Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash urged Yemen's Houthis rebels in a July 22 op-ed in The Washington Post to have faith in Abu Dhabi's recent decision to partially redeploy troops out of Yemen as a "confidence-building measure towards a permanent settlement" in the war-torn country.
Saudi Arabia has released Qatari national Mohsen Saleh Saadoun al-Karbi from prison after detaining him for more than one year over unclear charges, Al Jazeera reported July 22.
Israel's New Right party has offered the ultranationalist Union of Right-Wing Parties a merger, according to Ayelet Shaked, leader of the New Right, The Times of Israel reported July 23.
Russian researchers have noted an exceptionally high number of immigrants entering the country during the first quarter of 2019 with emigration numbers remaining at the same levels, resulting in a roughly 72 percent jump in net migration numbers over the same period in 2018, Kommersant reported July 23.
Growing trade tensions between Japan and South Korea are set to dominate the agenda of the World Trade Organization's General Council gathering, which began July 23 in Geneva, Yonhap reported.
The number of migrants entering Mexico from Central America across the country's southern border dropped by over 36 percent in the week of July 13-19, compared with the first week of June, The Guardian reported July 22.
The Spanish Parliament has rejected Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's new term in a first round of voting, El Pais reported July 23. Sanchez lost by a final tally of 170 to 124, amid 52 abstentions.
The U.S. Treasury Department has placed sanctions on Chinese oil trader Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp. and its chief executive officer, alleging that it has violated U.S. sanctions against Iran, Reuters reported July 23.
Brazilian state-owned energy company Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has refused to fuel two bulk carriers from Iran carrying fertilizer that were supposed to return to the Islamic Republic with corn, MercoPress reported July 22.
Negotiations between Sudan's Transitional Military Council and the opposition alliance have not yet resulted in a "constitutional declaration," although a signing of the deal had been expected to take place July 19, Al Jazeera reported.
