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Israel and Iran have agreed to hold off attacks but Iran says it will not “retreat from any threat” and Israel warns it too it will “respond with full force” if attacks resume. Source link

China and North Korea should strengthen exchanges “in diplomacy, law enforcement, and the military”, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has suggested during a rare two-day visit to Pyongyang. Source link

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s party wins 49.8 per cent of votes, enough to secure a parliamentary majority under Armenia’s electoral system. Source link

Australian and Thai police release a script discovered in a Cambodian scam compound, revealing the high-pressure methods used to coerce Australian victims.  Source link

Residents are concerned about access to food and fresh water as pumice makes travel difficult for Papua New Guinea’s seafaring communities. Source link

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received the backing of the leaders of the UK, France and Germany in calling for direct ceasefire talks with Russia. Source link

At least 35 people have been killed in a magnitude-7.8 earthquake that shook the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines, with a tsunami possible on some regional coasts. Source link

US President Donald Trump angrily storms out of an interview with American broadcaster NBC after he was questioned about his unfounded claims of election fraud.  Source link

The two countries traded large-scale missile attacks in the most direct fighting between the two warring powers since the implementation of April’s ceasefire. Source link

This was day 100 of this war, and it’s left us with a tinderbox which could be about to explode, writes our correspondent Matthew Doran. Source link