KUALA LUMPUR -- The Special ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting to assess the latest developments in the border tensions between Cambodia and Thailand has been postponed, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said here on Monday.

"It allows us to ensure that everything is properly in place," he told the media, adding that Malaysia continues to coordinate efforts and closely monitor the situation. (Malaysia-Thailand-Cambodia)

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HONG KONG -- Jimmy Lai, an instigator of anti-China riots in Hong Kong, was found guilty on Monday on two charges of conspiring to collude with external forces and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious materials.

The verdict was handed down by the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on the national security case of Lai and three companies linked to the now-defunct Apple Daily. (China-HK-Jimmy Lai-Verdict)

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ISLAMABAD -- A soldier and seven militants were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, the military said.

The operation was conducted in Kulachi area of Dera Ismail Khan district on the report of militants presence, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement. One soldier was killed during the firefight. (Pakistan-Military-Operation)

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COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's economy grew by 5.4 percent in the third quarter of 2025, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) said in a statement on Monday.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2025, at 2015 constant prices, increased to 3,325,611 million rupees (about 11 billion U.S. dollars) from 3,154,148 million rupees (about 10.5 billion dollars) from the third quarter of 2024. (Sri Lanka-Economy) Enditem