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Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko, who was detained in April on accusations of discrediting the Russian armed forces with "fake" social-media posts about the war in Ukraine, says she attempted suicide by cutting her wrists to protest her pretrial incarceration.

Doctors have declared a 22-year-old Iranian woman dead three days after she was taken into police custody amid reports of being beaten during her arrest for breaking the country's hijab rules.

Billed as the largest market in Central Asia, the Dordoi Bazaar is located in the suburbs of Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek. Dordoi is a key retail and wholesale trading post, with most of the goods arriving from China. Laborers work to make sure everything moves smoothly into and out of the market.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is in Kyiv to discuss closer cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union.

The U.S. State Department has said that the Biden administration is discussing new economic measures to penalize Russia for its invasion of Ukraine after two U.S. senators introduced legislation to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.

A cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan appears to be holding after two days of heavy fighting linked to a decades-old dispute between the Caucasus neighbors over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh killed dozens.

The U.S. State Department says efforts by private citizens to broker the release of Americans held in Russia could complicate the government's attempts to bring the U.S. citizens home.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the European Union must show "resolve, not appeasement" as it deal with Russia over its war with Ukraine.

Kazakhs who have been protesting the disappearance of their relatives within Xinjiang's camp system have been threatened and arrested ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to their country.