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Oceania
Beijing's embassy disputed New Zealand's latest security assessment, which identifies China as the only country conducting espionage at scale and the most active foreign-interference actor.
Middle East
A memorandum transfers designated civilian facilities to Damascus and turns Russian military sites into joint training centers, preserving Moscow's access while reducing the exceptional privileges attached to its former bases.
Middle East
Peacekeepers counted 113 Israeli projectiles on Wednesday and 120 within 16 hours on Thursday, alongside airstrikes, displacement and new casualties around Al-Mansuri and other parts of southern Lebanon.
Europe
Around 50,000 people entered the Spanish enclave within a day and roughly half returned, while deaths, repatriations and threats of tighter Schengen controls turned the emergency into a wider European dispute.
Asia
Indonesia's investment minister said Jakarta wants Chinese companies to move beyond capital deployment and help build supply chains, technology capacity, talent and export-oriented industrial platforms inside the country.
Europe
The European Union adopted a 21st sanctions package against Russia, widening restrictions across banking, crypto services, oil revenues, the shadow fleet, military supply chains and trade channels linked to Moscow's war economy.
Europe
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Moscow is prepared for all scenarios amid European militarization, while reiterating that Russia does not seek to attack anyone. Speaking after an ASEAN summit in Manila, Lavrov emphasized Russia's material readiness for any developments.
Asia
Southeast Asian foreign ministers have gathered in Manila for annual talks overshadowed by the US-Iran war, with concerns that Washington's military focus on the Middle East could divert attention from China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are among the key attendees.
Asia
China has demanded Australia stop "exaggerating tensions and inciting confrontation" over the South China Sea, following Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong's condemnation of Beijing's conduct in the region. The diplomatic spat coincides with a physical altercation between Chinese and Philippine naval forces at Second Thomas Shoal.
Middle East
Yemen's Houthis declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, potentially opening a new front in the US-Iran war and threatening global energy supplies. The announcement came as diplomatic efforts to restore a ceasefire continue, with US strikes on Iranian cities entering their ninth night.
China
Taiwan says Chinese coast guard and research vessel activity around the island rose sharply in June, deepening concerns that Beijing could be testing pressure tactics aimed at the island's Pacific supply routes.
China
A ballistic missile launch from a Chinese nuclear submarine has underscored Beijing's effort to make the maritime leg of its nuclear triad more credible, survivable and central to the strategic balance in the Indo-Pacific.
