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)

Amid the severe financial crisis and ongoing economic deterioration in Iraq, political sources have revealed a preliminary agreement on an economic plan submitted by the designated Prime Minister. The plan includes a set of measures aimed at containing the financial crisis, including:

Aden and Hadramawt, in southern and eastern Yemen, are witnessing protests and growing public unrest due to the collapse of public services, foremost among them prolonged electricity outages.

News Right Now: High-Risk Exposure... An Ebola outbreak has spread in Congo and Uganda, where more than 500 cases have been confirmed and 100 dead. This caused concern for the US, since US citizens are in those areas- fearing that the spread would reach American soil if the US citizens were to return with the disease.