- The European Union extended sanctions against Russia for another six months, including a wide range of sectors such as trade, finances, industry, technology, transport, and luxury goods.
- A 48-hour strike by senior doctors began across the UK on Thursday over a pay dispute. The move has led to postponements of thousands of appointments, as it becomes the first walkout by them since 2012.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu separately in Türkiye next week, authorities said Thursday.
- Baku said on Thursday that Armenia intends to continue “illegal activities” on its territory, referring to Yerevan’s rejection of the Aghdam-Khankendi into the Karabakh region as proposed by Azerbaijan.
- China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday emphasized that the key to progress in bilateral relations with the US was “win-win cooperation,” during a meeting with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Beijing.
- Pakistan has urged Russia to restore the Black Sea grain deal to ensure the food security of the developing world, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said in a press conference with his visiting Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.
- Sri Lanka’s parliament unanimously endorsed a motion on the humanitarian situation in Palestine, urging their president to condemn recent attacks by Israel in the occupied West Bank.
- A 42-year-old Moroccan man died of a heat stroke in Spain’s southeastern region Murcia, as the country battles its third heat wave of summer with temperatures exceeding 40C (104F).
- The number of Black inmates in Brazil’s penitentiary system reached an all-time high of 442,033 in 2022, accounting for 68.2% of the total prison population.
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