An Iranian appeals court handed a five-year sentence to prominent activist and journalist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, who has been held since her arrest at the onset of a protest movement, supporters said on July 2.
Pakistani officials said four security officials were killed in a shoot-out on July 2 in the southwestern Balochistan Province.
Afghanistan's Taliban government has seized on an off-the-cuff remark by U.S. President Joe Biden to underscore its claim that there was no Al-Qaeda threat in the country.
Poland, backed by Hungary, has staged a revolt against European Union migration reforms, leading to deadlock that on June 30 stretched into a second day at the bloc's summit.
Pakistan could get temporary relief for its ballooning foreign debt with a new standby arrangement worth $3 billion announced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington on June 29.
The Czech government said late on June 28 it had banned all athletes representing Russia from taking part in local competitions as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continued.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says no new nuclear agreement is on the table with Iran, despite quiet new diplomacy between Washington and Tehran.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said on June 27 it was summoning the Ukrainian ambassador for a "clarification," after the Ukrainian Embassy accused "the current Israeli government" of "a clear pro-Russian position."
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on June 25 warned that if Belarus is to host Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, then NATO must strengthen its eastern flank.
Russia said on June 25 that it had repelled new offensives by Ukrainian forces in four areas on the front line, a day after Ukraine claimed "progress" in the east of the country.
Russian air strikes on Syria's northwest on June 25 killed at least seven people, including four civilians, in retaliation for deadly drone attacks blamed on rebel forces, a war monitor said.
Europe's leading human rights watchdog on June 22 demanded a total ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics "as long as Russia's war of aggression" in Ukraine continues.
A prominent Pakistani businessman and his son are among five people aboard a submersible that has gone missing while exploring the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's bail on corruption charges was extended again on June 19, after he urged supporters to take to the streets if he is rearrested.
An Armenian poet and communist fighter in World War II will enter the Pantheon mausoleum and join an elite group of France's revered historical figures, French President Emmanuel Macron said on June 18.
Washington won't make special arrangements for Ukraine to join NATO, U.S. President Joe Biden said on June 17, despite Russia's invasion.
NATO countries have agreed to extend the mandate of Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and will make a formal announcement next week, diplomats said on June 29.
The U.S. ambassador to Hungary on June 16 blasted the policies of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government for stirring up hatred against gay people.
Explosions were heard in central Kyiv on June 16 as an African delegation visited Ukraine on a peace mission, witnesses and Kyiv's mayor reported.
More than 100,000 people had been evacuated in India and Pakistan ahead of the expected landfall of a cyclone powerful enough to devastate homes and tear down power lines.
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