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Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

Afghanistan marked the first anniversary of the US troop withdrawal from the country after a 20-year conflict between foreign forces and the Taliban.

Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders agreed to accelerate work on a peace treaty, European Council President Charles Michel announced following their negotiations in Brussels.

The US declined to respond directly to Turkish statements that Greece has increasingly harassed Turkish jets flying over international airspace but did urge the two neighbors to "resolve (their) differences diplomatically."

Türkiye is planning to submit to NATO and its allies the radar logs showing how a Greek S-300 air defense system harassed Turkish F-16 jets during a mission in international airspace, sources said.

The US struck a guarded note of optimism that it can reach an agreement with Iran on a mutual return to the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement.

At least 22 million people living in Pakistan, or 10% of the population, have been potentially exposed to flooding, according to a map published by a UN agency.

A mission from the UN's nuclear watchdog arrived in Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia to inspect Europe's largest nuclear power plant.

G-7 finance ministers on Friday are set to discuss putting a price cap on Russian oil, according to US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.

Moody's raised the Turkish economy's growth forecast for 2022 from 3.5% to 4.5%, according to the credit rating agency's Global Macro Outlook 2022-23 Report August update.

Classified federal documents were likely "concealed and removed" from a storage room at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in an effort to "obstruct" an FBI investigation, according to the US Justice Department.

Some 43% of Americans believe the current political climate is at least somewhat likely to lead to another civil war in the US within the next decade, according to a recent poll by The Economist magazine and YouGov.

EU foreign ministers reached a political deal on suspending an EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement.

France's weather bureau has termed this year's summer season as the second hottest in the last century.

Transport and public service workers are set to protest across France throughout the month of September for better pay and working conditions, according to local media reports.

Russia stopped gas deliveries through one of the main gas pipelines to Europe starting Wednesday for three days due to repairs on its only remaining compressor, the Nord Stream AG company said.

A Shia political group called for a transitional period to early parliamentary elections as part of efforts to resolve Iraq’s months-long political crisis.

A news agency affiliated with Iran's top security body has reacted to a US claim that Iranian forces attempted to seize an unmanned US vessel in the Persian Gulf, saying it was done to "ensure the safety of shipping lanes.”

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared in Islamabad High Court to face charges of contempt.

Spain violated the political rights of separatist Catalan politicians by barring them from public duties before convicting them for their role in the 2017 independence referendum, the UN Human Rights Committee said.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized for observation, his office said.