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Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a network of six individuals and five entities based in the People's Republic of China (PRC), involved in the procurement of items supporting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) ballistic missile and space programs.

North Korea's broadening ties with Russia make a possible re-engagement with the U.S. less appealing for Pyongyang despite an apparent overture from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, analysts said.

The United States has announced sanctions on six individuals and five entities based in China for their alleged involvement in the procurement of items supporting North Korea's ballistic missile and space programs.

The United States is today imposing sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13382 on a network of six individuals and five entities based in the PRC for their involvement in the procurement of items supporting the DPRK's unlawful WMD and ballistic missile programs.

The ruling Chinese Communist Party has announced plans to raise the retirement age as part of its response to falling births and a rapidly aging population.

A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy warship recently arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia to participate in Russia's upcoming Navy Day celebrations, with analysts highlighting recent China-Russia military exchanges and stressing the PLA Navy's far seas capabilities while refuting US media hype.

The British government should further expand its lifeboat British National Overseas visa scheme for Hong Kongers fleeing a crackdown on dissent and slash their university tuition fees in recognition of the ongoing threat to the city's promised freedoms, a London-based rights group has told parliament.

The Italian Air Force has confirmed an EFA 2000 Typhoon aircraft encountered an unknown issue during a training flight.

The Australian Government has enhanced its maritime capability with the official opening of the new Kuru Wharf at HMAS Coonawarra in the Northern Territory.

The hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees forced to flee Myanmar to live in camps in Bangladesh appear no closer to a chance to return home nearly seven years later, with global attention on the humanitarian crisis waning, activists said Wednesday.

Flooding has devastated crops and forced schools to close in 30 villages across central Myanmar, residents told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.

Insurgent forces in Myanmar's Mandalay region have captured the gem-mining town of Mogoke from military junta forces, a Ta'ang National Liberation Army spokeswoman told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.

The United States urged Pakistan Wednesday to protect the rights of all citizens, including freedom of expression and assembly, as a military-backed crackdown on the opposition party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan continues.

Russian fighter Su-27 was scrambled as an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft and two Typhoon fighters of the Royal Air Force approaching the state border over the Black Sea, foreign aircraft made a turn, and no breach of the state border was allowed, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given instructions on the development of shipbuilding to ensure the country's defense and security, they take into account the rapidly changing global situation, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's staunch ally Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma (lower house of parliament) toured Nicaragua, Cuba and Algeria July 20-22 to bolster Kremlin's influence and rally states against the U.S.

Vladimir Putin, 71, has been president or prime minister of Russia since August 1999, clamping down ever harder on dissent while building up a personalized authoritarian system that has proven durable through political upheaval, economic crises, wars, and the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Russia's 9K720 Iskander mobile ballistic systems have become a veritable bane of the Kiev regime military in recent months, delivering precise and deadly strikes against Ukrainian armor, command and control installations, trains carrying military equipment and logistical hubs.

Today, the frigate Tran Hung Dao of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Navy arrives in Vladivostok.

Hadi Matar, 26, of Fairview, New Jersey, was arraigned today in federal court in connection with attempting to provide material support to Hizballah, a designated foreign terrorist organization; engaging in an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries; and providing material support to terrorists.