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Pakistan opens parallel talks with Iran and Saudi Arabia as Yemen fighting escalates

Diplomacy

Separate calls involving Pakistan's defence chief and Saudi Arabia's foreign minister show Islamabad trying to contain regional spillover without promising military action.

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Pakistani military strike hits Kabul hospital as border conflict escalates

Strikes

The attack on a civilian medical facility underlines the widening human cost of the Pakistan-Afghanistan confrontation and the vulnerability of Kabul's health system.

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Pakistani court pauses expulsion order against Afghan medical students

Politics

More than 200 students receive temporary protection as the dispute exposes the human cost of Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions and the Taliban’s education bans.

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Climate hazards disrupted schooling for more than 171 million students in 2025

World affairs

A new global analysis finds storms, floods and heatwaves repeatedly interrupted education, with poorer countries and girls carrying disproportionate long-term risks.

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New Yemen fighting kills children as Houthi attacks trigger alerts in southern Saudi Arabia

Strikes

Clashes across several Yemeni fronts and renewed cross-border attacks are displacing thousands of families and putting the fragile UN-led political process under greater strain.

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Pakistan says renewed Houthi attacks could activate the Mecca defence pact

Strikes

Islamabad’s warning gives the Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani security agreement its first serious test as fighting in Yemen again spills across borders.

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Mass returns from Iran and Pakistan push Afghan women back under Taliban restrictions

Humanitarian

Three sisters' forced return to Herat illustrates a wider displacement emergency in which more than one million Afghans have returned during 2026, many facing severe barriers to education, work and housing.

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