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The United States seeks to bolster the Philippines' capabilities to operate lawfully in its territorial waters, White House National Security Council Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania Mira Rapp-Hooper said on Wednesday.

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The Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina on July 24 temporarily suspended an election law passed by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska in April, sparking negative reaction by the international community and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission to Bosnia.

Georgia's State Security Service (SUS) said on July 24 it had launched an investigation into an alleged "plot" to assassinate Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder and honorary chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, and then "violently overthrow" the government.

Nigerian government officials held an emergency meeting Wednesday in response to nationwide protests planned next month over governance issues and the cost of living.

Nigerian officials are hoping that plans for a nationwide August 1 protest over the country's soaring living costs will be jettisoned.

The leader of one of Sudan's two warring factions has accepted an invitation by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to participate in peace talks aimed at ending the country's devastating 15-month-old conflict.

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Military Sealift Command's (MSC) commercial charter oiler MT Badlands Trader conducted ships qualification training (SQT) with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) oiler JS Hamana (AO-424), in which the ships performed a simulated consolidated cargo replenishment at sea (CONSOL), at sea West of Kyushu, Japan, July 22-23, 2024.

The Turkish Navy assumed command of Combined Maritime Forces' (CMF) counter-piracy focused task force during a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, July 24.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) successfully conducted the first land-based demonstration of the Transferrable Rearming Mechanism (TRAM), which will enable U.S. Navy surface combatants to reload missile canisters into their MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS) at sea.

The Business and Enterprise Systems Product Innovation team recently visited Singapore to deepen its collaborative efforts with the Republic of Singapore Air Force, marking a pivotal moment in advancing international software innovation within the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense.

Gen. Mike Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander, alongside Lt. Gen. David Tabor, U.S. Air Force deputy chief of staff for plans and programs, and Rear Adm. Derek Trinque, U.S. Transportation Command director of strategic plans, policy and logistics, testified in front of the House Armed Services subcommittee on seapower and projection forces, July 23, on connectivity of the U.S. Air Force mobility fleet.

On 15 July, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti held a briefing to Member States during which the Panel of Experts briefed on its interim report dated 29 March (document S/2024/253).

Progress fighting global hunger has been set back 15 years, leaving around 733 million people going hungry in 2023, equivalent to one in 11 people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published on Wednesday.

Recent attacks on three villages in East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea, resulted in at least 26 deaths - including 16 children - an event that has left UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk "horrified", he said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Philippines will continue pursuing a diplomatic approach and uphold the rule of law in the South China Sea, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) as it expounds on the Marcos administration's work to defend the country's rights in the West Philippine Sea through peaceful means.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is committed to the peace process, reiterating during his 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) that the government will honor all peace agreements and their terms, Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Tuesday.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has censured Washington for receiving Benjamin Netanyahu for an address to Congress.