US news | The Guardian1d ago
Explainer: What is in Iran’s 10-point ceasefire plan and will the US agree to it? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/iran-10-point-plan-ceasefire-donald-trump-us #UsisraelWarOnIran #Iran #Pakistan #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #StraitOfHormuz #UsForeignPolicy #UsNews #UsPolitics #WorldNews #SouthAndCentralAsia #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica
Explainer: What is in Iran’s 10-point ceasefire plan and will the US agree to it?

Two-week ceasefire comes after Trump spoke to Pakistan’s leaders, with China also believed to be exerting influence over Tehran

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World news | The Guardian2d ago
Bangladesh launches measles vaccination drive as child death toll passes 100 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/bangladesh-measles-vaccination-drive-child-death-toll #Bangladesh #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Health #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews
Bangladesh launches measles vaccination drive as child death toll passes 100

UN assists in emergency vaccination drive as country battles worst surge in cases in years amid fall in vaccination rates

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World news | The Guardian5d ago
‘India is going to face a food crisis’: Farmers panic over fertiliser shortages amid Iran war https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/india-fuel-crisis-fertiliser-shortage-farming #India #Farming #UsisraelWarOnIran #FoodSecurity #Food #SriLanka #SouthAndCentralAsia #Oil #WorldNews #Society
‘India is going to face a food crisis’: Farmers panic over fertiliser shortages amid Iran war

Ripple effects of oil and fertiliser shortage felt by farmers in India and Sri Lanka despite governments saying there is enough stock to go round

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing appointed president after ‘sham’ election https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/mynanmar-junta-chief-min-aung-hlaing-profile #Myanmar #WorldNews #SouthAndCentralAsia #AungSanSuuKyi
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing appointed president after ‘sham’ election

Min Aung Hlaing seized control five years ago and plunged Myanmar into conflict and economic chaos

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/asia-fuel-crisis-iran-war-ordinary-workers #UsisraelWarOnIran #Oil #OilAndGasCompanies #Commodities #EnergyIndustry #CostOfLivingCrisis #WorldNews #Business #NewZealand #India #Vanuatu #SouthKorea #Thailand #Japan #AustraliaNews #China #AsiaPacific #PacificIslands #SouthAndCentralAsia #SouthPacific
A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis

From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the effects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war are rippling across Asia

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World news | The GuardianMar 31
Pakistan and China propose five-part peace plan for Middle East https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/31/pakistan-china-propose-five-part-peace-plan-middle-east #Iran #MiddleEastPeaceTalks #China #Pakistan #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #AsiaPacific #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews
Pakistan and China propose five-part peace plan for Middle East

Foreign ministers Ishaq Dar and Wang Yi met in Beijing as Pakistan pushes for peacemaker role

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Opinion | The Guardian USMar 29
The Guardian view on Myanmar’s forgotten war: the military cosplay democracy but people demand the real thing | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/29/the-guardian-view-on-myanmars-forgotten-war-the-military-cosplay-democracy-but-people-demand-the-real-thing #Myanmar #SouthAndCentralAsia #China #AsiaPacific #WorldNews
The Guardian view on Myanmar’s forgotten war: the military cosplay democracy but people demand the real thing

Editorial: Five years of brutal conflict have made the army more determined to crush opposition, and others more convinced they must resist

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World news | The GuardianMar 28
KP Sharma Oli: Nepal’s former prime minister arrested over alleged role in deadly protest crackdown https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/kp-sharma-oli-nepal-arrested-alleged-role-protest-crackdown-ntwnfb #Nepal #SouthAndCentralAsia
KP Sharma Oli: Nepal’s former prime minister arrested over alleged role in deadly protest crackdown

At least 77 people killed in anti-corruption youth uprising in September, which began over a brief social media ban

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World news | The GuardianMar 26
Nepal’s PM-to-be uses rap to call for unity in first post-election message https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/26/nepal-pm-balendra-shah-rap #Nepal #WorldNews #SouthAndCentralAsia
Nepal’s PM-to-be uses rap to call for unity in first post-election message

Balendra Shah, 35, is a symbol of change in country whose government was toppled last year in youth-led uprising

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World news | The GuardianMar 24
Taliban release US academic held in detention for more than a year https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/24/taliban-us-academic-dennis-coyle #Afghanistan #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews #UsNews #Taliban
Taliban release US academic held in detention for more than a year

Marco Rubio welcomes release of Dennis Coyle, who was detained in January last year for violating unspecified laws

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