Nigeria launches domestic card scheme to boost cashless economy‘Happy tears’ as Sania Mirza bows out of Australian OpenOne person dies in attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in IranMyanmar military announces strict new election law ahead of pollsJapan tightens Russia sanctions, expands export ban listSouth Korea’s unions cry ‘red scare’ amid North Korea spy claimsICC to resume investigation into Philippines’s deadly drug warCalifornia storms give state much-needed boost in water supplyUS officers involved in Tyre Nichols’s death face murder chargesPeru pulls ambassador from Honduras amid regional criticismHow will US and German tanks help Ukraine?‘Appalled’: Dozens of Democrats slam Biden’s border policiesPhotos: More than 150 dead as Afghans battle cold wavePakistan’s rupee plunges as IMF says mission to visit next weekUS shuts down major ransomware network HiveThousands of Cubans left scrambling after new US asylum policyBlinken to head to Middle East amid Israeli-Palestinian tensionsCanada appoints first representative to fight IslamophobiaTransgender rapist will not serve time in women’s jail: SturgeonPakistani cricket star Babar Azam named player of the yearFamilies of Beirut port blast outraged by infighting over inquiryPakistan poll panel announces April elections in two provincesTurkish court rejects delay in case over pro-Kurdish HDP closureEthiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed in Sudan on first visit since 2021 coupMiddle East round-up: Turkey, Sweden, NATO and the QuranFighting on two fronts: Zelenskyy battles corruption and RussiaNorth and South Korea violated armistice with drones: UN CommandIndia celebrates Republic Day, Egyptian leader attends paradeKenyan court convicts Venezuelan diplomat of murdering ambassadorIsraeli raid kills three Palestinians in Jenin fightingSouth Korean economy shrinks for first time since 2020UNESCO designates Odesa as World Heritage site amid war threatsRohingya are drowning at sea. Asia’s leaders are to blameHalf Moon Bay shooting suspect faces seven murder chargesGoogle makes changes to Android in India after antitrust setbacksIndia ban on BBC Modi documentary ‘imperils press freedom’US Secret Service report searches for parallels in mass attacksWhich countries are supplying tanks to Ukraine?Lebanon’s top prosecutor charges Beirut blast Judge Tarek BitarMauritanian ex-president in court for landmark corruption trialChina, India firms dropped by Norway fund over Myanmar weaponsRwanda shoots at DR Congo army jet, says violated its airspaceIndia, Pakistan came close to a nuclear war in 2019: PompeoThe UK is still waging an unwinnable war on drugsAustralian minister says Kanye West could be denied entry visaWhat happened during Egypt’s January 25 revolution?Pakistan arrests top leader from Imran Khan’s PTI for ‘sedition’Photos: Power cuts grinding South Africa’s food sector to a haltPeru protesters clash with police after president calls for truceTwo British volunteers confirmed dead in eastern Ukraine12›