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As pockets of war multiply across region so does the risk that conflict becomes more contagious and intractableOn Thursday morning the Iranian news website Entekhab ran, without irony, the headline: “Taliban call on Pakistan and Iran to show restraint …
Read MoreLeaders of charities and NGOs respond to Suella Braverman’s recent comments attacking the refugee convention in the USWar and persecution are driving record numbers of people, including women and girls, to flee their homes. Most remain in their home co…
Read MoreExperts say social support, honesty and generosity key to wellbeing, as Afghanistan and Lebanon struggle in global ranking Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row, in an annual UN-sponsored index that ranked Afgh…
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Read MoreDocumentary-maker who captured East Timor atrocities on film and left behind his earlier career as a Blue Peter presenterThe documentary-maker Max Stahl, who has died of throat cancer aged 66, exposed the atrocities of the Indonesian government in East…
Read MoreThe photographs of Marilyn Stafford, who has died aged 97, set an example for female photographers across the world. Her pictures – many of which lay undiscovered for years – covered fashion on the streets of Paris to the Algerian war of independence, …
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Read MoreRights groups warn that children across the world are being pushed into abusive situations, from early marriage to child labour Across the world 800 million children are still not fully back in school, Unicef is warning, with many at risk of never retu…
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Read MoreDemonstrations held in Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestinian territories and AfghanistanTens of thousands of Muslims in Pakistan, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and elsewhere joined protests on Friday over the French president Emmanuel Macron’s vow to p…
Read MoreIndia extends Covid-19 lockdown but eases many restrictions; South Africa reports highest daily new cases; World Health Assembly to beginCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUnemployment in the United States could peak at 25% as …
Read MoreChina shuts its borders to foreign visitors, and Russia closes all bars and restaurantsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Spanish government has defended its response to the coronavirus pandemic as the death rate in the cou…
Read MoreThe businessman should have been kept in jail, prosecutors claim, because he had ‘financial power and foreign bases’Carlos Ghosn should have been kept in jail because his network of connections made it “easy for him to flee” house arrest, prosecutors i…
Read MorePapers unite to criticise former Nissan chairman, saying he had ‘lost the opportunity to prove his innocence’The usually staid Japanese media has criticised Carlos Ghosn after the tycoon jumped bail and fled to Lebanon – reportedly inside a musical ins…
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