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JD Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks
US vice-president to travel to Islamabad with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as deadline for current ceasefir…
- Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Pakistan seeks to raise its global standing in push for Middle East peace
Islamabad has seized chance to act as mediator in Iran war and hopes to reap diplomatic and economic benefitsM…
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Japan tsunami alerts downgraded following powerful earthquake off northern coast – as it happened
People in affected areas are still urged to evacuate after quake registering 7.7 magnitude Australian official…
- Conflict and arms, Global development, Human rights, Menstruation, Myanmar, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid
Activists say clamp down on period products to target insurgents is gender-based violence and violates rightsM…
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Fire destroys 1,000 ‘stilt’ homes in Malaysia’s Sabah, displacing thousands
Blaze struck a ‘water village’ that is home to some of Malaysia’s poorest residentsA huge fire destroyed about…
- Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, JD Vance, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, US news, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Tehran has ‘no plans to participate’ in talks with US, state media reports
Reported response comes hours after Trump announced delegation to Islamabad, having earlier threatened to raze…
- Australia news, Australian immigration and asylum, Homelessness, Housing, Nepal, New South Wales, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia, Sydney, Welfare, Western Australia
When ‘the birdman’ of St James tunnel died, Sydney commuters streamed past his body for days
Exclusive: The strange and lonely death of Bikram Lama exposes a glaring gap in homelessness services. What ho…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Culture, History, Museums, Pacific islands, Royal Navy, South Pacific, UK news, World news
‘It’s sacred to us’: register of Bounty mutineer’s descendants returns to South Pacific
Pitcairn Register details lives of ‘extraordinarily resilient’ Tahitian women enslaved during notorious mutiny…
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Inside smoky shelters, a fast-paced, illegal card game has taken off in Solomon Islands
Growing numbers in the capital Honiara are playing the street card game Pass for a chance of a big payout, whi…
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India fails to pass bill to boost women’s representation after delimitation row
Opposition accuses Narendra Modi government of using quotas as cover for redrawing electoral mapThe Indian gov…
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South Koreans breathe sighs of relief as escaped wolf is returned to zoo safely
Nine-day search for two-year-old Neukgu gripped nation and sparked safety concerns for animal and publicThe in…
- Donald Trump, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, US foreign policy, US news, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
How Pakistan’s powerful military chief became an unlikely peacemaker in Iran war
Donald Trump’s ‘favourite field marshall’ Asim Munir has been a key figure in securing the US-Iran ceasefireMi…
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Norway’s state telecoms firm accused of helping Myanmar regime seize activists
Lawsuit in Norway alleges Telenor passed on data helping Myanmar military arrest 1,200 activists, some in safe…
- Asia Pacific, Energy, Environment, Renewable energy, Solar power, South Korea, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution
Energy crisis unfolding in Middle East has added political urgency, and more funding, to transform South Korea…
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Sinlaku rips through Northern Mariana Islands as strongest tropical cyclone this year
More than 1,000 people were in shelters across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as Sinlaku moved awaySign…