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A state of emergency imposed in Turkey following the failed 2016 coup to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expired.

The end of the decree, which came in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday morning, marked a pledge made by President Erdogan during his successful re-election bid last month.

The European Commission has decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to fully implement the Capital Requirements Directive (Directive 2013/36/EU).

In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Moussa Faki, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, sign a Framework Agreement between the two organizations.

Marie Chatardová, President of the Economic and Social Council, addresses the opening of the Ministerial segment of 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

Israel’s parliament early Thursday passed a highly controversial law that states only Jews in Israel have the right to self-determination and encourages Jewish settlement.

On July 18, the Commission has decided to fine Google 4.34 billion euros for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has engaged in illegal practices to cement its dominant market position in internet search. It must put an effective end to this conduct within 90 days or face penalty payments.

Ethiopia's main airline has resumed commercial flights to neighboring Eritrea, the latest sign of normalized ties between the longtime foes.

Left to right: Somali Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Gulaid, USG for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of Somalia and EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the Somalia Partnership Forum in Brussels, Belgium.

Displaced persons at a food distribution site in Rann, Borno state, north-east Nigeria.

These are the prepared remarks of UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the High-level Political Forum side event : Ending preventable newborn deaths through clean, functional health facilities within the reach of every mother and baby.