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Yemen's warring parties agreed to extend a four-month long truce just hours before it was due to expire, the UN envoy announced Tuesday, vowing to "intensify" efforts to secure lasting peace.

Russia on Tuesday (2 August) said that the United States, the world's top military power, was directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine because US spies were approving and coordinating Ukrainian missile strikes on Russian forces.

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to arrive in Taipei later on 2 August, people briefed on the matter said, as several Chinese warplanes flew close to the median line dividing the Taiwan Strait, a source said.

The French government recently unveiled its emergency plan for the energy company EDF which some say is the first step towards the division of the group's activities, while whether or not this will fall under the remit of EU competition law is the subject of much discussion.

A campaign to examine the abundance and distribution of cetaceans in European Atlantic waters has been underway since 27 June and is scheduled to run until the end of August, with results potentially influencing European decision-making.

The European Commission said on Tuesday (2 August) it had approved the German government's €3 billion scheme to support renewable energy and waste heat-based district heating programs, which it said would help Germany and the EU achieve their climate change targets.

Scotland's ruling nationalists on Tuesday (2 August) angrily rounded on British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss after she accused their leader Nicola Sturgeon of being a pro-independence "attention seeker."

The life of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two US citizens detained by Moscow, sometimes reads like a far-fetched spy thriller.

The Brothers of Italy party, in pole position for next month's elections, sees room to revamp parts of an EU-funded investment programme to help the economy tackle an energy crisis and soaring costs, a party official said on 1 August.

India's relations with the European Union over the years have been built on the principles of cooperation, shared values and common concern for global peace, security, and development. This makes them natural partners as well as factors of stability in the present world order.

The US killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a "precision" strike in the centre of Kabul, President Joe Biden said, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

Mark Rutte became the longest-serving prime minister in the Netherlands' history on Tuesday (2 August), a testament to his energy for the job - as well as the political survival skills he has honed over his 12-year tenure.

Two border crossings between Kosovo and Serbia were reopened on Monday (1 August) after NATO-led peacekeepers supervised the removal of blockades that Serb protestors had set up over the weekend in a region existing with a fragile peace since the end of the 1998-1999 war.

The first shipment of Ukrainian grain since the Russian invasion in February left the port of Odesa on Monday (1 August) under a landmark deal to lift Moscow's naval blockade in the Black Sea.

Russia's former president dismissed a call by US President Joe Biden on Monday (1 August) to press on with talks on a new nuclear arms treaty, saying the appeal was out of place in a changed world.

British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won further heavyweight endorsement Monday (1 August) as party members began a month of voting to decide the next occupant of 10 Downing Street.

Pope Francis will attend a meeting of religious leaders in Kazakhstan in September, the Vatican said on1 August, a gathering where he has said previously he hoped to meet with the Russian Orthodox patriarch, who backs the war in Ukraine.

Bulgaria on Monday (1 August) announced snap general elections on October 2 following the toppling of a reformist coalition that tried to tackle endemic graft in the European Union's poorest country.

Kosovo's government on Monday (1 August) began issuing extra documents to Serbian citizens crossing into its territory, as Serbs living in the north of the country who oppose the decision blockaded roads leading to two border crossings.

The European Union and NATO on Monday (1 August) welcomed the departure of a grain shipment from Ukraine as a "first step" towards easing the food crisis caused by the Russian invasion.