UNITED NATIONS, July 10 — A review of the embattled United Nations Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, ordered by UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, has identified four possible ways forward for the organisation that has lost United States funding and been banned by Israel.

NAIROBI, July 10 — Kenya’s President William Ruto yesterday said police should shoot protesters who vandalise businesses in the leg to incapacitate them, two days after 31 people were killed during nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

LOS ANGELES, July 10 — Los Angeles city and other Southern California municipalities are joining a suit against United States President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at halting immigration raids that have spread panic among immigrant communities and sparked widespread protests.

KYIV, July 9 — Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight, hours after United States (US) President Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually sharp criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin.

SANTA CLARA, July 9 — Nvidia notched a market capitalisation of US$4 trillion (RM17 trillion) on Wednesday, making it the first public company in the world to reach the milestone and solidifying its position as one of Wall Street's most-favored stocks.

PARIS, July 9 — Europe's top human rights court has unanimously ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 and also that Moscow had repeatedly and systematically violated human rights in Ukraine.

ANKARA, July 9 — A Turkish court has blocked access to some content from Grok, developed by Elon Musk-founded company xAI, after authorities said the chatbot generated responses insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, modern Turkiye's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and religious values.

SEOUL, July 9 — South Korea will follow terms previously agreed with the United States (US) on defense cost sharing, its foreign ministry said today, following a call by US President Donald Trump for Seoul to pay more for the US troop presence in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Thailand has commended Malaysia’s leadership as Asean chair this year, praising its effective stewardship and support for Timor-Leste’s accession in October, a milestone that will mark the regional bloc’s first expansion in decades.

BANGKOK, July 9 — Thailand's consumer confidence declined for a fifth consecutive month in June, hitting the lowest rate in 28 months, due to concerns over ongoing political uncertainty and global trade tensions, a survey showed today, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Algeria and Uruguay have officially joined the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), further strengthening the treaty’s standing as a cornerstone of regional stability and peaceful cooperation.

BEIJING, July 9 — China's Ministry of Water Resources has activated a Level-IV emergency response to flooding in south China's Guangdong Province, hindered by the impact of Typhoon Danas, Xinhua reported.

CANBERRA, July 9 — Australia’s Qantas Airways today said more than a million customers had their phone number, birth date or home address accessed in one of the country’s biggest cyber breaches in years.

WASHINGTON/BRASILIA, July 9 — United States President Donald Trump yesterday said the US would “pretty soon” charge a 10 per cent tariff on imports from BRICS countries, drawing another complaint from Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who just hosted the bloc’s annual summit.

WASHINGTON, July 9 — United States President Donald Trump yesterday said South Korea should be paying for its own military protection and suggested the US ally needed to pay more for the US troop presence there, a day after saying he planned to impose a 25 per cent tariff on its imports.

THE HAGUE, July 9 — The International Criminal Court yesterday issued arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of the persecution of women and girls.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — The Palestine has hailed the significance of the Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development (Ceapad) as a critical diplomatic platform to deepen its ties with East and Southeast Asian nations, in support of its vision of statehood, economic empowerment and post-war reconstruction.

BANGKOK, July 8 — Thailand’s cabinet yesterday withdrew a draft law for casinos and entertainment complexes, citing the need for more time to engage with the public and create more understanding about the issue.

HATYAI, July 8 — The Thai Army has called on individuals linked with the country’s separatist movements to engage in peaceful dialogue with the government instead of resorting to violence.

BEIJING, July 8 — Chinese tech company ByteDance has denied reports that it has agreed to sell a controlling stake in the TikTok social network to a United States (US) consortium led by Oracle, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti, quoting Chinese media reports on Tuesday.