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‘Gender apartheid’: Why we can’t forget the women of Afghanistan
Afghani men are now permitted to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”.
- by Liz Gooch
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China’s latest blueprint aims to close US technology gap and break old habits
President Xi Jinping has put his country on track for its lowest growth target in three decades as he gets ready to welcome Donald Trump later this month.
- by Lisa Visentin
Xi’s China will be world-shaping in the coming months and years. Our return to Beijing could not be more timely or urgent
North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin has landed in Beijing to cover China, resuming our 50-year history of reporting from inside the country.
- by Lisa Visentin
Trump’s removal of another Xi friend complicates planned summit
American strikes on Iran come during a delicate period when officials in China and the US are trying to steady relations before Donald Trump arrives in Beijing on March 31.
‘What a joke’: Family of Australian shot dead in Bali told to come back next week
The family of Zivan Radmanovic is furious at travelling all the way to Bali for the court verdicts. Without notice, the judges adjourned.
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Australian child predator cops 20 years in a Timor-Leste jail
Despite being found guilty of sex crimes in 2024, the man was free in the community until last month, spending time inside a Dili school.
- by Zach Hope
Pakistan says it’s in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan. What’s behind the latest fighting?
Markets, mosques, airports, military bases and police stations have been hit and dozens of people have been killed in border clashes.
- by Lucy Craymer, Saad Sayeed and Asif Shahzad
Australian-British tourist dies after alleged assault in Phuket
Unverified footage appears to show Alan Roger Jolliffe, 57, and another foreigner arguing on a street near the popular Patong Beach before the former is knocked unconscious.
- by Zach Hope and Am Sandford
For more than eight years, Nanette has been waiting for Rodrigo Duterte to pay
The first day of the former Philippine president’s committal hearing for crimes against humanity took place in The Hague on Monday. In Manila, families of the dead gathered to watch the livestream.
- by Zach Hope
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Foreign relations
Trump has not restrained predators Putin and Xi. He’s joined them
As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, there are five geopolitical and strategic lessons to be learnt for nations like Australia.
- by Peter Hartcher
Tunnels, satellites and curious seismic activity: What is China doing in a remote, dried-up salt lake?
The barren location on the edge of a vast desert offers little support for civilisation but makes it the perfect site for secret nuclear testing.
- by Sophia Yan