Situation Reports

The government of new South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said it would respect universities' decision to allow striking medical students to return to classes in the fall, Yonhap News Agency reported on July 25.

Ahmed Haroun, the former head of Sudan’s banned National Congress Party, or NCP, said the Islamist movement could support prolonged rule by the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, following a hypothetical end of Sudan’s civil war, Reuters reported on July 25.

The U.S. Treasury Department lifted sanctions on four Myanmar military-linked individuals, entities connected to the logistics, defense and technology sectors, those entities' respective founders, a close junta associate and a high-profile businessman without formal explanation, Reuters reported on July 25.

The Philippine Supreme Court ruled that the House of Representatives' impeachment articles against Vice President Sara Duterte were unconstitutional, citing a constitutional one-year ban on filing multiple impeachment cases against the same official, The Philippine Star reported on July 25.  

Australia's and the United Kingdom's defense ministers agreed on a 50-year bilateral treaty to underpin joint nuclear-powered submarine development, industrial cooperation, workforce training and rotational basing under AUKUS Pillar I, the Australian Financial Review reported on July 25.

Thai and Cambodian forces each carried out artillery and rocket fire across at least six disputed border zones, the Bangkok Post reported on July 25, with additional armed drone deployments by Thailand, Defence Security Asia reported separately on July 25.

The International Monetary Fund reached a staff-level agreement on the first review of its $20 billion extended fund facility with Argentina, despite Argentina missing its foreign exchange reserve target, Reuters reported on July 24.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer met in Paris, France, with U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack to de-escalate bilateral tensions after the latest round of Israeli strikes in Syria, Axios reported on July 24.

South African Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau said that the South African government and the U.S. Trade Representative's office signed an agreement laying out the conditions for South Africa to reach a "trade deal" with the United States, News24 reported July 24.

International credit rating agency S&P Global reaffirmed Romania's long-term sovereign rating at BBB- and maintained its negative outlook in its latest review published on July 24.