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Former Chinese defence minister expelled from Communist Party: state media

The Taiwan government lifts its travel warning to China and advises its citizens not to travel unless absolutely necessary

Afghan Taliban are not our supporters in the fight against militants, says Pakistan's Defense MinisterAt the same time as presenting the plan of the operation "Azm-e-Istihkam" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan

North Korea again launches suspected trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea: JCS

Russian Foreign Ministry: Washington, which chose confrontation over dialogue, bears full responsibility for the impasse in the settlement process around the Korean Peninsula. As a result, the situation is teetering on a dangerous edge

Geolocation of TNLA soldiers in downtown Kyaukme city, Burma after reportedly clearing all junta positions within the town.

PM says South Korea not at stage to consider nuclear armament 'for now'

Lavrov: We zijn van plan de formatbijeenkomsten Rusland-India-China te herhalen

North Korea sends trash-carrying balloons for 2nd straight day

For 5 days in a row, 4 Chinese Coast Guard ships have repeatedly entered the 12-mile territorial limit around Japan's Senkaku islands. CCG "drove away & expelled" Japanese patrol boats & have been spotted sailing within Japan's EEZ for 186 days straight, the longest record ever

"3 theaters-Europe, the MiddleEast & the IndoPacific are increasingly intertwined" @DeputySecState Kurt Campbell tells @CFR_org "PRC, Russia, DPRK & Iran are increasing coordination&security cooperation.There are limits to these partnerships but they cannot be ignored"

Palestinian officials: Postponing the talks between the Fatah and Hamas movements in China without setting a new date

President @AndrzejDuda during a meeting with the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping: I believe that our activities under the presidency of the EU will be able to contribute to building our mutual relations. I hope that the President will accept our invitation to Poland

Firefighters find around 20 bodies at South Korea battery fire site, reports Yonhap

De VS, Korea (ROK) en Japan 'veroordelen in de sterkst mogelijke bewoordingen' de verdieping van de militaire samenwerking tussen de DVK en Rusland, inclusief voortdurende wapenoverdrachten die het lijden van het Oekraïense volk verlengen – Gezamenlijke verklaring

Philippines says it won't back down, but won't start a war, after clash with Chinese Coast Guard

A 26-storey building is on fire in Astana, rescuers evacuated 8 people, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan reports. The Rixos Khan Shatyr Residences complex consists of six residential towers and two office towers.

De politie heeft twee burgers van Kazachstan, Altai Zhakanbayev en Meyram Karatayev, aangeklaagd, die op 18 juni zouden hebben geprobeerd de Kazachse oppositiejournalist Aidos Sadikov te vermoorden.

Chinese Ministry of Commerce: The European Union's continued escalation of trade disputes may lead to "igniting a trade war"

Putin: Russia expects its cooperation with North Korea to be a "deterrent factor"

Poetin: Wij sluiten de levering van hogeprecisiewapens aan Noord-Korea niet uit

The White House: The United States will continue to focus on expanding the partnership with Vietnam

De herprioritering van wapensystemen voor Oekraïne zal geen gevolgen hebben voor Taiwan, zegt Kirby

Het Witte Huis: De overeenkomst tussen Noord-Korea en Rusland is niet verrassend

U.S. sends its top diplomat on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, A/S Daniel Kritenbrink, to Hanoi tomorrow to meet with Vietnam officials to underscore strong commitment to implementing Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and to support free, open Indo-Pacific region. A/S Kritenbrink will also reaffirm the U.S’ support for a strong, independent, resilient, and prosperous Vietnam, per DoS. He will discuss shared objectives for next month’s ASEAN-related ministerial meetings, which will take place in Vientiane, Lao PDR

Guangdong (China): The region experienced significant flooding and landslides due to torrential rains

Zuid-Korea zegt dat elke samenwerking die de militaire opbouw van Noord-Korea helpt, een schending van de resoluties van de VN-Veiligheidsraad vormt

Zuid-Korea zal de kwestie van de wapenlevering aan Oekraïne heroverwegen: presidentiële functionaris

South Korea seized a 2,900-ton cargo ship near the Korea Strait on Thursday on suspicion of violating U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against North Korea, sources said.

Poetin had een ontmoeting met de president van Vietnam in Hanoi