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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite a warning from China, as tensions between the two superpowers continue to soar. The prospect of Pelosi going to Taipei, which would be the highest-profile visit by an elected US official in 25 years, has triggered increasingly bellicose warnings from Beijing that have set the region on edge. IMAGES
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite a warning from China, as tensions between the two superpowers continue to soar. The prospect of Pelosi going to Taipei, which would be the highest-profile visit by an elected US official in 25 years, has triggered increasingly bellicose warnings from Beijing that have set the region on edge. IMAGES
Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's second son visits a Bangkok temple during his surprise first trip back to the kingdom in more than two decades. Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse, 42, has spent most of his life abroad following his parent's divorce in the 1990s. IMAGES
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Alen Simonyan, Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia, giving a media statement at the parliament of Armenia. Pelosi arrived in Yerevan as the country faces violent clashes on its border with Azerbaijan. COMPLETES 32JL8XD IMAGES
The United States says that China's launch of nine ballistic missiles around Taiwan is an overraction to the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. "China has chosen to overreact and use the speaker's visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait," says US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby. SOUNDBITE
A plane carrying US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaves Taiwan as she continues her Asia tour. Pelosi became the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years. IMAGES