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Latest reporting, briefings and public-interest updates from the world desk.
Save the Children says higher fuel, transport, food and medical-supply costs linked to the Iran conflict have added $13 million to its aid bill, reducing how many children it can reach.
Gloria Steinem, the US journalist and feminist organiser who helped bring women’s rights into mainstream political debate, has died at her New York home aged 92.
Rescue teams are using helicopters and zip lines to reach isolated communities after flooding along the Nepal-China border killed more than 1,270 people.
Lawyers for journalist Don Lemon say federal prosecutors have not clarified whether Verizon supplied phone records sought through a Department of Homeland Security administrative summons.
A Maltese jury found businessman Yorgen Fenech not guilty of both charges he faced over the 2017 killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
At least four people were killed and 68 injured when a missile struck a wedding gathering in Iran’s Hormozgan province late on September 1, according to reports citing Iranian media.
A study using data from 2006 to 2023 estimates 402 million to 433 million cases of acute pesticide poisoning among farmers each year, while warning that inconsistent reporting limits the precision of global totals.
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to a foreign-collusion charge in a second national security case and could face a life sentence.
