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A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced 108 members of former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to prison for participating in riots after Khan was arrested in 2023.

The municipal government of Beijing on Thursday rolled out the latest effort to reverse China’s demographic decline, a 15-step plan to create a more “birth-friendly society.”

India’s political opposition is furious with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failing to secure a trade deal with the United States.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani visited Moscow on Thursday, the first visit to Russia by a high-ranking official of the Syrian “interim government” since Russia-backed dictator Bashar Assad was overthrown in December.

Togo’s Foreign Minister Robert Dussey said last week that at least 54 civilians have been killed this year by Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), a terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda.

The government of Australia has reversed its decision to grant YouTube an exemption from its sweeping ban on social media for children under 16. YouTube’s parent company Google is threatening legal action, but Australian officials vowed to push ahead with the ban.

The tsunami unleashed by the massive 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula reached Japan on Wednesday morning.

Governor Arnold Palacios of the Northern Mariana Islands died on July 23 at age 69, after suffering from an enigmatic “medical incident.” Palacios suddenly “collapsed” and died soon after announcing his intention to pivot from China to the United States.

The ceasefire negotiated by President Donald Trump between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to be holding on Tuesday, although Thailand complained about Cambodia violating the agreement by “launching continuous and indiscriminate attacks on Thai territory across various areas along the border.”

Trade officials from the United States and China want to extend the current “tariff truce,” provided President Donald Trump approves.

China’s mission to the European Union (EU) expressed outrage on Monday over last week’s visit to Taiwan by several EU lawmakers.

Russian and Italian media reported this week that Pope Leo XIV will meet with Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, envoy of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday, July 26.

Taiwan says it is “evident and clear” that China is attempting to interfere with the island’s democracy during a recall election.

Thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets on Tuesday to protest a contentious law signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky that severely weakened the country’s top anti-corruption agencies.

Iranian state media claimed on Tuesday that 27 inmates from the infamous Evin prison in northern Tehran are still at large.

Apple rolled out a website and iPhone app in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, taking its first steps toward major retail operations in the Kingdom. Tuesday also marked the first time Apple has offered service and support in Arabic.

Chenguang Gong, a 59-year-old resident of San Jose, pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing missile-tracking technology from a research and development firm in the Los Angeles area.

Google said on Monday it has taken down almost 11,000 channels on YouTube for spreading propaganda. It allegedly linked 7,700 of them to China, and another 2,000 to Russia.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on the eve of negotiations with European powers that Iran will never give up its uranium enrichment program.

A high-level delegation from South Africa is currently in Beijing, seeking to increase bilateral trade and secure more Chinese investments before U.S. tariffs of 30% on South African exports take effect in August.

Investigators in Gansu, China, say officials falsified medical reports to conceal lead poisoning in over 200 kindergarten children.

The Syrian central government on Monday began evacuating hundreds of Bedouin families from the region around Sweida, the heavily Druze city where deadly violence broke out between the two groups last week.

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Sunday evening that he intends to remain in office as prime minister, even though his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered an anticipated defeat in Sunday’s elections and lost control of the upper house of the National Diet.

Ethiopian state media on Wednesday reported the arrest of 82 alleged Islamic State militants at a dozen locations across the country. The suspects had received paramilitary training and were ready to conduct terrorist operations.

A 35-year-old Thai woman named Wilawan Emsawat has been charged with extortion for allegedly recording herself while having sex with Buddhist monks, then threatening to make the photos and videos public unless she was paid off.

Wells Fargo suspended travel for all of its employees to China on Thursday after the Chinese government slapped an exit ban on banker Chenyue Mao.

Chinese state media reported on Thursday that “Chinese commerce officials have been intensively meeting representatives from the U.S. business community and academia” – and pressuring them to meddle in trade talks with the Trump administration on behalf of Beijing’s interests.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi declared his country’s support for the “national sovereignty and dignity” of Iran after meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the Taliban junta in Afghanistan claimed that no Afghan needs to fear persecution after a data breach at the UK Ministry of Defense leaked information about thousands of Afghans. 

Japan’s upstart populist-conservative party Sanseito is causing major headaches for Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in this weekend’s election, peeling off just enough votes to bring Ishiba’s minority coalition government down.

Indian Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday that India will be able to get the oil it needs, even if President Donald Trump imposes steep secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia.

Russian forces launched a massive drone attack against Ukraine on Wednesday, with targets including Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday warned Brazil, China, India, and other heavy buyers of Russian oil they could face stiff secondary sanctions if they keep doing business with Moscow.