World – Sowetan

More than half the country’s population experiencing acute food insecurity

The island, known in Russia as Iturup and in Japan as Etorofu, is one of four in the Kuril chain — close to Japan’s main islands — that were seized by Moscow in the days after Japan’s surrender in the Second World War

At least 265 people were killed and about 500 others are still missing

Supreme court bars the post-Soviet liberal party, Yabloko, from September’s parliamentary elections

Secret plan to conceal the US president’s movements makes him target for humiliation

Defence minister says country will not withdraw from security zone until Iran-backed group has disarmed

A day after troops deployed teargas in a failed attempt to remove the settlers, the military said it had sent additional troops to Qusra

Patients wait in tents while medical evacuations are restricted

Vietnam has opened trial run for satellite internet with subscriber cap until the end of 2030

Loan sharks are circling a kitchen that stands on stilts above the waters of Tomini Bay, off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island in the remote fishing village of Torosiaje

Press and senior officials left on Air Force One as security ruse unfolded

The US accuses Iran of failing to honour an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Persistent drought and extreme heat waves in recent months push level to dangerous low.

Accusations against her include giving interviews to media outlets deemed hostile by the authorities and providing photographs to organisations linked to the US and Israel