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The United States issued economic and travel sanctions Thursday on combatants violating cease-fire agreements in Sudan, imposing restrictions on visas and cutting off financial sources for both the Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

The head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, is calling on the international community to urgently increase support for new arrivals crossing the border from Sudan.

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four companies generating revenue from, and contributing to, the conflict in Sudan. The entities designated today are affiliated with the two embattled forces that are fueling the ongoing conflict in Sudan: two companies affiliated with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and two companies affiliated with the Sudanese Armed Forces

The president of Kosovo confirmed that France and Germany have suggested holding new elections in four municipalities in northern Kosovo as a means of defusing tensions over the forced installation of ethnic-Albanian mayors.

Cambodia's succession won't be rushed. When speculation swirled almost two years ago that the prime minister's eldest son would take over in this summer's election, his father, Hun Sen, the premier for some 40 years, quashed it.

China and the United States are putting a new focus on diplomacy in Central Asia, a region where Moscow's long-dominant position has been diminished by its troubled invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions by G-7 nations.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) claims thousands of iPhones belonging to the country's diplomats have suffered a massive hacking attack.

Today the U.S. Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Security Agency together with partners from the Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Police Agency, and National Intelligence Service are releasing a Cybersecurity Advisory on social engineering and hacking threats posed by the DPRK cyber group known as Kimsuky.

China is unlikely to take any action against North Korea even if Pyongyang tries to relaunch a spy satellite after its first attempt failed, experts said.

A successful training launch of a Medium-Range Ballistic Missile, Agni-1 was carried out by the Strategic Forces Command from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha on June 01, 2023. The missile is a proven system, capable of striking targets with a very high degree of precision. The user training launch successfully validated all operational and technical parameters of the missile.

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Wednesday that the reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is not a current focus of the Biden administration.

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating members and affiliates of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its external operations arm, the IRGC-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), who have participated in a series of terrorist plots including assassination plots targeting former United States government officials, dual U.S. and Iranian nationals, and Iranian dissidents. This action targets three

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on members and affiliates of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its external operations arm, the IRGC-Quds Force, whom Washington has accused of participating in terrorist plots targeting former U.S. government officials and Iranian dissidents, including journalists.

China is racing to complete a deep sea port project in western Myanmar's Rakhine state, despite concerns from residents who rely on the area's waterways and say it will destroy their livelihoods.

Junta raids on villages in a township in Myanmar's northern Sagaing region forced more than 3,000 people to flee their homes Thursday morning, locals told RFA.

The UN in Bangladesh on Thursday condemned a second cut in food rations for Rohingya refugees who are sheltering in the country, after a funding shortfall of $56 million compelled the World Food Programme (WFP) to enforce the cuts.

Noeleen Heyzer, the U.N. secretary-general's special representative on Myanmar, will depart the role June 12, according to the United Nations, after a relatively brief term of about 18 months.

Pakistan said Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed when a security outpost along the border with Iran came under attack from a "group of terrorists."

The United States will immediately stop notifying Russia about the status or location of missiles and launchers as required under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the State Department said in a Thursday release.

The semiconductor trade war between Washington and Beijing may ensnare Seoul as South Korea must decide between backing its closest ally or embracing a lucrative export opportunity presented by China, its top trading partner.