South America

Peace talks stall between US and Iran. New Caledonia split between pro-independence and loyalists. At least 28 dead in Pakistani strikes on Afghanistan.

Solomon Islands to review China security pact. Russia bombards Kyiv. Colombia’s far-right frontrunner.

As deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro faces criminal charges in the US, Donald Trump vows to revitalise the South American nation’s oil industry, and issues warnings to Cuba, Colombia and Greenland.

Tonga’s new PM. Pro-democracy billionaire guilty of sedition. Chilean hardliner wins election.

Trump and Zelensky back revised peace plan. Gunmen kidnap 300 children from Nigerian school. US ‘may go in’ to Venezuela.

Solomon Islands considers forming defence force. Almost 20 years of leftist rule ends in Bolivia. World-first carbon tax shelved.

Pacific island states fracture over Taiwan. El Salvador president to rule indefinitely. Murdoch’s new US tabloid.

Indonesia plans social media age limit. Rival militant groups clash in Colombia. Trump’s ‘golden age’.

PNG massacre leaves 25 dead. Sixteen killed in Venezuela election protests. Biden versus the Supreme Court.