Category: World
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CENTCOM struck IRGC air defence, radar, communications and mine-laying targets in southern Iran on Tuesday. The target list suggests something other than a one-off retaliation — and reporting beforehand described a plan for periodic strikes.
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A UNICEF-led nutrition survey in Gaza found acute malnutrition low and stunting at 12.2 per cent, ten months after a ceasefire. Some read it as evidence the 2025 famine declaration was wrong. The survey itself says something narrower.
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Save the Children says 35 per cent of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will face crisis or emergency hunger this year. The UN’s appeal for them is 26 per cent smaller than last year’s. Both things are described as prioritisation.
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The UN arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Sudan lapse on 12 September unless the Security Council renews them. The renewal is near-certain. The argument is over whether measures written for Darfur in 2005 still describe the war being fought in 2026.
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Millions of Congolese children returned to class on Tuesday, in the middle of what authorities call the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. The teachers’ union in Ituri asked for a postponement. In the epicentre itself, some classrooms were nearly empty.
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Haiti’s new national nutrition survey found acute malnutrition in young children has risen from 5.1 to 7.4 per cent since 2023 — while stunting fell sharply over the same period. Both findings are in the same document, and both are probably right.
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A judge extended the pause on border wall construction in Big Bend National Park. The striking part is the mechanism: a cabinet secretary can waive the Endangered Species Act outright, and judicial review barely applies.
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Vegetable oil in Iran costs 383 per cent more than a year ago and the currency is collapsing. Why an imported staple is the fastest read on a currency crisis, and the long argument about who economic pressure actually reaches.
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A federal agency has found Cisco violated the civil rights of Middle Eastern and Muslim employees, after an internal chat platform filled with abuse. The retaliation allegation may be the more serious half.
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The former prime minister is standing down as MP for Holborn and St Pancras, triggering a by-election. He cannot technically resign — no British MP can. Here is the 1624 workaround, and what happens next.