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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.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on Friday made an address at the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's remarks at the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland have drawn a blueprint for the development of Hong Kong, and clarified the direction of the steady and sustained implementation of the "one country, two systems" principle, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

China's top diplomat on Saturday arrived on his first visit to Myanmar since the military seized power last year to attend a regional meeting that the government said was a recognition of its legitimacy and opponents protested as a violation of peace efforts.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Special Envoy to Myanmar has again requested that the junta let him speak with detained opposition chief Aung San Suu Kyi, amid criticism that his mission to resolve the country's political crisis will be fruitless without meeting all stakeholders.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha and the Royal Thai Air Force chief on Friday played down a brief incursion by a Burmese fighter jet into the nation's airspace amid fierce fighting across the border, saying Myanmar and Thailand have "a good relationship."

The United Kingdom and New Zealand are committed to a stable Indo-Pacific and emphasize the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, the prime ministers of the two countries said in a joint statement on Friday.

Two members of the United States House of Representatives have introduced a bill to Congress that seeks to track and expedite deliveries of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, amid growing tensions between Taipei and Beijing.

A new U.S. Congressional bill seeking to improve the transparency of weapons sales to Taiwan could have a significant impact on the timely delivery of arms shipments from Washington, according to defense experts.