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The Rest of the World Report | August 11, 2026 — Evening Edition
Pakistan signed a defense pact widely read as a shield against Iran, then sent its own interior minister to Tehran days later claiming a peace deal is close. Zambia votes Thursday in an election that's a real test of its democracy, and almost nobody in the US is watching. And a Trump-linked oil company just got a formal government rebuke for moving equipment onto Greenland without permission.
Pakistan signed a Saudi-Turkish defense pact widely read as a shield against Iran, then sent its interior minister to Tehran days later claiming a US-Iran deal is close.
Zambia votes Thursday in a…
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