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The US military has renewed investment in the long-abandoned fleet of aircraft capable of detecting fissure material from high above. The maiden flight takes place amid speculation that North Korea might conduct its first nuclear tests in many years, after denuclearization talks with the US were declared dead several years ago.

A Turkish attack drone, Bayraktar Akinci, successfully test-fired a new laser-guided missile on Saturday, expected to become a game changer, the chief executive of the Turkish national defense firm ASELSAN said.

Turkey will continue to strengthen the army until it becomes the strongest in the world, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.

The grand meeting in Kabul of more than 4,000 male clerics and tribal leaders ended on July 2 with a declaration of support for Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and calls on the international community to recognize the country's as-of-yet unrecognized government.

Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has confirmed that it has flown three unarmed drones towards the Karish gas field in the country's territorial waters, sending a message to the Israeli regime, which disputes the maritime area.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev has abruptly scrapped plans to abolish the country's Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic's right to secede following rare mass protests in the restive region, according to his office.

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has declared a month-long state of emergency in the northwestern province of Karakalpakstan, starting Sunday, after a failed bid to scrap its autonomy.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Nukus, the capital of Uzbekistan's autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, where riots took place the day before, and proposed to preserve the clause on the sovereignty of the republic's autonomy in the country's constitution, his spokesman said on Saturday.

Tunisia's powerful General Labor Union (UGTT) has stood up against President Kais Saied's bid to overhaul the constitution in his own favor, saying it poses a threat to democracy.

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The RAF are continuing to take the fight to Daesh in Iraq and Syria.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has traveled to Damascus in a bid to "prevent a new crisis" amid tensions between Syria and Turkey over Ankara's threats to launch a new offensive against Kurdish militias in northern Syria.

Greece said on July 2 that an Iranian-flagged tanker seized by Athens in April was being towed to the port of Piraeus following a decision by a Greek judicial panel to release the vessel.

Iran and Russian transport officials met in Moscow to discuss details of transport initiatives during 13th joint transport task force.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a phone conversation that Russia remains a reliable producer and supplier of grain, fertilizers and energy, the Kremlin said on Friday.

Five months into Russia's war on Ukraine, the Kremlin still hasn't decreed a general mobilization to draft troops for its invasion, but there are growing reports that it is enticing and pressuring men of fighting age to join, as well as leaning on younger conscripts to sign contracts so they can deploy to the front.

Despite the efforts of Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the war in Ukraine continues. Whether governments in Southeast Asia are willing to admit it or not, the war matters, as it threatens the liberal international order, creates a dangerous precedent for other aggressor states, and harms the fragile post-pandemic economic recovery by causing inflationary pressures in energy and food.

Acting Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on Friday that he will not change his decision to order 70 Russian diplomats out of the country.

July 1, 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. Twenty-five years ago today, Hong Kong returned to the embrace of the motherland. This ended past humiliation and marked a major step forward toward the complete reunification of China.