan signed an intergovernmental agreement with Georgia, Turkey and Bulgaria to build a shared route for clean electricity across the South Caucasus and into Europe.
- [Armenia Loses Its Vote in the Russian-Led CSTO Over Unpaid Dues](https://asiapresse.com/armenia-loses-csto-voting-rights/): Armenia loses CSTO voting rights under a decision confirmed in Moscow on Wednesday, after the member states of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization approved restrictions against Yerevan over membership dues that have gone unpaid since 2024.
- [India's Supreme Court Orders WhatsApp to Act Against Digital Arrest Scams](https://asiapresse.com/india-supreme-court-digital-arrest-scams-whatsapp/): India's Supreme Court has ordered WhatsApp and other platforms to submit action plans against digital arrest scams, and told the central bank to make banks compensate victims when fraud happens through their own lack of diligence.
- [Myanmar Conflict Mining Poisons Rivers Across Borders, Report Warns](https://asiapresse.com/myanmar-conflict-mining-toxic-rivers/): A Stimson Center report finds that mining for rare earths, gold, tin and antimony in Myanmar's conflict zones is funding armed groups and poisoning rivers shared with Thailand, with contamination measured up to 55 times above safety norms.
- [Nepal Pushes Mountain Climate Agenda at COP31 Opening Session](https://asiapresse.com/nepal-mountain-climate-agenda-cop31/): Nepal's foreign minister Shisir Khanal used the opening of COP31 in Antalya to demand a dedicated mountain climate programme, strict limits on warming in mountain regions, and finance that matches the risks faced by Himalayan communities.
- [Violence Erupts in Bangladesh as Hasina Supporters Stage Protests](https://asiapresse.com/bangladesh-hasina-supporters-protests/): Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets as supporters of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina staged their first organised show of force since her fall in 2024. A bus driver was killed and a police vehicle burned in a day of clashes.
- [US Extradition Case Against Quiboloy Filed in Makati Court](https://asiapresse.com/quiboloy-extradition-makati-court/): The Philippine Department of Justice has filed a US extradition request against Apollo Quiboloy in a Makati court. The Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder faces American charges of human trafficking, sex trafficking and bulk cash smuggling.
- [Thailand Cabinet Approves Noise, Heat and Water Rules for Data Centres](https://asiapresse.com/thailand-data-centre-rules-noise-water/): Thailand's cabinet has approved new rules for data centres, capping noise at 70 decibels, limiting heat around sites and requiring cooling water to be recycled. The move aims to manage the AI construction boom without scaring off investors.
- [Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Back in Jail After Hospital Eye Treatment](https://asiapresse.com/imran-khan-hospital-treatment-adiala-jail/): Imran Khan was taken from Adiala jail to a hospital in Islamabad late on Tuesday for eye treatment, including his sixth anti-VEGF injection, and returned to his cell in the early hours. His lawyers say his health has worsened in detention.
- [Indonesia's Vice President Gibran Offers to Resign Amid Eligibility Dispute](https://asiapresse.com/indonesia-vice-president-gibran-resignation/): Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has told President Prabowo Subianto he is ready to resign, after court rulings cast doubt on the school documents behind his 2024 candidacy. Lawmakers are now considering an inquiry into his eligibility.
- [Kazakhstan Opens New Railway to Relieve Congested Border Crossing](https://asiapresse.com/kazakhstan-uzbekistan-darbaza-maktaaral-railway-freight/): Kazakhstan has opened the Darbaza-Maktaaral freight railway to Uzbekistan, a 128 km line that relieves the congested Saryagash border crossing and can carry up to 20 million tonnes a year.
- [ADNOC Confirms Strike on Tanker in UAE's Territorial Waters](https://asiapresse.com/adnoc-vessel-attacked-uae-territorial-waters/): ADNOC has confirmed that one of its tankers was damaged in a strike inside the United Arab Emirates' territorial waters, in the latest attack on shipping near the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Iran Designates Argentina's Navy and Air Force as Terrorist Organizations](https://asiapresse.com/iran-designates-argentina-navy-air-force-terrorist-organizations/): Tehran has designated Argentina's navy and air force as terrorist organizations, a reciprocal move that deepens a decades-old dispute rooted in the 1994 AMIA bombing.
- [China's Singles Day Shopping Festival Puts AI Selling Power to the Test](https://asiapresse.com/china-singles-day-2026-ai-shopping-sales/): Singles Day 2026 has become the great test of artificial intelligence in Chinese retail, as platforms use AI chatbots, virtual try-ons and smart assistants to revive cautious spending.
- [Taiwan Appoints Acer Founder as APEC Envoy, Calls for Written Guarantees from China](https://asiapresse.com/taiwan-apec-envoy-stan-shih-shenzhen-summit/): Taiwan has named Acer founder Stan Shih as its APEC envoy and is demanding written guarantees from China that its delegation can take part in next week's summit on equal terms.
- [South Korea Holds Task Force Meeting on Rights of 168,000 Overseas Adoptees](https://asiapresse.com/south-korea-overseas-adoptees-rights-task-force/): Seoul has convened a high-level task force to turn apologies into action for around 168,000 Koreans adopted overseas, from restoring nationality to helping them find their birth families.
- [Japan to Delve Into Acquiring Nuclear Submarines in Security Review](https://asiapresse.com/japan-nuclear-powered-submarines-security-review/): Japan is set to study the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines in its security review, a historic shift driven by China's maritime expansion and regional changes.
- [World Leaders Address COP31 as Turkey Pushes for New Climate Deal](https://asiapresse.com/cop31-antalya-leaders-summit-climate-deal/): World leaders gather in Antalya for the COP31 summit, where Turkey is pushing a new climate deal built around a sharp rise in the global share of electricity.
- [Turkey Steel Factory Explosion Near Izmir Kills at Least 17 Workers](https://asiapresse.com/turkey-steel-factory-explosion/): A Turkey steel factory explosion at the Habas plant in Aliaga has killed at least 17 workers and injured 12 others after a crane collapsed into a furnace during maintenance work on Monday.
- [Nepal Home Minister Sudan Gurung Resigns in Second Cabinet Exit in a Month](https://asiapresse.com/sudan-gurung-resignation/): The Sudan Gurung resignation makes him the second minister to leave Nepal's month-old government, after questions were raised about his investments and other matters.
- [Malaysia Court Clears the Way for Najib Razak to Begin House Arrest](https://asiapresse.com/najib-razak-house-arrest/): Malaysia's High Court has ruled that the Najib Razak house arrest can start with immediate effect, ending days of legal standoff over the royal pardon granted to the jailed former prime minister.
- [Pakistan's Remittances Jump 13.8% to $3.89 Billion in October](https://asiapresse.com/pakistan-remittances-rise-to-3-89-billion/): Workers' remittances to Pakistan rose 13.8% year on year to $3.89 billion in October, prompting the central bank to raise its full year projection to $45 billion.
- [Bangladesh's Prime Minister Heads to Antalya to Press the Climate Justice Case at COP31](https://asiapresse.com/bangladesh-climate-justice-at-cop31/): Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has flown to Antalya for the COP31 leaders' summit, where Bangladesh will press its case on climate justice, adaptation finance and loss and damage.
- [Three Million Singaporeans to Receive Final Assurance Package Payout in December](https://asiapresse.com/singapore-assurance-package-payout-in-december/): About three million adult Singaporeans will receive between S$100 and S$250 from 8 December, in the final cash payout of the enhanced Assurance Package.
- [Vietnam and Japan Seal Over $272 Million in University and Power Deals](https://asiapresse.com/vietnam-japan-deals-worth-272-million/): Vietnam and Japan have exchanged cooperation documents in Tokyo covering more than $272.4 million in financing for a joint university and the O Mon 3 power plant.
- [Indonesia to Name 19 New National Heroes for Heroes' Day](https://asiapresse.com/indonesia-names-19-new-national-heroes/): Indonesia will confer the title of National Hero on 19 figures for Heroes' Day, in a list that honours a famously incorruptible police chief and a founding era prime minister.
- [Punjab's Diwali Farm Fires Spike as Delhi's Air Stays Very Poor](https://asiapresse.com/punjab-farm-fires-and-delhi-air-pollution/): Punjab recorded 1,152 crop residue fires on Diwali day, the season's biggest single day jump, while Delhi's air quality stayed in the very poor category.
- [Thai Airways Says 60,529 Passenger Bookings Were Exposed in Amadeus Breach](https://asiapresse.com/thai-airways-amadeus-data-breach/): Thai Airways has disclosed that about 60,529 passenger bookings were compromised in intrusions at its reservations provider Amadeus, in a breach affecting several major Asian airlines.
- [Trump declares the Iran war "militarily effectively over" as Tehran holds to its demands](https://asiapresse.com/trump-says-iran-war-is-effectively-over/): Donald Trump says the war with Iran is militarily effectively over, but the naval blockade continues, no deal is signed, and Tehran is holding to its conditions for nuclear talks.
- [Tokayev tells language congress that Kazakh now leads in classrooms, books and film](https://asiapresse.com/kazakh-language-now-leads-in-kazakhstan/): President Tokayev told the Qazaq Tili congress in Astana that Kazakh now dominates schooling, publishing and cinema, citing figures on films, pupils and books.
- [Hong Kong's monetary authority moves to unlock bank financing for the Northern Metropolis](https://asiapresse.com/hong-kong-northern-metropolis-bank-financing/): The HKMA is proposing capital rule changes that would let banks finance Northern Metropolis institutions more easily, as the Education Bureau briefed lenders on the University Town project.
- [Takaichi uses a French-hosted meeting to push global cooperation on AI security](https://asiapresse.com/japan-pushes-global-ai-security-cooperation/): Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a French-hosted online meeting that frontier AI creates cross-border security risks, and set out Japan's aim of hosting an international AI summit.
- [Seoul approves pushing its anti-piracy naval mission toward the Strait of Hormuz](https://asiapresse.com/south-korea-anti-piracy-mission-near-hormuz/): South Korea's cabinet has approved widening the Cheonghae naval unit's operating area from the Gulf of Aden toward the waters south of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Taipei says China's carrier group is practising to shut foreign forces out of the Western Pacific](https://asiapresse.com/china-carrier-group-area-denial-drills/): Taiwan's defence minister told parliament that Chinese naval forces, led by the Liaoning carrier group, are rehearsing area denial operations in the Western Pacific.
- [China's trade surplus passes $1 trillion as AI hardware fuels an October export surge](https://asiapresse.com/china-trade-surplus-passes-1-trillion/): China's cumulative trade surplus for the first ten months of 2026 has passed one trillion dollars, powered by booming global demand for chips and AI equipment.
- [Philippine Growth Slows to 2.1%, Its Weakest Pace Since the Pandemic](https://asiapresse.com/philippine-economic-growth-slows-to-2-1-percent/): Philippine economic growth eased to 2.1% in the third quarter, its weakest pace since the pandemic, as storms hit farm output and households tightened spending.
- [Ulaanbaatar's ruling party agrees a matched budget cut that holds the 2027 deficit at 2 percent of GDP](https://asiapresse.com/mongolia-2027-budget-deficit-at-2-percent/): Mongolia's ruling party has agreed to trim 2 trillion tugriks from both spending and revenue in the 2027 budget, keeping the planned deficit at 2 percent of GDP.

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