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Morning Roundup

PM Frieden speaks on NATO pledge, 50% of candidates fail driving test, and Luxembourg aims for second table football world title

A man looks at a submarine during a media tour by the PLA Naval Museum, organized by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy

Counterweight to Western power

China hosts Iranian, Russian defence ministers against backdrop of 'momentous change'

Accused drug trafficker Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar (C), alias Fito, being guarded by Ecuador's Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo (L) and Ecuador's Interior Minister John Reimberg after his recapture

A year after prison break

Ecuador's most-wanted gang leader 'Fito' captured

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the UN Charter 'is a promise of peace, dignity and cooperation among nations,' but critics say the UN has failed that mission

80th anniversary

UN Charter: a founding document violated and ignored

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky met US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of NATO's summit

'Couldn't have been nicer'

Sidelined Zelensky still gets Trump face time at NATO summit

Bullet holes are seen in a wall after a shooting in Irapuato in central Mexico

Children among victims

Gunmen kill 11 in crime-hit Mexican city

At least 300 were injured in Nairobi

Kenya anniversary protests turn violent, 8 dead

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was not afraid of leaning on his identity and did not shy away from economic populism

Seismic wake-up call

New York mayoral vote floors Democratic establishment

Mourners at a funeral of a Palestinian killed near an aid distribution centre in the Gaza Strip

'Very good news'

Trump sees 'progress' on Gaza, raising hopes for ceasefire

The truce has allowed a return to normal life in Israel

Contradictory statements

Trump teases Iran talks next week, says nuclear programme set back 'decades'

Returning travellers kissed the tarmac after Israeli airports reopened

Restrictions lifted

Relief, joy as Israel reopens after Iran war ceasefire

The war started on June 13

Iran hangs three more accused of spying as fears grow for Swede

Iranians in Tehran celebrate the ceasefire with Israel after 12 days of war

Ongoing ceasefire

Iran-Israel war: latest developments

Pashinyan's grip on power has so far remained unshaken

Escalating standoff

Armenia PM says foiled 'sinister' coup plot by senior cleric

US President Donald Trump seemed keen to share the plaudits for a deal set to see the 32 countries commit to spending five percent of output on defence by 2035

'Flying into another big success'

Trump reassures allies as NATO agrees 'historic' spending hike

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) held talks with Donald Trump just hours after the US president announced a truce in the Iran-Israel war

Regional concerns

Turkey breathes easier as Iran-Israel truce eases fallout risk

Libramont nursery temporarily shut after 14-month-old baby dies

The migrants were held at the Temporary Care Center for Migrants in Puntarenas after being sent to Costa Rica by the Trump administration

Justice orders release of migrants deported to Costa Rica by Trump

Upstart socialist stuns political veteran in NYC mayoral primary

Property tycoon Truong My Lan (C-L) will no longer face the death penalty over a multi-billion-dollar fraud after Vietnam abolished capital punishment for several crimes

Capital punishment abolished

Vietnam tycoon will not face death penalty over $27 bn fraud: lawyer

Morning Roundup

National strike in Belgium, Trump drops f-bomb on camera, and swimming ban lifted on Upper Sure lake

Amid gunfire reports

Officer, fugitive die in cross-border police pursuit near Thionville

Vietnam's National Assembly has approved abolition of the death penalty for spying, attempting to overthrow the government and six other offences

Replaced by life sentences

Vietnam abolishes death penalty for spying, anti-state activities

Fordo underground uranium enrichment site hit by US strikes

Ceasefire holding

Iran-Israel war: latest developments

Iran and Israel have engaged in a shadow war for decades, but their 12-day conflict has been the most destructive confrontation between them

Contradicting President Trump

Israel claims victory as US intel says Iran nuclear sites not destroyed

Mourners cry during a funeral of a person killed while attempting to get aid at a distribution point

'An abomination'

Gaza rescuers say 46 killed as UN slams US-backed aid system

US President Donald Trump touched down in The Hague for NATO's summit

Trump rattles NATO allies as he descends on summit

US President Donald Trump adjusts his cap as he exits Air Force One in Amsterdam

Continued uncertainty

Trump plays deft hand with Iran-Israel ceasefire but doubts remain

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