Armed conflicts and attacks
International relations
Law and crime
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- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Soledar
- The UK Ministry of Defence says that Russian forces are in control of most of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast. Both Wagner fighters and Ukrainian forces say intense fighting continues on the western outskirts of the city. (The Guardian)
- United States and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev says Russia is now fighting NATO, "and above all the United States and Britain" in Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Battle of Soledar
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
International relations
- China–Japan relations, China–South Korea relations
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- China suspends the issuance of short-term travel visas to Japanese and South Korean citizens to reciprocate the two countries' imposition of travel restrictions on Chinese citizens in response to the recent COVID-19 surge. (AFP via Channels TV) (AFP via The Manila Times)
- Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- Armenia–Russia relations
- Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan announces the postponement of joint military exercises with the Russian Armed Forces under the Collective Security Treaty Organization this year, citing the organization's refusal to condemn Azerbaijan over the disputes. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
- Armenia–Russia relations
Law and crime
- Corruption in Indonesia
- The Corruption Eradication Commission arrests Governor of Papua Lukas Enembe as part of an investigation regarding corruption in the region's infrastructure development. (Detik)
- A Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Iran, sentences a Belgian aid worker to a minimum of 12 and a half years in prison and 74 lashes on espionage charges. (AP via VOA)
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