* Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed to suspend the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty until NATO ratified its upgraded version and honored commitments under the document, the Kremlin press service said
* Russia will freeze data provision and inspections as part of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, but will be open to further dialogue, the country's Foreign Ministry said
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* NATO regrets Moscow's decision to suspend its commitments under the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, the alliance's spokesperson said
* The British Foreign Office said in a statement it regretted that Russia had made a decision to freeze its commitments under the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty and expected a resumption of dialogue on the issue
* The Foreign Ministry in Poland, which has not yet honored commitments under the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, said it was "astonished" by Russia's moratorium on the treaty and related international agreements
* Pyongyang received the first 6,200 metric tons of fuel oil from Seoul as part of an international denuclearization deal, the Xinhua news agency said referring to a source in the South Korean Unification Ministry
* A truck collided with two passenger cars in central Syria killing 16 people, including three children form one family, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported
* Vandals burned down 266 cars in France, including 195 vehicles in a Paris district, on the night of Bastille Day celebrated in the country July 14, a national police spokesman said
