New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war.

The head of Israel’s Mossad will travel to Qatar on Friday to try to finalize a cease-fire deal with Hamas, according to a person familiar with the matter.

A former Philippine opposition senator has accused ex-President Rodrigo Duterte of plundering state coffers in a criminal complaint. Former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV alleged that Duterte conspired with an aide to award government infrastructure contracts worth millions of dollars to cronies.

America’s employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in June, adding 206,000 jobs and once again displaying the U.S. economy’s ability to withstand continually high interest rates. Last month’s job growth did mark a pullback from 218,000 in May.

After a few hours of sleep to shake off a night of celebration and an audience with the king, Keir Starmer stepped through the front door of 10 Downing St. for the first time as prime minister on Friday.

Beryl was battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula after hitting near the resort town of Tulum as officials in Texas urged coastal residents to prepare as the storm moves toward the Gulf of Mexico. Beryl hit Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane but weakened to a tropical storm as it moved across the peninsula.

Palestinian authorities say seven people have been killed during an Israeli military operation in the area of the West Bank city of Jenin. That’s where the Israeli military said it had been carrying out “counterterrorism activity” that included an airstrike. At least 7 Palestinians were killed.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has visited Moscow for a rare meeting by a European leader with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed peace proposals for Ukraine. The visit triggered condemnation from Kyiv and some European officials that he had no mandate for discussions beyond bilateral relations.

Military spending is up, plans to counter a potential Russian attack have been upgraded and NATO has added two new members to fortify an alliance now considered at its strongest in decades.

In October, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will step aside for Mark Rutte, whose own 14-year stint made him the longest serving prime minister in the history of the Netherlands.

A special committee of Okinawa legislators has drafted a letter of protest to U.S. authorities over a growing list of allegations of sexual crimes committed by U.S. service members since 2023.

Three Chinese coast guard vessels entered the 12-mile territorial limit around the Senkaku Islands between Tuesday and Thursday, the third such incident in less than a month, according to the Japanese coast guard.

The Missile Defense Agency has yet to explain a provision in its live-fire test plan for Guam’s proposed defense system that would call on landowners to temporarily vacate their properties, according to a Guam think tank.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was indicted Thursday, according to the Associated Press, for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia.

More job specialties considered “extremely demanding” by the Air Force and Space Force will be eligible starting in October for special duty assignment pay, and more of it.

The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention is setting new rules for dogs coming into the United States to prevent the spread of canine rabies, and pets in military families or belonging to Defense Department civilians are not exempt.

The Tokyo Police Museum, a six-story building a 7-minute walk from the Tokyo Station, showcases hundreds of years of policing history in Japan, and to top it off, it’s a completely free experience.

World Philly Cheesesteaks near Osan Air Base offers the classic American sub and many other items with a tasty Asian twist.

President Biden told Democratic governors during a private meeting at the White House on Wednesday evening that he needed to get more sleep and had instructed his staff to avoid scheduling events for him after 8 p.m., according to people familiar with his comments.