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Then-Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (far left), then-US president Donald Trump (centre left), French president Emmanuel Macron (centre) and then-German chancellor Angela Merkel (far right) attend a meeting of the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, on August 26, 2019. Photo: dpa

Opinion | How a Trump victory could benefit the world

Trump’s protectionism and isolationist leanings could allow others to fill the void left by the US to promote greater stability.

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Harris says Trump ‘disrespected sacred ground’ at US military cemetery

Who is Bristol Palin’s ex-husband and baby daddy Dakota Meyer?

Trump entourage accused of shoving staff at hallowed US military cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery confirmed there had been an ‘incident’ at the location, after the presidential candidate’s visit on Monday.

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Former US president Donald Trump at a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images via AFP

Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women’s voices and faces in public

The Taliban urge ‘thorough understanding’ of Islamic sharia law after UN criticism about the rights of women and girls.

Former Afghan president Karzai calls for girls and women to be educated

Karzai emphasised importance of women’s education. Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban has banned girls from studying beyond primary school.

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Taliban told to ‘include women’ in public life during UN talks in Qatar

The Taliban has imposed a strict interpretation of Islam in Afghanistan, with women subjected to laws characterised by the UN as ‘gender apartheid’.

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The Taliban’s government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. Mujahid is attending UN-convened talks in Doha, Qatar. Photo: EPA-EFE

‘Julian Assange is free’: WikiLeaks founder leaves UK in deal with US

The WikiLeaks founder is due to plead guilty this week to violating US espionage law, in a deal that will end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to return home to Australia.

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Afghan Taliban government says to attend next round of UN talks in Doha

A delegation will attend as the talks’ agenda appears ‘beneficial to Afghanistan’, but civil society groups criticise lack of focus on women’s rights.

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WikiLeaks’ Assange extradition appeal to be heard next month

US authorities want to put Assange on trial for divulging US military secrets about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A protester stands outside the High Court in London A British court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against an order that he be extradited to the US on espionage charges. Photo: AP

Opinion | US vs ICC: tensions over Israel spotlight history of awkward, fraught ties

The US supported the ICC since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but condemned the arrest warrant for Israel’s leaders as ‘outrageous’.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo: AP

Russia invites Taliban to economic forum, as ties with West worsen over Ukraine

The St Petersburg forum, which once hosted Western CEOs and investment bankers, has changed significantly amid the Ukraine war, which has triggered a crisis in Russia’s relations with the West.

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Islamic State claims deadly Afghanistan attack on tourists

Friday’s attack was among the most serious targeting foreign citizens since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021.

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Australia jails Afghanistan war whistle-blower for leaking secret defence files

David McBride’s leaks to the media led to revelations about Australian soldiers’ involvement in the illegal killings of unarmed Afghan men and children.

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War crimes whistleblower David McBride arrives for sentencing on Tuesday at Australia’s Supreme Court. Photo: EPA-EFE

Afghanistan’s first female Olympian urges Paris Games ban over Taliban’s record

Friba Rezayee, the first woman to represent Afghanistan at the Olympics, said Afghan women should still be allowed to participate as part of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team.

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Seen through the eye grid of a burqa, women walk through a market in Kabul. The Taliban – who say they respect women’s rights in line with their interpretation of Islamic law and local customs – have closed girls’ high schools and placed travel restrictions on women without a male guardian and restricted access to parks and gyms. Photo: AP

From white kneed in Singapore to head of UK armed forces, David Richards

The former head of UK armed forces tells Kate Whitehead about his rise through the ranks and why Colin Firth wanted to play him in a film about fighting rebels in Sierra Leone.

Russia calls UK courts ‘a farce’ over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange case

UK judges delayed decision on Assange’s last-ditch extradition appeal bid amid concerns he could face death penalty in US. Russia’s foreign ministry said UK’s judicial system was a ‘mockery’.

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UK court to rule on whether WikiLeaks’ Assange can challenge extradition to US

Julian Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified US documents 15 years ago.

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A protester holds a placard outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on February 21. A London court will rule on Tuesday whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the US on espionage charges. Photo: AP

‘Grave threat’: Pakistan justifies air strikes on Taliban rebels in Afghanistan

Monday’s operation targeted the Hafiz Gul Bahadur militant faction, which claimed responsibility for the attack on a military outpost that left seven soldiers dead.

Biden lashes out over report citing his ‘poor memory’ in documents probe

An angry, emotional US President Joe Biden defended his mental competence in a rare evening address to respond to biting comments in a report on his mishandling of classified documents.

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Why China is wary of opening up Afghanistan’s new road to Xinjiang

Observers said the Taliban’s hopes that the completed project will become a link to China’s vast network are unlikely to be shared by Beijing.

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The exact location of Afghanistan’s Little Pamir Road has not been disclosed, but it is understood to reach the Chinese border via the narrow and barely accessible strip of land called the Wakhan Corridor. Photo: AFP

In blow to Afghan women’s rights, Taliban make arrests over ‘bad hijab’

The development is the latest blow to Afghan women and girls, who are already reeling from bans on education, employment and access to public spaces.

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Afghan burka-clad women wait in a queue to receive money as a humanitarian aid from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on August 6, 2023. Photo: AFP

Indian diplomacy is getting a boost – but it’s still ‘no match’ for US, China

India plans to add some 200 employees to its “short-staffed” diplomatic corps over the next five years in a mark of its expanding global ambitions.

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‘I consider myself Pakistani’: settled Afghans forced to leave

Pakistan says deportations protect its ‘welfare and security’, amid growing anti-Afghan sentiment from economic woes and cross-border militancy.

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British army questioned alleged Afghan extra-judicial killings, inquiry hears

The UK ordered an inquiry last year after the BBC reported that soldiers from the elite Special Air Service (SAS) had killed 54 people in suspicious circumstances during the war in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2013.

Lawyer Tessa Gregory from Leigh Day solicitors, representing Afghan families affected by alleged illegal activity by British special forces, outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, UK on Monday. Photo: PA via AP

Children, women are main victims of Afghan quakes

Two-thirds of those with severe injuries following the latest devastating earthquakes in Afghanistan are children and women, WHO’s Dr Alaa AbouZeid said.

Afghan children attend a class at a mobile school run by volunteers on the outskirts of Kabul. Photo: EPA-EFE

Afghanistan’s embassy in India suspends operations

Afghanistan’s embassy in India suspends operations

Most foreign nations – including India – do not officially recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban government, which seized power following the collapse of the Western-backed government more than two years ago.

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