The 10th summit of BRICS countries opened on July 25 in Johannesburg, South Africa, with discussions expected to focus on developing international trade wars.
An explosion in the Pakistani city of Quetta has killed dozens of people shortly after polls opened in national elections that have been marred by allegations of pre-poll rigging.
The leaders of the U.S. Congress, citing Russia's alleged interference in U.S. elections, say they will not invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to address Congress or visit the Capitol if he accepts President Donald Trump's invitation to a second summit in Washington this fall.
Polls opened in Pakistan and people started voting early on July 25 in national elections that have been marred by allegations of pre-poll rigging and deadly militant attacks.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met July 24 in Berlin with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and army chief of staff Valery Gerasimov to discuss the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.
Pakistan's military has deployed hundreds of thousands of troops to oversee polling stations across the country ahead of the July 25 national elections.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he believes Moscow will try to influence November congressional elections in favor of the Democrats and not his fellow Republicans, although the U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Russia tried to help Trump win the 2016 poll.
At least 74 people have died in wildfires near Athens, in the country's deadliest blazes in more than a decade.
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