Hungary takes over the EU's rotating presidency on July 1, promising to be an "honest broker" despite widespread concerns over what critics see as an…
French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies were on July 1 beginning a week of intense campaigning ahead of the second round of legislative elections…
Russian forces destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones overnight in regions near the border, Moscow's defence ministry said July 1. "Air defence systems on duty destroyed and…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new government on June 30 with the former opposition parties getting 12 out of 32 portfolios after the…
The lights of several thousand mobile phones illuminated a main boulevard of Venezuela's San Cristobal city in a euphoric welcome to opposition leader Maria Corina…
The US Justice Department is offering Boeing a plea deal that will allow it to avoid a trial related to two deadly 737 MAX crashes,…
Former Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borissov's GERB party tried to form a minority government July 1 to overcome the impasse after the country's sixth election…
Turkish police were holding 67 people July 1 after a mob went on the rampage in a central Anatolian city after a Syrian man was…
Italian authorities announced July 1 the seizure of more than six tonnes of chemicals from China allegedly intended to produce illegal drugs, including ecstasy, worth…
Forest fires that raged in the outer suburbs of Athens over the weekend have been brought under control, firefighters said July 1. Fanned by strong…
India on July 1 implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a "watershed" movement by the top judge but which critics said could…
Taliban authorities said July 1 they would press the international community over economic sanctions as they attended a UN-hosted summit in Doha with special representatives…
Twenty detainees, some accused of terrorism, staged a prison break in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on June 30, officials told AFP, adding that one was "killed in…
Cash-strapped Pakistan adopted a $68 billion budget laced with tax-raising measures June 28 as it seeks to secure a new bailout from the International Monetary…
China assisted the Philippines in the crew rescue of a stricken Philippine fishing boat near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea on June…
A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group was battling junta troops in a ruby and gem-mining hub on June 28, the group and the junta told…
Myanmar authorities have arrested a Japanese national working for retail giant Aeon for allegedly selling rice at artificially high prices, the junta said, with Tokyo…
Older foreign motorcycles will soon be disallowed on Singapore's roads, while foreign commercial diesel vehicles must comply with a lower smoke emissions threshold as the…
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles but one launch failed, South Korea's military said July 1, a day after Pyongyang warned of "fatal consequences"…
Foreigners who are permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macao and are looking to visit mainland China can apply for multiple-entry travel visas with a…
Mount Fuji's summer climbing season begins on July 1 with new crowd control measures on the Japanese volcano's most popular hiking trail to combat overtourism.…
China will gift a pair of giant pandas to Hong Kong as the finance hub marked its 27th year under Chinese rule, city leader John…
The largest political party in Fiji was deregistered on July 1, less than two months after its former leader and ex-prime minister Frank Bainimarama was…
Fiji prison chiefs said July 1 they had punished 11 officers for receiving free meals and other favours from businesses linked to South Korea's "Grace…
Marianas Southern Airways, which flew away from the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in March 2023, has been sued in federal court by its…
