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• 2020 China–India skirmishes
  • At least 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese forces have been killed in a clash in Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region, amid rising tensions between the two countries. Local media reported that the Indian soldiers were "beaten to death", and the Indian army claims no shots were fired. (BBC)
• Mali War
  • President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita says that opposition leader Soumaila Cisse, who was kidnapped in late March, is still alive. Keita said "we know who his captors are And if it pleases God, he will come back soon". (Al Jazeera)

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • The total cases surpass eight million worldwide, as infections surge across the Americas and China grapples with fresh outbreaks. (RNZ)

• North Korea–South Korea relations, Bombing of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office
  • The General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army says they are on "high alert" and are looking at plans to mobilize the army into the demilitarized zone, in response to defector groups in South Korea sending propaganda material across the border. (BBC)
  • North Korea appears to have blown up the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in the Kaesong Industrial Region, according to South Korean authorities. (Yonhap)

• Moldova asks the U.S. to extradite businessman Vladimir Plahotniuc after accusing him of "involvement in the theft of $1 billion from banks in 2014–2015". (Reuters)

• 2020 Tanzanian general election
  • President John Magufuli dissolves parliament ahead of the election. In the decision, he highlights his government's achievements, citing "expanding infrastructure such as roads, electricity generation and reforming the mining sector". (Reuters)

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