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Crew still on board seized S. Korean ship despite Iran release pledge

Tehran said only captain, vessel will be retained, but all hands remain onboard

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Kyrgyzstan elects new prime minister

Appointment of Ulukbek Maripov to premiership ends country’s drawn-out political crisis

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Aussie firefighters hold off bushfire near Perth

81 homes destroyed in blaze at Perth Hills

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Private schools in Thailand ordered to cut fees

This is to compensate parents for classes going online during pandemic

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Indonesia schools banned from forcing students to wear hijab

Decree follows uproar over Padang institution’s requirement for all female students, including non-Muslims, to cover their heads

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Tokyo 2020 Games chief apologises for saying women too chatty

83-year-old known for public gaffes says he may have to quit after triggering sexism row

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EU sends top envoy to Moscow as Navalny controversy grows

Bloc’s foreign policy chief to confront Kremlin over critic’s jail term, crackdown on protestors

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Coup-hit Myanmar restricting Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram

Service providers limiting access to social media giant’s products in compliance with ‘apparent blocking order’

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Oxford to run trial alternating Covid-19 vaccines

Study to show whether Astrazeneca, Pfizer jabs can be used interchangeably

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US leads condemnation as Myanmar’s Suu Kyi charged after coup

UN Security Council fails to agree on statement against putsch, awaiting responses from China, Russia

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Spain virus death toll breaches 60,000 mark

Actual figure much higher than official record, says country’s statistics institute

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China to offer 10 million vaccine doses to Covax

Vaccine makers, Sinopharm, Sinovac and CanSino, apply for inclusion in Covax stockpile

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Rights groups urge world leaders to boycott Beijing Olympics

Boycott to ensure Chinese govt’s rights abuses not ‘emboldened’ says coalition