South Korea revoked a gay couple’s spousal coverage after admitting it had assumed one was a woman. An ensuing legal fight produced a landmark victory for the nation’s LGBTQ community.
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who has bolstered relations with the U.S. and South Korea during his three years in office, said he won’t seek re-election as ruling party leader in September, clearing way for a successor.
Russia is withdrawing some of its military forces from Ukraine to respond to a Ukrainian offensive in Russian territory, U.S. officials said, the first sign that Kyiv’s incursion is forcing Moscow to rearrange its invasion force.
The Biden administration will send Saudi Arabia shipments of bombs valued at more than $750 million in the coming months, after the president suspended such transfers in 2021 over Riyadh’s punishing war in Yemen.
