On 2 July 2020, the ISPR stated that there are no new military deployments along the Line of Control (LoC) in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), in response to Indian claims that Pakistan deployed 20,000 additional troops, during India-China tensions.

In his briefing on Tuesday 07/07/2020, the Spokesman for the Houthi Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree accused the US Agency for Development (USAID) operating in Yemen of being involved in supplying weapons to the other side of the Yemeni fighting front, which his Houthi followers seized it as he said..

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• IMF Revises Down Middle East and Central Asia Economic Outlook as Pandemic Persists
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• China Announces Retaliatory Sanctions on US Officials Over Xinjiang

Rights campaigners are calling for a United Nations investigation into China’s treatment of the country’s Uighur Muslims, following reports of forced sterilisations of women.