Ships from Japan's and China's coast guards faced off near disputed islands Tuesday, with each claiming they drove out the other's vessels that had intruded into their territorial waters.

President Prabowo Subianto met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of the latter's two-day visit to Indonesia, his first trip to the Southeast Asian country since 2023. 

Aerial footage broadcast by state television showed the streets of Qom -- home to about 1.5 million people -- packed with mourners.

Modi on his first trip to Indonesia since 2023 will visit the capital Jakarta and Yogyakarta on Tuesday and Wednesday, before heading to Australia and New Zealand.

Energy cooperation and supply chain resilience took center stage on Monday during Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s visit to President Prabowo Subianto, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to disrupt global trade and energy markets.

Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund Danantara and Singapore's Keppel Electric, Sembcorp Industries and Singapore Energy Interconnections have signed a memorandum of understanding for a cross-border electricity project, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Monday.

"At 12:01 pm on July 6, a strategic nuclear submarine of China's People's Liberation Army Navy successfully launched a... strategic missile carrying a training simulation warhead into the relevant high seas of the Pacific Ocean, accurately landing in the designated sea area," spokesperson Wang Xuemeng said in a statement posted on a navy WeChat account.

The ceremonies offer Iran an opportunity to project resilience after five weeks of war with the United States and Israel, while attention remains focused on Khamenei's successor, his son Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not appeared in public since taking power.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to arrive in Jakarta on Monday evening for a two-day state visit expected to deepen cooperation in key sectors from defense to energy, as the two Indo-Pacific nations seek to build on renewed momentum in their strategic partnership.

Indonesia has sent its ambassador as a representative attending the funeral of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the United States-Israeli war on Iran.

New South Wales became Australia's third state to confirm a case of H5N1 bird flu after authorities said a migratory seabird found near a coastal town returned a positive result for the highly pathogenic virus.

President Donald Trump marked the 250th anniversary of the United States on Saturday with a campaign-style speech that repeated his calls for new voting restrictions, warned that "communists" could gain ground in the country and cycled through what he touted as his achievements.

Dressed in black and draped in the red, white and green flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran, mourners held up portraits of Khamenei and his son and successor, Mojtaba.

The events will be scrutinized in particular for any signs of Khamenei's son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named supreme leader a week after the killing of his father but is yet to appear in public.

On July 4, Trump will hold a campaign-style political rally on the National Mall in Washington, along with flyovers by military jets and what he has billed as the world's biggest fireworks display.

Under a years-long anti-corruption campaign initiated ​by the Chinese leader, ⁠scores of senior officials and ​top generals have been investigated, removed and purged, with two former defense ministers were handed suspended death sentences in May.

Leo called on Americans to uphold Declaration of Independence ideals during the United States' 250th anniversary

Modi will visit Indonesia on July 6 to 8, where he is scheduled to hold talks in Jakarta before travelling to the historic city of Yogyakarta and the UNESCO-listed Prambanan Temple complex, where India and Indonesia are planning to collaborate on conservation work.

Indonesia and the European Union continue to navigate differences over trade, geopolitics and regulations while expanding cooperation, with diplomats and experts saying a more pragmatic approach on both sides is strengthening the partnership.

A total of 11,986 Indonesians filed requests for repatriation between January and June this year, double the total number of requests made throughout 2025. 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s visit to Jakarta for a bilateral meeting followed President Prabowo Subianto's visit to the European country in July 2025.

Foreign Minister Sugiono met with his Belarusian counterpart Maxim Ryzhenkov on Tuesday to set discussion topics for Lukashenko’s visit, covering economic cooperation, agriculture, food security, science and technology as well as culture.

Centralized policymaking on foreign policy may weaken the country’s institutional capacity in responding to a potential conflict between bigger nations in the Indo-Pacific, as suggested by a recent report.

"The IDF will remain in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely in order to protect our residents and communities from jihadist elements," Israel Katz said.

The officials said the involvement of such high-ranking individuals in training linked to theUkraine war signalled the importance for Russia and China of such cooperation, which has caused alarm in Europe even as Beijing has denied it took place.

More than 3.7 million people are internally displaced in Myanmar, according to the United Nations, and more one in five people face acute food insecurity amid a national backslide into poverty.

The planned trip comes four months after Min Aung Hlaing completed a carefully engineered transition from head of the military government to president. He has already visited Myanmar's giant neighbours, India and China.