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• Statement of the MFA of Ukraine on the Decision to Withdraw from the Ottawa Convention Ukraine Government 29 Jun 2025 -- In 2005, Ukraine ratified the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and Their Destruction, commonly known as the Ottawa Convention, and since then has faithfully fulfilled its obligations.
• New Agreement Opens the Door for Ukrainian Defence Companies to Produce in Denmark Danish Ministry of Defence 29 Jun 2025 -- Denmark and Ukraine have entered into an agreement that will allow Ukrainian defence companies to establish production in Denmark. At the same time, Denmark is allocating 67 million euro to accelerate the establishment of Ukrainian defence industry in Denmark.
• US Weapon Exports to Ukraine Partially Continue - Kremlin Aide Sputnik 29 Jun 2025 -- US weapon shipments to Ukraine continue at a reduced rate, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said.
• State media visits campuses as China's three new military academies set to recruit students Global Times 29 Jun 2025 -- After China's three newly established military academies held their inaugural ceremonies on Saturday and will soon start recruiting graduates from high schools, China's state media visited the People's Liberation Army (PLA) joint logistics support force engineering university on Sunday.
• Chinese state media reveals J-20, J-16, J-15 fighter jets resolutely react to foreign provocations Global Times 29 Jun 2025 -- Chinese state media revealed three cases of Chinese fighter jets responding to foreign provocations, including two J-16 jets driving away a foreign aircraft breaching China's territorial sea line, J-15s engaging in high-altitude dogfights to expulse foreign aircrafts in May 2022 when the Liaoning aircraft carrier was provoked by two foreign aircraft carriers, and J-20s expelling foreign mililtary aircraft approaching Chinese territorial airspace.
• Defense Minister Receives Phone Call from Iranian Chief of Armed Forces SPA 29 Jun 2025 -- Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz received a phone call from Iranian Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi
• Minister Akazawa's Telephone Talk with Secretary Lutnick Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 29 Jun 2025

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood | Operation Northern Arrows | Giddeon's Chariots

• Dismantling of an Explosives Site, Elimination of Terrorists, and Confiscation of Weapons Belonging To Terrorist Organizations From Within Civilian Structures Israel Defense Forces 29 Jun 2025
• Judiciary says 71 people killed in Israeli strike on Evin Prison IRNA 29 Jun 2025 -- Judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangiri has said that 71 people lost their lives in an Israeli attack on Evin Prison, in northern Tehran.
• 'Full-fledged crime': 71 Iranians killed in Israeli strike on Evin prison Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- Iran's Judiciary says at least 71 people have been killed in an Israeli strike on Tehran's Evin prison that took place during the regime's recent aggression against the country.
• Leader's advisor recounts surviving Israeli strike, urges constant readiness against threats Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- Admiral Ali Shamkhani, a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has emphasized the need for constant vigilance and readiness to counter enemy threats, while urging further advancement of the nation's military capabilities.
• Top general: Iran has real doubts about Israel's adherence to truce Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces has expressed serious doubts about Israel's commitment to the US-declared unilateral ceasefire and warned that Iran stands ready to respond forcefully should the regime resume its aggression.
• Iran has 'serious doubts' Israel will abide by ceasefire and is ready to respond: Top general IRNA 29 Jun 2025 -- Chairman of the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi says Iran has "serious doubts" Israel will abide by a ceasefire that ended its aggression against the country, saying the Islamic Republic is fully prepared to deliver a decisive response.
• FM Sa'ar meets with the German Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt Israel MFA 29 Jun 2025 -- FM Sa'ar: The international system has a duty to take concrete steps against the Iranian nuclear program, in light of the Iranian regime's attacks on the IAEA and its announcement that it will stop cooperating with it.
• Hezbollah chief: Israel attacked Iran with no reason IRNA 29 Jun 2025 -- The Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sheikh Naim Qassem, says the Israeli regime launched strikes against the Islamic Republic without any reason.

Operation Rising Lion / Operation True Promise III

• Nearly 100,000 Palestinians killed in Israel's Gaza genocide: New study Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- Researchers have found that almost 100,000 Palestinians have been killed since the start of Israel's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023.
• Israel issues new mass displacement orders for multiple areas of Gaza Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- The Israeli military has issued new mass displacement orders demanding that residents of large parts of Gaza City and the northern part of the besieged Palestinian territory leave their homes immediately.
• Hamas says Netanyahu thwarting possibility of Gaza ceasefire Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- A senior official of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement says Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been putting forward "impossible conditions" for reaching a ceasefire deal in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Hamas urges international community to help stop forced starvation of Gaza residents IRNA 29 Jun 2025 -- Hamas has urged world nations, particularly the international community, to assist in halting the Israeli regime's policy of imposing hunger on Gaza residents, which has led to the deaths of children in the besieged strip, according to Palestine's Shehab news agency.
• Hezbollah vows not to remain silent in face of Israeli violations; asserts victory is on its side Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- Hezbollah has vowed not to remain silent in the face of the Israeli regime's violations of a ceasefire agreement with the Lebanese resistance movement, asserting certainty of the resistance's victory against the Zionist entity.
• Record high in Israeli attacks: 4,604 crimes in one week ——- Violations targeting Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Ibrahimi Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 29 Jun 2025 -- The number of Israeli crimes between June 17 and 23, 2025 reached record levels with 567 martyrs. Occupation forces also arrested more people than ever before in recent days, with 428 detainees in the West Bank.

Other Conflicts

• On 28 June 2025, security forces conducted an intelligence based operation in Duki District of Balochistan, on reported presence of terrorists belonging to Indian proxy, Fitna al Hindustan. ISPR Pakistan 29 Jun 2025 -- On 28 June 2025, security forces conducted an intelligence based operation in Duki District of Balochistan, on reported presence of terrorists belonging to Indian proxy, Fitna al Hindustan.
• Activity in Southern Syria: Apprehension of Individuals Suspected of Terrorist Activity Israel Defense Forces 29 Jun 2025
• The 96th Division Completed its Formation and Began Operating Along Israel's Eastern Border Israel Defense Forces 29 Jun 2025
• Israel abducts several people from southern Syria for 'interrogation' Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- Israeli forces have abducted several individuals during a series of cross-border raids in southern Syria and taken them in for interrogation, says the military.
• International Contact Group for the Great Lakes (ICG) on the Peace Agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda Germany Federal Foreign Office 29 Jun 2025 -- The International Contact Group for the Great Lakes (ICG), chaired by Germany, issued a statement on the Peace Agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda signed in Washington on 27 June 2025.

News Reports

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement at a joint news conference following talks with Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Jeenbek Kulubaev, Cholpon-Ata, June 29, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jun 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during a meeting with President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, Cholpon-Ata, June 29, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jun 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during an expanded-format meeting with Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Jeenbek Kulubaev, Cholpon-Ata, June 29, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jun 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at the restricted format meeting with Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Jeenbek Kulubaev, Cholpon-Ata, June 29, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jun 2025
• Unlawful CCP activities 'will not intimidate me': Vice President Hsiao CNA 29 Jun 2025 -- Taiwan's Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) said Saturday that she will not be intimidated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), following reports that Chinese agents planned to ram her car during a 2024 visit to the Czech Republic.
• President warns of legislative overreach; KMT cries hypocrisy CNA 29 Jun 2025 -- President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Sunday warned against what he called legislative overreach and invoked Nobel laureate Jane Addams' call for "more democracy" to defend Taiwan's constitutional order -- a message the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) dismissed as hypocritical, accusing Lai of reversing course on reforms once championed by his own party.
• Most in U.S. support defending Taiwan against China invasion: Survey CNA 29 Jun 2025 -- A large majority of Americans support the United States militarily defending Taiwan should the latter face invasion or blockade by China, according a recent survey by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute (RRPFI).
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 29 Jun 2025
• Anyone threatening Leader is guilty of 'moharebeh,' Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi tells Muslims in new fatwa IRNA 29 Jun 2025 -- Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, one of Iran's most senior Shia clerics, has issued a fatwa (religious decree) declaring that any individual or regime threatening the Islamic Republic's leadership and religious authority is guilty of moharebeh—a term in Islamic jurisprudence that means waging war against God.
• Senior Iranian clerics: Any attack on leadership is tantamount to war crime Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- Senior Iranian clerics have said that any attack or threat to the leadership and religious authority is tantamount to a war crime.
• Iran complains to the U.N. over Israel's deliberate attacks on its health sector IRNA 29 Jun 2025 -- Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Sa'eed Iravani, has condemned Israel's deliberate attacks on Iranian medical personnel in a formal complaint submitted to the U.N.
• Iran urges U.N. Security Council to hold the U.S. and Israel accountable for their war of aggression IRNA 29 Jun 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has called on the United Nations Security Council (U.N.S.C.) to hold the Israeli regime and the United States accountable for their recent war of aggression against Iran, and to take measures to prevent the recurrence of such grave violations in order to uphold international peace and security.
• Araqchi: Powerful Iranian nation will resist until last drop of blood IRNA 29 Jun 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says the Iranian people will not allow anyone to decide their destiny and will remain steadfast on this path until the last drop of their blood.
• Iran asks UN Security Council to recognize Israel, US as 'initiators' of aggression Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called on the United Nations Security Council to recognize the Israeli regime and the United States as the "initiators" of the recent 12-day aggression against the Islamic Republic.
• Iran condemns Trump's insults as breach of principles of international norms Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- The Foreign Ministry has issued a statement strongly condemning US President Donald Trump's offensive and insulting remarks about Iran's senior leadership.
• Parliament speaker decries Trump's 'ridiculous, meaningless' anti-Iran rhetoric Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has condemned US President's "unacceptable" language toward Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, and his disrespectful rhetoric against Iran, characterizing the remarks as a futile effort to undermine the decision-making processes of Iranian officials.
• Iran Could Resume Uranium Enrichment Within Months, Says UN Nuclear Chief RFE/RL 29 Jun 2025 -- Iran could resume producing enriched uranium within months despite significant damage inflicted on its nuclear facilities by recent US and Israeli air strikes, according to Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog.
• Netanyahu using Gaza war to stop his corruption trial: Knesset members Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- Some members of the Knesset (parliament) say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging the war in Gaza as an excuse to stop the corruption trial against him.
• Trump says 'not going to stand' for Netanyahu's corruption trial Press TV 29 Jun 2025 -- US President Donald Trump says Washington is "not going to stand" for the long-standing prosecution of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a host of corruption charges.
• Trump Calls for Stopping Prosecution of Netanyahu in Israel Sputnik 29 Jun 2025 -- US President Donald Trump called for an end to the prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, saying that the latter has become a victim of a "witch hunt."
• Serbian Anti-Government Groups Return To Streets, Demand Release Of Detained Protesters RFE/RL 29 Jun 2025 -- Police in Serbia have detained dozens of people following anti-government protests, authorities announced on June 29, and President Aleksandar Vucic said law-enforcement agencies were set to make "many more arrests."
• Budapest Pride March Draws Tens Of Thousands Despite Orban Ban RFE/RL 29 Jun 2025 -- Tens of thousands of people defied a government ban by participating in the Pride march in Budapest, Hungary's capital, on June 28.