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Wednesday, 22 April 2026 Ā· Global Edition Ā· Updated 07:25 CST
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Gaza families still unable to bury dead six months into ā€˜ceasefire’

About 10,000 Palestinians remain missing, believed to be buried under rubble of collapsed buildings during Israel's war.

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Taiwan opposition leader calls for ā€˜reconciliation’ after meeting Xi

KMT leader Cheng Li-wun stressed shared cultural heritage and suggested she would slow Taiwan's military build-up.

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Will Israel and Lebanon start ceasefire talks?

Israel and Hezbollah continued to trade attacks on Friday - although at a reduced pace.

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Israel strikes residential areas, destroys homes in southern Lebanon

Lebanon is seeing not just a displacement crisis but a rapidly developing food security crisis too, says UN.

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VP Vance to lead U.S. team in Iran peace talks. And, Artemis II to return to Earth

Vice President Vance is heading to Pakistan to lead a U.S. team in talks aimed at ending the war in Iran. And, Artemis II is set to return to Earth today.

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China's Xi meets Taiwan opposition leader ahead of key summit with Trump

Xi Jinping and the KMT's Cheng Li-wun agreed to pursue peace, but Taiwan's ruling party worries it will enable Beijing to undermine its democracy.

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Trump says Iran 'doing a very poor job' in reopening the Strait of Hormuz

The fragile ceasefire agreement was tested again on Friday after Iran refused to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes in Lebanon, and Kuwait was attacked with drones.

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Israel and Lebanon to hold ceasefire talks

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to hold direct ceasefire talks for the first time in decades in a bid to halt the violence in southern Lebanon.

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Senegal PM labels Trump ā€˜agent of global destabilisation’

Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko accused Donald Trump of plunging the world into ā€œchaosā€.

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Six months into ā€˜ceasefire’, Gaza suffers under persistent Israeli attacks

Gaza's devastation grows as over 72,000 people killed and 172,000 injured amid Israeli violations of US-brokered truce.

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Torpedo-like object discovered by Indonesian fisherman

A fisherman in Indonesia discovered a torpedo-like object near the Lombok Strait, a waterway between Bali and Lombok.

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Djibouti votes as long-time leader seeks sixth presidential term

Politicians scrapped the presidential age limit last year, allowing Ismail Omar Guelleh to run yet again.

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Iran ceasefire: Not an off-ramp for the US but a life-saving ejection seat

A Middle Eastern country has for the first time single-handedly checked the war-making capabilities of the US and Israel

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Iran war live: Israel attacks Lebanon again on eve of US-Iran truce talks

Iran’s parliament speaker warns that ā€˜time is running out’ as Israel continues to bombard Lebanon.

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India cracks down on social media jokes criticizing prime minister

As criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's response to the Iran war grows, government censors are scrambling to knock down memes that use the Indian leader as the punchline.

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