ABU DHABI: Pakistan has emerged as a central focus of a global polio funding drive after…
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Abu Dhabi summit boosts Pakistan’s push to end polio
A boy receives polio vaccine drops, during an anti-polio campaign, in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi. — Reuters/File -

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake triggers tsunami on Japan’s northern coast | Earthquakes News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY,
Japan’s Meteorological Agency says 40cm (16-inch) tsunami observed at Mutsu Ogawara and Urakawa ports.
Published On 8 Dec 2025
A powerful magnitude 7.6…
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New fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border is rooted in a longstanding territorial dispute
BANGKOK — A history of enmity between Thailand and Cambodia over competing territorial claims has broken into open combat again, just a few months after the two sides agreed to a ceasefire promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump to end their…
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Evacuation orders issued in Japan after powerful earthquake triggers tsunami warning
A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, triggering evacuation orders and a tsunami warning for parts of the coastline.
A tsunami of almost 10…
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Can Syria’s president turn wave of global goodwill into tangible results at home? | Syria
If ubiquity and handshakes were the only measures of success, Ahmed al-Sharaa would be diplomat of the year.
Since he formally became president of Syria on 29 January 2025, the former leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham – a jihadist group with an…
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UN appeals for $23b aid for next year – RADIO PAKISTAN
- UN appeals for $23b aid for next year RADIO PAKISTAN
- ‘Time of brutality, impunity and indifference’: UN slams world’s ‘apathy’ in launching aid appeal for 2026 Dawn
- UN trims aid appeal for 2026 despite increase in humanitarian need…
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Thailand launches airstrikes along disputed border with Cambodia as tensions flare | Thailand
Thailand has launched airstrikes along its disputed border with Cambodia after both countries accused each other of breaching a ceasefire deal brokered by Donald Trump.
Four Cambodian civilians and at least one Thai soldier have been killed in the…
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Collective NGO Statement on Release of the 2026 Global Humanitarian Overview – 8 December 2025 – ReliefWeb
- Collective NGO Statement on Release of the 2026 Global Humanitarian Overview – 8 December 2025 ReliefWeb
- Pakistan to receive $64.9m under $33bn UN humanitarian appeal Dawn
- UN cuts its aid appeal for 2026 despite soaring need Reuters
- “A year…
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Elon Musk’s X bans European Commission from making ads after €120m fine
Laura CressTechnology reporter
Getty ImagesX has blocked the European Commission from making adverts on its platform – a move which comes a few days after it fined Elon Musk’s site €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges.
Nikita Bier, who has a…
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Indonesia suffers food, medical shortages as Asia flood tolls rise – France 24
- Indonesia suffers food, medical shortages as Asia flood tolls rise France 24
- Starvation feared as flood toll passes 900 in Indonesia Dawn
- Death toll from devastating Indonesia floods passes 900 BBC
- Aftermath of deadly flash flood triggered by…
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