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North Korea condemns joint military exercise by South Korea, U.S., Japan

Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan on July 2-6 - Chinese Foreign Ministry

North Korean News Agency: Pyongyang will protect regional peace with an "aggressive and overwhelming response"

North Korea condemns the joint exercises between the United States, South Korea and Japan

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: Vi planerar att upprepa mötena i formatet Ryssland, Indien och Kina

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

USA, Korea (ROK) och Japan "fördömer i starkast möjliga ordalag" ett fördjupat militärt samarbete mellan Nordkorea och Ryssland, inklusive fortsatta vapenöverföringar som förlänger det ukrainska folkets lidande, — Gemensamt uttalande

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.

Polisen åtalade två medborgare i Kazakstan, Altai Zhakanbayev och Meyram Karatayev, som den 18 juni påstås ha försökt mörda den kazakiska oppositionsjournalisten Aidos Sadikov

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"

Putin: Vi utesluter inte att vi levererar högprecisionsvapen till Nordkorea

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

Omprioriteringen av vapensystem för Ukraina kommer inte att påverka Taiwan, säger Kirby

Vita huset: Avtalet mellan Nordkorea och Ryssland är inte förvånande

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