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• Three foreign mercenaries -- two British nationals and a Moroccan -- said to have fought for Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine war were sentenced to death by a court in the self-proclaimed independent enclave of Donetsk.
• An official of India's ruling party has been named by police in a case for inciting people after her insulting remarks against Prophet Muhammad spurred a string of condemnations from the oil-rich Gulf states and other Muslim-majority nations.
• Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrived in the United Arab Emirates’ capital Abu Dhabi to meet with the country's President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.
• At least three people were killed after a gunman opened fire at a manufacturing facility in the US state of Maryland.
• Near northern Syria, a region where the YPG/PKK terror group has large areas of control and oppresses local populations, the group kidnapped two brothers this week aged 9 and 10 to join its armed ranks.
• Japan’s navy ships exercised together with NATO in the Mediterranean Sea.
• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Greece to stop the militarization of "(Aegean) islands with non-military status” and to act “in accordance with international agreements."
• Brazil has identified its first monkeypox case, a male patient said to have recently traveled to Spain and Portugal who is now being treated at a hospital.
• A Serb member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidential Council demanded the deportation of a German politician serving as a high representative in the country, accusing him of meddling in the runup to October's general elections.
• The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance called on Denmark to urgently address anti-Muslim discrimination and racism against minorities and stop forced evictions of immigrant families.
• The US space agency NASA said it will set up a team to study unidentified aerial phenomena.
• At least 65 people have died in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state from an outbreak of meningitis.