Reuters

The United States on Thursday announced a new security package for Ukraine worth $225 million, which includes a Patriot missile battery, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery rocket systems and missiles, among other items.

Rwanda votes: Is Paul Kagame’s power in check?

DW

President Paul Kagame has ruled Rwanda with an iron fist for 24 years. A general election in mid-July is widely expected to see in his reelection.

Gaza City’s Shujayea unlivable after fierce battle

Al Jazeera

Residents of Gaza City tell the Reuters news agency that fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters was comparable to the fiercest battle of the war so far, leaving the Shujayea neighbourhood destroyed as civil defence teams work to recover bodies from the ruins.

China’s foreign trade up 6.1 percent in H1

CGTN

China’s total goods imports and exports expanded 6.1 percent year on year in yuan terms in the first half (H1) of this year, official data showed Friday.

Japan’s new defense white paper delivers strongest words yet on Taiwan

Japan Times

The possibility of a “serious situation” akin to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine occurring in East Asia “cannot be ruled out,” according to the government’s new defense white paper released Friday, in a view widely seen as highlighting fears of conflict over democratic Taiwan.