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Sri Lanka puts civil servants on social media ban after child hunger posts

Officials expressing opinions on social media could face disciplinary action

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Typhoon Noru tears across Vietnam

Over 300,000 people in country seek refuge in shelters overnight  

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Cyberattacks rife in Ukraine, impact stays in the dark

NGO tracks almost 450 attacks carried out by 57 entities on either side since February

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Search team finds body of US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson in Nepal

This comes two days after she disappeared on slopes of world’s eighth-highest peak, Manaslu

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Neighbours see massive arrivals of Russians fleeing draft ‘chaos’

Georgia, Kazakhstan say tens of thousands have flooded in after Moscow’s partial mobilisation

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Singapore scrambles fighter jets after false bomb threat on flight SQ33

37-year-old man assaulted crew, claimed he had explosive in hand-carry bag, police say

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Blinken defends Pakistan arms sales against Indian criticism

Top US diplomat says F-16 deal was just to maintain Islamabad’s existing fleet

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European leaders blame Russia-Europe pipeline leaks on sabotage

As Ukraine’s allies face energy crisis, seismologists report explosions around Nord Stream in Baltic Sea

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World ‘running out’ of patience with Taliban, says UN envoy

Security Council also tells regime to reverse ban on girls’ education, despite reported opposition by one member

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Thailand to legalise abortion up to 20 weeks

Bangkok eases access to procedure which was illegal until February last year

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Hurricane Ian sows ‘destruction’ in Cuba, takes aim at Florida

US expects cyclone to gain strength as President Joe Biden warns of threat to life

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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince named prime minister

Move effectively formalises power already wielded by Mohammed bin Salman for years, analysts say

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US admits killing 12 civilians worldwide in 2021

All the deaths occurred in Afghanistan, Pentagon claims according to public part of report