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China warned of “consequences” for Taiwan after officials from Beijing and Taipei attended a ceremonial event at a Pacific leaders summit, where major powers already had been urged to restrain from turning a meeting of mostly small island countries into a geopolitical sideshow. The 18 member states and territories of the Pacific Islands Forum, which…
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Pakistan High Court on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) directed jail authorities to ensure that former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are not kept in solitary confinement. The 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician and his wife are currently detained at Adiala Jail in…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) called on the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to make security a key priority and crack down on terrorism, separatism and extremism, transnational organised crimes, drug trafficking and telecom fraud. “We should stay committed to taking security as a key goal, and foster an…
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) said that water was the “lifeblood” of the region and it must never be weaponised. Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in the Kyrgyz capital, Mr. Sharif also said that the region cannot “realise its full potential without lasting peace,” Dawn reported. “Water is…
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Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speak to the media during a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, about the attempted attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport last month with a drone loaded with explosives. | Photo Credit: AP The German government said on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) it…
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa, on September 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. needs to “start being serious and stop trying to be tough” before talks on a possible trade deal with Canada can restart, Prime Minister Mark Carney told…
In this exclusive conversation with The Hindu, the Palestinian Foreign Minister discusses the future of Gaza, the viability of the two-state solution, West Bank settler violence, Donald Trump’s peace plan, and the role of the international community. The minister also shares his views on India’s position, Palestinian unity, and prospects for lasting peace in the…
People light candles during a memorial vigil at the Devghat burial site, in Chitwan district, Nepal, September 1, 2026. Residents gathered to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the recent devastating flash floods and landslides that hit the region. | Photo Credit: PTI A devastating glacial collapse in Nepal that unleashed deadly…
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Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes and gunfire in Gaza City, September 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Heavy Israeli bombardment killed three people in Gaza City on Tuesday (September 1, 2026), Palestinian health officials said, in what both sides described as an Israeli-backed ground operation to seize a senior Hamas figure. Eyewitnesses…
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Britain’s former Prime Minister Keir Starmer. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that he would step down as MP and focus on “international affairs” among other areas, even as his successor Andy Burnham faced lawmakers for the first time in the House of Commons since ousting Mr. Starmer from…