Manila, July 23, 2026 (AFP) - ASEAN calls for open straits as US-Iran war casts shadow

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Foreign ministers from fuel-stressed Southeast Asia called for freedom of navigation in international straits on Thursday as they wrapped a week of meetings largely overshadowed by the US-Iran war. A joint communique issued at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathering in Manila also repeated calls for self-restraint in a Middle East conflict that has carried economic ripple effects throughout the region. Visiting US Secretary o......

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