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- China, Donald Trump, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, United Nations, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, World news
Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks on hospital in Ukraine’s Sumy kill 10, Kyiv says
UN says most fatalities occurred during the second strike as first responders attempted to evacuate patients. …
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Taliban to be taken to international court over gender discrimination
Afghanistan would have six months to provide response before ICJ would hold hearingThe Taliban are to be taken…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Deforestation, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Water, World news
War, deforestation, flooding: in Afghanistan they are all linked
Always prone to natural disasters, the country’s plight has worsened, and not only because of the climate cris…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Human rights, Law, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Frightening’ Taliban law bans women from speaking in public
New vice and virtue restrictions offer ‘a distressing vision of Afghanistan’s future’, says UNNew Taliban laws…
- Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), China, Global development, Myanmar, South and Central Asia, United Nations, World news
China’s deadly divide-and-rule tactics in Myanmar risk shock waves across region | Simon Tisdall
Far from acting as a broker, Beijing is playing both sides in a state torn by brutality and chaosThings fall a…
- Afghanistan, Gender, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Violence against women and girls, Women, World news
The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s gender apartheid: don’t embolden the Taliban | Editorial
Women have been stripped of their freedom, dignity and livelihoods. The international community must heed thei…
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At least 26 killed in Papua New Guinea village attacks, including 16 children
UN says it is ‘horrified’ by violence in three villages in East Sepik province as it warns death toll could pa…
- Afghanistan, Global development, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Shutting Afghan women out of key UN conference to appease Taliban ‘a betrayal’
Group allegedly demanding Afghan participation in Doha meeting this month be limited to men and that women’s r…
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Guterres warns humanity on ‘knife’s edge’ as AI raises nuclear war threat
UN secretary general makes plea for nuclear states to agree on mutual pledge not to be first to use nuclear we…
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Debris from North Korean missile found in Kharkiv, say UN sanctions monitors
Report to United Nations security council says remnants of Hwasong-11 violate arms export embargo on Russian a…
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Russia vetos UN resolution to prevent nuclear arms race in space
Moscow described the security council resolution, which would have called on countries not to deploy weapons o…
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Break the cycle of debt and dependency that stunts developing countries’ growth | Letters
The Jubilee 2000 saw $130bn of debt written off, and yet we now find ourselves in a renewed global debt crisis…
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The new world disorder: how the Gaza war disrupted international relations
While the US flounders in a conflict it did not foresee, emerging powers see a chance for new voices to join t…
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Russia criticised for blocking renewal of UN monitors of North Korea
Ukraine’s foreign minister calls veto ‘guilty plea’ amid claims Pyongyang is aiding Moscow’s war against KyivR…
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Islamic State ‘recruiting from Tajikistan and other central Asian countries’
UN report reveals Islamist group which claimed Moscow attack has enlisted militants from other terror groupsVi…