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Afghan farmers harvesting sap from poppies in a field in Badakhshan province. Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan more than quadrupled in 2026 despite a Taliban government ban, the United Nations said on October 29, urging that impoverished farmers need alternatives to the lucrative crop.

Afghanistan Opium Poppy Cultivation Surges

Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan more than quadrupled in 2026 despite a Taliban government ban, the United Nations said Thursday, urging that impoverished farmers needed alternatives to the lucr...

The report, Gold In An Age Of Transformation, noted that Singapore and Hong Kong have intensified their efforts to establish themselves as leading regional gold hubs.

Financial institutions eye Asian gold hubs: DBS survey

Jojo, a humanoid robot waitress serves customers at The Sicilian restaurant in Karachi.

Pakistan-built Robots Serve Taste of Future to Karachi Diners

The New York Times reported last month that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a relationship with Alice Huang, an unrelated former executive of Singapore-based company Megaspeed, who US authorities investigated and concluded was a Chinese intelligence asset.

Nvidia CEO Huang Probed If He Was Foreign Spying Target

People stand near a board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on November 6, 2026. Japanese shares plunged on November 6, after US shares tumbled overnight on worries that midterm election results could slow or derail the artificial intelligence data center investment boom.

Asia Shares Tumble After US Tech Selloff

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters. Democrats seized control of the US Congress, and the Democratic landslide will give the opposition power to block legislation, launch broad investigations into Trump's administration and thwart his judicial and senior government appointments.

Republican Loss in Midterm Elections Raises Hopes in Asia

Gold bar and coin demand dropped 19% year-on-year to 268 tons as retail investors stayed on the sidelines, while jewellery consumption fell 17% to 313 tons.

Gold Council Expects Investment Demand To Be Less This Year

Police personnel stand guard near the site of garment workers protest demanding higher minimum wages in Dhaka on November 2, 2026. Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers blocked a major highway and clashed with police on November 2, demanding a monthly minimum wage more than double current pay, as protests spread across industrial hubs.

Bangladesh Garment Sector: Economic Backbone under Pressure

Former US President Barack Obama, left, and Abdul El-Sayed, US Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, during a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Mr Abdul has urged against intimidation by what he described as a growing backlash against Indian and Muslim communities.

Republicans Risk Losing South Asian Voters Over Anti-Indian Rhetoric

Volunteers construct a stupa at Gelephu in Bhutan on November 1, 2026, as part of a project to build 108 Buddhist stupas in a single day.

Thousands Build Buddhist Monuments for Bhutan’s ‘Mindfulness’ City

The FBI said on Saturday that the North Korean state-sponsored unit known as TraderTraitor was responsible for the attack. Pyongyang has for years denied using state-linked cyber units for espionage, financial theft and revenue generation.

Binance Customers Withdraw More Than US$3 Billion after US$6.3 Billion Heist

The two biggest stablecoin issuers said they took steps to freeze their currency on the Binance exchange.

Suspected Billion-dollar Binance Hack Sends Fear Through Crypto

A water intake tower built close to a dam along the Padma river at Ujirpur, near the Bangladesh-India frontier in Bangladesh's Rajshahi division. Bangladesh is blighted by persistent water shortages.

Upcoming Ganges Water Treaty Expiry Makes Bangladesh Anxious

Antique dealer Ahsan Shakeel shows an artefact at his shop selling vintage items in Rawalpindi on October 20, 2026.

Ageing Restorers Add to Pakistan’s Antiques Sector For Now

Born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1988, Ms Kamzy moved to Norway with her family as a young child.

Tamil-origin Kamzy Gunaratnam Becomes Norway’s Transport Minister

Indonesian President Prabowo had earlier likened the country’s natural resources to blood, warning that a body could not survive if it continued to lose blood.

Indonesia Warns of Possible Review of Energy Exports to ‘Disrespecting’ Countries

The home page of the National Cyber Security Centre website, the UK technical authority for cyber threats and incident management, is displayed on a smart phone in London, Britain, October 22, 2026.

AI Exposes Critical Security Flaws in Websites Globally

AFPTV video taken on October 11, 2026 shows flood water destroying buildings along the Budhi Gandaki river, following a flash flood caused by a dry landslide, at Sallari Chumnubri in Nepal's Gorkha district on October 11, 2026.

Flash Floods Hit Nepal

The petition has more than 20,000 signatures, including celebrity chefs including Raymond Blanc, Michel Roux and Richard Corrigan.

UK’s Oldest Indian Restaurant Seeks King Charles Help To Renew Lease

Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, South African judge Navi Pillay, gestures after a press conference in Geneva on September 16, 2025. South African jurist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

South African rights champion Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize

Former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, wife of Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa (2nd from right), arrives in court after being arrested by the Bribery Commission in Colombo on October 7, 2026.

Sri Lanka’s Former First Lady Arrested in Charity Graft Probe

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