Pacific Island foreign ministers failed to agree on Friday to a joint response to China’s missile launch in July, with further discussions expected at the Pacific leaders meeting at the end of August, ​New Zealand’s foreign minister said.

At least seven people were killed on Friday ‌when a student opened fire at a school in Thailand before turning the gun on himself, a national police official said.

Democratic Republic of Congo’s confirmed ​Ebola cases have risen above 4,000 for the ‌first time in the current outbreak, government data showed.

Hundreds of thousands of people in southwestern Japan were ordered to evacuate and more ​than 500 flights cancelled on Friday as slow-moving ‌Typhoon Dolphin approached the region to bring violent winds, heavy rain and high waves.

New Zealand’s ruling centre-right coalition may retain a razor-thin parliamentary majority if an election were held now, a poll showed on Friday, but a ​surge for the new centrist Opportunity Party could reshape coalition talks ahead of ‌the November vote.

A bomb planted in a minibus killed two people and wounded 14 others on the outskirts of Syria’s capital Damascus on Thursday night, officials said.

When blasphemy allegations against a Christian family prompted a mob of hundreds to assemble in Pakistan’s teeming metropolis Karachi last month, officers knew they might only have minutes to save the four women and one child who were targeted.

New Zealand Prime Minister ‌Christopher Luxon said he was open to a referendum on whether to change the country’s electoral system, opening another split in his centre-right coalition months ahead of a general election.

U.S. health officials are investigating a Salmonella outbreak linked to Mexican jalapeno peppers that has sickened 345 people in 27 states, prompting supplier ​Coast Citrus Distributors to recall peppers sent to restaurants including Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG.N), opens new tab and QDOBA.

Vietnam’s top leader, To Lam, will visit Australia and New Zealand next week as ​part of efforts to bolster partnerships and enhance cooperation in science and technology, the government said in a statement.

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman to help end five months of ​war between Iran and the United States would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional officials told ‌Reuters on Wednesday, one of the biggest concessions yet to Iran.

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