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Today's headlines: for the UN, the Taliban's treatment of Afghan women is tantamount to 'crimes against humanity'; the Philippine Catholic Educators Association condemns the practice of 'hazing' after a suspicious death at a university. Tehran confirms its hard line on transgressions of the Islamic 'dress code'; in 2022, new births in Japan fell below 800,000 for the first time.

Today's headlines: Philippine coast guard spotted over 40 Beijing ships in a disputed area of the South China Sea; Pakistani police serve arrest warrants on former premier Imran Khan; Qatari emir 'perplexed' over delays in aid to post-earthquake Syria; illegal pangolin sales increase in Laos.

Today's headlines: Three pro-democracy activists sentenced in Hong Kong; UN: endless violence by coup junta in Myanmar; Taiwanese hi-tech giant to invest in India's Telangana state; Japan will help Asean fight climate change; Russian oligarch: move country's capital to Siberia.

Today's headlines: 6 March announcement of Erdogan's presidential challenger in Turkey; Asia's largest growth in obese people by 2035; New US sanctions on Russian and Chinese entities; Modi triumphs in voting in three border states; US study: 60-70 thousand Russian deaths in Ukraine.

Today's headlines: China and Belarus sign cooperation agreements; New US missile sale to Taiwan approved; New Vietnamese president elected; London's Royal Navy seizes Iranian weapons in the Gulf of Oman; Journalistic investigation into Putin's wealth.

Today's headlines: Hundreds of cases of poisoned schoolgirls in Iran; Clashes between Indian army and Kashmiri militants; Japanese foreign minister skips G20 meeting in India; Burmese military junta continues to demolish civilian homes; For Orthodox Patriarch Kirill the Donbass is an 'outpost of the Russian world'.

Today's headlines: per capita income growth drops in China; US and Thailand engaged in Cobra Gold military exercises; New Japanese sanctions on Russia; Government crisis in Nepal. Putin promises salaries to priests engaged at the front in Ukraine.

Today's headlines: China increases the number of coal-fired power plants. New Vietnamese president appointed this week. More than 20 Pakistani migrants drowned off Italian coast. Yemen reopens port controlled by pro-Iranian rebels. Russian stock market and rouble fall sharply.

Other news of the day: China plans to train 5,000 security personnel from several countries, India and Germany are negotiating over six submarines, the bird flu appears in Cambodia, wealth gap in South Korea gets worse, ultranationalists in Siberia target a rabbi.

Today's headlines: as Pyongyang tests more missiles, Seoul warns of risk of exposure to radioactive materials. In Vietnam, US diplomats prevented from meeting Christian leaders. 150 asylum seekers died in Malaysia in 2022, while on the island of Nauru two migrants sewed their lips shut in protest.

Today's headlines: a Pakistani delegation visits Kabul to discuss issue of terrorist attacks; Speculation about a metal ball found in Japan; At least 4 dead in China after a mine collapse; In Papua New Guinea a woman taken hostage on Sunday is released; Bombings between Israel and the Gaza Strip after yesterday's deaths in Nablus; Closer and closer ties between Russia and Belarus.

Today's headlines: Some Chinese provinces have granted 30 days of marriage leave (instead of three) to increase the country's fertility rate; Caste discrimination recognised in Seattle; North Korea's food crisis deepens; In Thailand TikTok will ban parties from campaigning for elections; Russia opened a naval base in Sudan.