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- Energy industry, India, Japan, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, US-Israel war on Iran
How the Iran war has sent shocks rippling across the globe
From restaurant closures in the Philippines and petrol rationing in Sri Lanka, to Asian food production crises…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Cyril Ramaphosa, Hezbollah, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ ju…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Cyril Ramaphosa, Hezbollah, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ ju…
- Africa, Americas, Art and design, Colombia, Cuba, Culture, Global development, India, Middle East and North Africa, Morocco, Photography, South Africa, South and Central Asia, Uganda, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women behind the lens: six of our most striking images from 2025
A few of our favourite photographs taken by women from the global south and capturing moments of everyday life…
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Japan PM fails to achieve breakthrough in row with China – but polling shows public backs her
Sanae Takaichi gets no meeting with Chinese premier Li Qiang at the G20 in Johannesburg after her comments abo…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, International law, Israel, Israel-Gaza war, Law, Malaysia, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, South Africa, United Nations, World news
World must deny Israel ‘tools of genocide’, says growing alliance of activist states
New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isola…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Drugs, Drugs trade, Global development, Global health, Opioids, Society, South Africa, South and Central Asia, World news
How to escape the ‘heroin hustle’: the project helping South African addicts
Heroin use has risen sharply across the country but in Pretoria, a programme of methadone and support is succe…
- Belarus, Crimea, Israel, Israel-Gaza war, Military, Second world war, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, US military
‘You can’t fight your way to peace’: from a 20-year-old Israeli to a 99-year-old Briton, eight conscientious objectors on why they refused to serve in the army
Military service for 18-year-olds is a key Tory election pledge in the UK. But in countries with conscription,…
- Brics, China, Gaza, Israel-Hamas war, Middle East and North Africa, Russia, South Africa, United Nations, US news, Vladimir Putin
US has wrecked chances of peace in Middle East, Putin tells Brics summit
Russian president blames US for Gaza conflict as he attempts to woo global south Israel-Hamas war – live updat…
- Americas, Asia Pacific, Brazil, Brics, Business, China, India, Russia, South Africa, South and Central Asia, World news
The Guardian view on Brics: demand for membership is a symptom of global disorder | Editorial
As the world grows more fractured, developing countries are looking for new coalitions to stay out of a possib…
- Africa, Americas, Argentina, Asia Pacific, Brazil, Brics, China, Cyril Ramaphosa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Europe, India, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South and Central Asia, United Arab Emirates, World news, Xi Jinping
Brics to admit six new countries to bloc including Iran and Saudi Arabia
Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt and UAE also to join club of large emerging economies in major expansionThe five Br…
- Brazil, Brics, China, Cyril Ramaphosa, India, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Narendra Modi, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, World news, Xi Jinping
Putin defends invasion of Ukraine in Brics summit address
Russian president seeks to rally leaders meeting in South Africa to Moscow’s side by blaming westRussia-Ukrain…
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Rumours swirl after Xi Jinping fails to give key Brics speech
Xi was due to address high profile forum in South Africa, but instead his speech was read out by his commerce …
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Brazil, Brics, Business, China, Europe, India, Russia, South Africa, South and Central Asia, World news
Brics group looks to expand at summit despite divisions among key members
Experts say India concerned about expansion and any overt anti-west turn as leaders fly into South AfricaLeade…
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UN expected to endorse demand for Russia to leave Ukraine
Global south countries including China, South Africa and India expected to abstainThe 193-strong UN general as…