🇯🇵🇷🇺 | Japan is considering taking some measure in response to the visit of Russia's president to the Kuril Islands, a senior foreign ministry official says — Kyodo

🇱🇧🇬🇧 | The UK has signed a 31-month MoU providing up to £16.3 million (∼$22 million) to support Lebanon's military and internal security forces — NNA

🇮🇱 | Eurovision says Israel's Moroccanoil has decided not to renew its sponsorship contract with the song contest, ending a six-year partnership — NRK

🇨🇳🇵🇰 | Pakistan reportedly plans to more than double its fleet of Chinese-made SH-15 155 mm self-propelled howitzers from 236 units to over 500 — ThePrint

🇮🇶🇦🇪 | Iraq's SOMO says Abu Dhabi's ADNOC is among firms buying its crude oil and sending cargoes out through the Strait of Hormuz — Bloomberg

🇸🇦🇺🇸 | The Saudi-led naval coalition created to keep regional sea lanes open does not include a direct military commitment from the US, a source says — Al-Monitor

🇦🇪 | Abu Dhabi's ADNOC says one of its vessels was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with no casualties reported — WAM

🇨🇴 | The World Bank Group says it has disbursed $200 million to support Colombia's response to the earthquake that struck the country on Monday — statement

🇸🇦🇾🇪 | The Houthis say they successfully targeted and struck an Aramco facility in the southwestern Saudi city of Najran with a UAV — SABA

🇹🇩 | Chad's president has pardoned nine jailed opposition figures, including former prime minister and main opposition leader Succès Masra — Alwihda

🇨🇺🇩🇴🇺🇸 | Cuba's foreign ministry says pressure from the US prompted the Dominican Republic to expel 10 Cuban diplomats and their relatives — statement

🇮🇷🇶🇦 | Iran has complained to the ICRC that Qatar is holding three Iranian pilots in isolation after their two Su-24 fighter jets were shot down in March — IRNA

🇸🇾🇹🇷 | Turkey's president says he will visit Syria in the coming period — Al Jazeera

🇱🇾 | Libya's defense ministry says it will take "decisive" action against those responsible for the attacks on oil and vital facilities in Zawiya — statement

🇨🇳🇷🇺 | China's Sea Shipping Legend has officially started the first regular cargo service to Europe using Russia's Northern Sea Route — WSJ

🇦🇲🇷🇺 | Armenia's central bank has ordered all Armenian banks to block transactions that may be intended to circumvent international sanctions against Russia — MT

🇨🇴🇺🇸 | The State Department says the US is mobilizing $26.5 million in humanitarian aid for Colombia's response following Monday's earthquake — statement

🇩🇪🇸🇾 | Germany's Sundair operated the first direct flight from Berlin to Damascus in nearly 14 years on Saturday — SANA

🇮🇳 | India has issued a global tender to domestically manufacture at least 60 multirole transport aircraft for its air force, officials say — Bloomberg

🇲🇲🇷🇺 | The Kremlin says Myanmar's president will hold talks with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on August 18, with bilateral documents to be signed — statement

🇸🇦🇸🇩 | Saudi Arabia's new ambassador to Karthoum says the kingdom's position on Sudan's sovereignty and territorial integrity remains firm — Al Arabiya