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Syrian customs authorities seized 226 RGC-type grenades on Tuesday that were hidden in a vehicle heading to Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reported citing an official statement by the Syrian authorities.

Statement by Ambassador Kate Foster, UK Chargé d'Affaires to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.

Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Syria's political transition has reached an important institutional milestone with the establishment of a People's Assembly and Constitutional Supreme Court, senior UN officials told the Security Council today, warning that continued insecurity, Israeli military activity and a severely underfunded humanitarian response threaten the country's delicate progress.

H.E. Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, has formally called on the United States Government to urgently review and remove Uganda from the temporary Ebola-related entry suspension.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN health teams and partners are still racing to contain the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak, despite ongoing insecurity in eastern areas where the virus has taken hold. As of 19 July, the DRC Government has recorded 2,423 confirmed cases, including 967 deaths and 469 recoveries.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Tuesday reported the recent interception and exclusion of an International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)-flagged foreign national through the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS), preventing his entry into the Philippines.

The Governor briefed the President on the region's socioeconomic development.

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers proposed the appointment of a permanent special envoy to Myanmar and a benchmarking tool to assess the progress of the Southeast Asian state's implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC).

China has firmly rejected Japan's "concerns" over Chinese naval vessels' live-fire drills in Japan's so-called exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian telling reporters on Tuesday that Japan's objections are baseless. Lin added that China's competent authorities have already made clear China's stance regarding the China-Russia joint military exercises and maritime patrols.

China has firmly rejected Japan's "concerns" over Chinese naval vessels' shooting drills in Japan's so-called exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian telling reporters on Tuesday that Japan's objections are baseless. Lin added that China's competent authorities have already made clear China's stance regarding the China-Russia joint military exercises and maritime patrols.

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Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today released the following statement after the committee voted 9-8 to report with a favorable recommendation Walter "Jay" Clayton III's nomination to be Director of National Intelligence:

Tajikistan's interior minister said has said that a man arrested in Israel on suspicion of spying for Iran is no longer a Tajik citizen, contradicting earlier statements by Israeli authorities that described the suspect as a dual Tajik-Russian national.

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Operation Southern Readiness 26-2, a four-day multinational maritime security training engagement, commenced at Southern Naval Command, Kochi, on 20 Jul 2026. Hosted by the Southern Naval Command, the engagement is being conducted under the aegis of the Indian Navy-led Combined Task Force 154 (CTF 154), in partnership with Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), and has brought together 254 participants from 26 countries, supported by 74 facilitators and four International Organisations, and Subject Matter Experts.

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North Korea is close to completing a long-delayed new bridge to China, satellite imagery analyzed by Radio Free Asia shows.