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

ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera

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

ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera

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

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Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert

ByMark Townsend

UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and SudanUN peacekeepers should be routinely deployed to protect aid convoys from attack in places such as Gaza and Sudan, a senior United Natio…