Brunei
A tiny, wealthy sultanate funded almost entirely by oil and gas, working quietly to diversify before that funding runs out.
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Oct- 2026 -14 OctoberCompass
Grounded Brunei flight left pilgrims on a ticking visa clock
Makkah hoteliers want up to 1,500 riyals a night for rooms the airline's vouchers won't cover, and Saudi Arabia has not suspended the overstay penalties still ticking against pilgrims' visas.
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Sep- 2026 -17 SeptemberEarth
Borneo’s fire season has become a measurable health crisis for Indonesia
The health ministry recorded 113,336 respiratory infections across seven provinces by September 9, with Pontianak's airport paralysed and the case count doubling in eight days.
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Jul- 2026 -24 JulyTech & AI
China-linked hackers merged espionage and mass malware in one loader
The TriBack Loader breached a Vietnamese hospital's imaging system, Malaysia's foreign ministry, and Honduras's congress while simultaneously infecting consumers searching for Claude AI through a fake installer.
