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Rick Noack

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Pakistan and Afghanistan bureau chief at @Reuters. Former @washingtonpost Kabul bureau chief and Paris correspondent.

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Today is my first day as @Reuters bureau chief for Pakistan and Afghanistan, the two countries I most recently covered for The Washington Post. You can reach me at [email protected]
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Pakistan military 'cautiously optimistic' on Iran-US mediation reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan military 'cautiously optimistic' on Iran-US mediation

EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan military 'cautiously optimistic' on Iran-US mediation

Pakistan’s military is “cautiously optimistic” about its mediation between Iran and the United States.

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Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can't feed their children reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can't feed their children

Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can't feed their children

Carpets still hang on the walls of Mohammad Dawood’s home in a northern Afghanistan village, and ornate mirrors still catch the light, relics of the years when a single poppy harvest could carry his...

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Bob Woodward Thought Jeff Bezos Had His Back. Now He Feels Disillusioned. nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/po…
Bob Woodward Thought Jeff Bezos Had His Back. Now He Feels Disillusioned.

Bob Woodward Thought Jeff Bezos Had His Back. Now He Feels Disillusioned.

Six takeaways from a new memoir by Mr. Woodward, the star Washington Post reporter, including his disappointment with the newspaper’s billionaire owner.

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Officials from Mecca pact countries to meet Iranian officials on Monday, two sources say reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
Saudi defence pact countries push for peace in Tehran as Houthis launch more attacks

Saudi defence pact countries push for peace in Tehran as Houthis launch more attacks

Top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan met Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday in a bid ​to de-escalate the Middle East conflict, as Yemen's Houthis launched new attacks on Saudi...

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So proud of this team. They stuck with this important, challenging story even after they were laid-off.
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Very honored that my last story for @washingtonpost, which published after I was laid off, won Le @PrixBayeux. It detailed the terrifying journey of a soldier trapped in the kill zone for 177 days. Was so glad to accept it in person with Anastacia Galouchka and Serhii Korolchuk.
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As Munir's military takes on Gulf role, Pakistan's parliament is not involved reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
As Munir's military takes on Gulf role, Pakistan's parliament is not involved

As Munir's military takes on Gulf role, Pakistan's parliament is not involved

Eleven years after Pakistan's parliament voted to keep the country out of a Saudi-led intervention in Yemen in 2015, Islamabad has agreed to rapidly ‌deploy more forces to Saudi Arabia without a...

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Thousands of Imran Khan supporters start march to Pakistani capital, party says reut.rs/470FYgQ reut.rs/470FYgQ
Thousands of Imran Khan supporters start march to Pakistani capital, party says

Thousands of Imran Khan supporters start march to Pakistani capital, party says

Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan have started ​a long march to Islamabad to demand his release, his party said on Monday, amid deep divisions ‌with the...

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"Pakistan has deployed between 30,000 and 40,000 troops to Saudi Arabia to help defend the kingdom's land borders". This is perhaps the biggest Pakistani land forces foreign deployment since 1971. Though not sure such huge numbers are only deployed in a defensive role.
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Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold reut.rs/4rH2F2W reut.rs/4rH2F2W
Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold

Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold

Saudi Arabia is considering a coastal push or an assault on multiple fronts.

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Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against the Houthis, with multiple options on the table It would be led by Yemeni forces, with more than 100k possibly mobilized Story explores options & range of support the kingdom is getting from allies: reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold

Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold

Saudi Arabia is considering a coastal push or an assault on multiple fronts.

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Reporting by @timourazhari and @BukhariMubasher
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Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold reut.rs/4rH2F2W reut.rs/4rH2F2W
Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold

Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold

Saudi Arabia is considering a coastal push or an assault on multiple fronts.

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Watching @Lescarpenter cover the Paris Olympics up close was one of the privileges of my time at The Post. The paper was lucky to have him.
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Today is my last at The Washington Post. My job was eliminated in February along with the rest of the sports department, but my layoff was extended through September. The Post had one of the greatest collections of sports journalists ever. Working with each of them was an honor.
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Today is my last at The Washington Post. My job was eliminated in February along with the rest of the sports department, but my layoff was extended through September. The Post had one of the greatest collections of sports journalists ever. Working with each of them was an honor.
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My video debut for @Reuters 💁‍♀️
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Pakistani pilots Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud are training in China, hoping one will become the country's first astronaut aboard China's Tiangong space station. Ariba Shahid explains reut.rs/4rxRkCi

Pakistan preps first astronaut for China's space station - News

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Excellent story by @Saad_Scrawls and @AribaShahid China's space diplomacy lifts Pakistani astronaut toward orbit - reuters.com/science/chinas-s…
China's space diplomacy lifts Pakistani astronaut toward orbit

China's space diplomacy lifts Pakistani astronaut toward orbit

Two Pakistani pilots are memorising Mandarin, spinning in centrifuge drills and learning to eat, sleep and repair equipment while weightless ​as a decision nears on which one will become the first...

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🔊 Reuters @rick_n explains what Saudi Arabia is looking for from its defense partners on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4jr3jQ1
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Pakistan said it struck 10 sites in Afghanistan this week as border tensions flared again. Here’s what’s driving the escalation.

What has turned Afghanistan and Pakistan from partners to foes? - News

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Explainer: What has turned the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan from partners to foes? reut.rs/4rs9q8J reut.rs/4rs9q8J
Explainer: What has turned the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan from partners to foes?

Explainer: What has turned the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan from partners to foes?

Pakistan's air force struck 10 locations in Afghanistan on Thursday, its second round of strikes in four days after three months of relative ​quiet along the two countries' 2,600-km (1,600-mile)...

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Suicide attack kills 16 near mosque in northwest Pakistan police compound reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
Suicide attack kills 16 near mosque in northwest Pakistan police compound

Suicide attack kills 16 near mosque in northwest Pakistan police compound

At least 16 people were killed and 57 wounded after a suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden car into a police facility in northwest Pakistan on Friday as officers and ​their families were...

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رویټرز راپور ورکړی چې په ایران کې د جګړې له امله رامنځته شوي اقتصادي بحران، د پیسو د ارزښت کمېدو، لوړې انفلاسیون او د کاري فرصتونو نشتوالي زرګونه افغان کډوال اړ کړي چې بېرته افغانستان ته ستانه شي. رویټرز د ملګرو ملتونو د کډوالو ادارې (IOM) د معلوماتو له مخې ویلي، په تېرو دوو کلونو کې له دوو میلیونو ډېر افغانان له ایران څخه وتلي دي. #طلوع‌نیوز
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Energy disruption hits Bangladesh and Pakistan as Gulf crisis worsens reut.rs/4reCrF3 reut.rs/4reCrF3
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