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Pakistan: PTI Goes Ahead With March on Islamabad After 11 Hours of Talks With Government End in Deadlock
Imran Khan’s party is set to begin a five-day march towards Islamabad from Lakki Marwat on Sunday after overnight talks with the government ended without a deal. The government says the march will not be allowed into the capital.
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India Summons Pakistan’s Top Diplomat Over ‘Facilitation’ of Infiltration After BSF Shooting in Punjab; Islamabad Says Two Civilians Were Killed
India summoned Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires Saad Warraich over cross-border infiltration after the BSF shot two men on the Punjab border. Pakistan, which summoned India’s envoy first, says the dead were unarmed civilians.
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Asia Briefing, 4 October: PTI Marches on Islamabad, Taiwan Gets Its First F-16Vs, Vietnam Grows 9.95% and Indonesia Reshuffles Its Cabinet
The main stories from across Asia on Sunday, 4 October 2026: Pakistan’s opposition march, Taiwan’s first F-16V jets, Vietnam’s fastest growth in four years, Indonesia’s cabinet reshuffle, Kazakhstan’s AI pitch and more.
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President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has endorsed the voluntary AI safety accord signed at the White House and suggested it could form the core of an international treaty under the UN. Kazakhstan plans to bring proposals to the G20 summit in December.
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Indonesia’s Prabowo Names Career Diplomat Arrmanatha Nasir Foreign Minister, Replaces Police Chief and Revives a 26-Member Advisory Council
President Prabowo Subianto has reshuffled his cabinet, moving Sugiono out of the foreign ministry and appointing career diplomat Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir. A day later he swore in a 26-member Presidential Advisory Council.
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Taiwan Receives Its First Two F-16V Block 70 Fighter Jets From the US, Years Behind Schedule
Two new F-16V Block 70 fighters landed at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung on October 2, the first of 66 jets Taiwan ordered from the United States in 2019. More are due before the end of the year.