Pakistan: Signs that the federal budget may be presented later this week emerged on Tuesday (9 July 2026) after the government finally called a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) on the same day that sessions of the National Assembly and Senate were summoned by President Asif Ali Zardari. (Dawn)

Crimea: The Southern District Military Court sentenced one of the members of Hizb ut Tahrir to 20 years in prison, with the first four years to be served in a prison facility. The remaining defendants received sentences ranging from 14 to 15 years in a maximum-security penal colony. This was reported by the press service of the FSB Directorate for Crimea and Sevastopol, according to RIA Novosti.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that the Trump administration does not intend to admit the 1,100 Afghans currently stranded in Qatar who had worked with the U.S. military, intelligence services, and other American institutions during the two-decade occupation of Afghanistan. Rubio stated that Washington is engaged in discussions...

On 29 May 2026, the US State Department stated, “Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Washington, DC. Secretary Rubio expressed his condolences for the victims of the recent Balochistan Liberation Army terrorist attack in Quetta.