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Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Beijing on Monday.

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China has announced fresh export controls targeting dozens of Japanese companies, as Beijing steps up pressure on Tokyo over its growing military activities and tensions over Taiwan.

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will conduct Operation NANOOK-TAKUNIQ throughout the summer, fall, and winter across the Canadian North and Arctic. Activities will take place in key locations including Banks Island, Akpotak Island, and the coastlines of Hudson Bay and Labrador.

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mark Rutte.

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The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Nils Muižnieks, today warned that despite the release of several hundred political prisoners over the past year, there has been no overall improvement in the human rights situation in the country.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Jotham Napat, signed a new treaty, the Vanuatu-Australia Nakamal Agreement, in Canberra today.

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China hopes that the cooperation between relevant country and Pacific nations will be truly conducive to the development and stability of the Pacific islands region. The cooperation should not target any third party, still less be used as an excuse for geopolitical contest, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday.

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U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, alongside Philippine marines with 4th Marine Brigade, Philippine Marine Corps, successfully transported personnel, sustainment supplies and advanced coastal defense systems aboard Philippine vessels during bilateral littoral mobility training in Northern Luzon, June 21-22, 2026, in support of the Philippine-led exercise, KAMANDAG 10. The training enhanced the ability of U.S. and Philippine forces to move and sustain personnel and equipment across complex maritime terrain while strengthening interoperability and combined readiness.

The Italian Navy has concluded its six-month command of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), transferring authority to the Hellenic Navy during an official ceremony held on board ITS Virginio Fasan at Taranto Naval Base.

France welcomes the framework agreement between the governments of Lebanon and Israel, brokered by the United States and signed in Washington on Friday.

Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation), and Airmen from the 219th Red Horse Squadron successfully executed the first operational joint sling load mission between the two units June 26, during a field training exercise designed to strengthen the Montana National Guard's domestic operations capabilities.

The French authorities note Burkina Faso's unilateral decision to break off diplomatic relations with France.