Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan in September to attend an event regularly organized by the Central Asian nation's authorities that will also be attended by the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill.
Kosovar authorities said early on August 1 that they had agreed to delay implementation of two regulations regarding automobile license plates and travel documents for visitors from Serbia after consultations with U.S. and European Union representatives.
Iranian security agents have raided the homes of dozens of Baha'i citizens in different parts of the country, arresting several well-known community leaders.
The Bank of Russia has prolonged restrictions that limit hard-currency withdrawals from bank accounts until March next year amid the country's financial isolation from the West sparked by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.