Spain's Supreme Court on July 1 refused to grant an amnesty to Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on a charge of misusing public funds, maintaining…
Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Caribbean island of Carriacou on July 1, producing "life-threatening conditions" including disastrous winds, according to US trackers, after the storm…
Argentina's government on July 1 officially closed state news agency Telam, transforming it into a state advertising and "propaganda" agency after right-wing President Javier Milei…
Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on July 1 as she defended a decision to…
Sri Lanka will save $5 billion following the restructure of its bilateral debt, much of which is owed to China, through slashed interest rates and…
A panel of UN experts has determined that the detention of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan was arbitrary and a violation of international law,…
A Nepali court on July 1 sentenced a man whose followers believe him to be a reincarnation of Buddha to 10 years in prison for…
A Cambodian court on July 2 sentenced 10 environmentalists to between six and eight years in jail for plotting to commit crimes in their activism…
Floods in northern Myanmar have trapped thousands of people in their homes and cut electricity and phone lines, residents and local media said July 2,…
Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific said July 2 it will buy up to 152 Airbus planes worth $24 billion in a deal it described as the…
North Korea successfully tested a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a super-large warhead, state media said July 2, with analysts suggesting the weapon…
Taiwanese officials said they are concerned China will detain more individuals from the island to pile pressure on President Lai Ching-te. There have been 15…
A union representing tens of thousands of workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said on July 2 it would hold a three-day strike…
The resignations of two British judges from China-ruled Hong Kong’s highest court not only raise concerns about the rule of law, some lawyers and experts…
The government of cash-strapped Vanuatu will soon settle into a suite of new buildings funded by China, a move likely to reignite concerns about Beijing's…
Australian police said it had arrested a 14-year-old boy after a stabbing at the University of Sydney on July 2 morning, which triggered a lockdown…
The New Zealand and Australian governments handed over July 1 the upgraded Seghe Airfield to the Solomon Islands government, which they hope will boost connectivity…
An indigenous Kanak pro-independence activist from the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia said Monday that he considered himself a "political prisoner" as authorities held…
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…
