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asia pacific January 30, 2026
Second fatal shooting prompts Trump to ‘de-escalate a little bit’
Xi Jinping purges two generals. Albanese visits Timor-Leste to fast-track gas. Pro-regime party wins Myanmar election.
middle east January 23, 2026
Russia intensifies strikes on Ukraine’s energy system
New Caledonia agreement signed in Paris. Protest death toll grows as Iran authorities reassert control. China’s shrinking population.
europe December 19, 2025
Zelensky willing to trade NATO ambitions for peace
Tonga’s new PM. Pro-democracy billionaire guilty of sedition. Chilean hardliner wins election.
europe December 12, 2025
Trump urges Zelensky to make concessions on peace deal
Two thirds of PNG women experience domestic violence. Cambodia–Thailand clashes kill 14. China trade soars despite tariffs.
europe November 28, 2025
Frantic hunt for survivors as Hong Kong towers burn
Trump and Zelensky back revised peace plan. Gunmen kidnap 300 children from Nigerian school. US ‘may go in’ to Venezuela.
middle east November 21, 2025
UN backs Trump’s Gaza plan, but Hamas rejects security force
Samoan PM blocks country’s daily newspaper. Philippine protests allege misuse of flood funds. China–Japan tensions.
europe November 14, 2025
Australia and Indonesia sign landmark security treaty
Russian troops advance in Ukraine. Pakistan-based militant group blamed for Delhi bombing. BBC in crisis.
middle east November 7, 2025
Mamdani’s mayoral win in New York buoys Democrats
Russia–Ukraine battle for Pokrovsk intensifies. Indonesia’s high-speed rail off track. International force proposed for Gaza.
africa October 31, 2025
Trump and Xi move towards calming rising trade tensions
US confident of Gaza ceasefire despite strikes. Australia deports asylum seekers to Nauru. Sudan siege ends in massacres.
middle east October 24, 2025
US pushes for next phase of Gaza plan amid fragile ceasefire
Solomon Islands considers forming defence force. Almost 20 years of leftist rule ends in Bolivia. World-first carbon tax shelved.
asia pacific October 17, 2025
Trump–Xi meeting planned in bid to ‘work out’ trade war
Indonesia to buy first aircraft carrier. Heavy clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. China bans online ‘pessimism’.
