East Timor may take years to get full ASEAN membership

The regional group has agreed “in principle” to admit East Timor

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Reform progress will buoy Somalia’s economic outlook

New President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's economic policy has been surprisingly effective

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Trade connections between landlocked Sahelian countries and coastal West African ones have been growing

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent prices soaring, unleashing a cost-of-living crisis across Central Europe

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Fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has major implications for Rohingya in Bangladeshi refugee camps

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The new-generation stealth bomber, the Northrop Grumman B-21, has been unveiled

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Turkey has developed an indigenous defence sector to create strategic autonomy, but it remains reliant on Western inputs

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Washington is having mixed success with efforts to maintain strong ties with its two treaty allies in South-east Asia

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The Council of the EU has adopted new legislation to strengthen cyber resilience across the bloc

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Despite economic problems and surging emigration, the united opposition will make only modest gains in local elections

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