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China’s Xi Jinping meets Central Asian leaders: Why their summit matters

China is the region's top trading partner, but Russia and the US both have a presence, too.

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UN rights chief: Israel is causing ‘unconscionable suffering’ in Gaza

UN human rights chief Volker Türk condemned the “horrifying, unconscionable suffering” inflicted by Israel in Gaza.

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‘They just see you as an Arab’: Israel’s Palestinian citizens given cursory protection from attack

Deaths of four family members sheltering in supposed ‘safe rooms’ in Tamra highlight racial inequality of Israel’s defence of its citizensWhen an Iranian missile bound for the industrial port of Haifa dropped out of the sky on the town of Tamra on Satu…