India protest movement holds capital sit-in as police crack down on demonstratorsThursday’s demonstrations at Jantar Mantar, a designated protest site in New Delhi, followed overnight clashes in which police used tear gas and batons to disperse crowds, the second such confrontation this week. On Monday, thousands of protesters had defied restrictions and marched toward Parliament before police broke up the demonstration with tear gas and batons.
https://apnews.com/article/india-cockroach-party-youth-movement-protest-modi-d226d142657cd297c3d4232716a8a626Media groups decry harassment of journalists, activist during protestIn a statement, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said members of the Southern Police District allegedly arrested environmental activist and Bulatlat contributor Jian Sanz while taking photos during a mobilization in connection with the visit of United States State Secretary Marco Rubio in the country for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
https://www.bulatlat.com/2026/07/23/media-groups-decry-harassment-of-journalists-activist-during-protest/Pakistan rejects Amnesty's call for investigation into air strike on Kabul rehabilitation centreThe human rights group says the attack amounts to a war crime, but Pakistan dismissed the allegations today, claiming the operation was a lawful act of self-defence. Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi told a news briefing in Islamabad that Pakistan “completely rejects the allegations,” saying it was “unfortunate” that such serious claims had been made “without any credible evidence.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pakistan-rejects-amnestys-call-investigation-air-strike-kabul-rehabilitation-centreSplit in Turkish opposition CHP becomes official: Özgür Özel announces new partyAt least 80 of the CHP’s 135 deputies and the elected provincial chairs of 74 of the country’s 81 provinces attended the meeting. The founding petition of the new party is expected to be submitted to the Interior Ministry in the coming days. This will formalize the de facto split within the main opposition party since May 21, when a court, exceeding the limits of its jurisdiction, removed the CHP’s elected leadership through a ruling of “absolute nullity” and reinstated the former leadership of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/23/zlne-j23.htmlYemen's Houthi rebels attack two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea as US bombs Iran for 12th nightThe Houthis’ Saba news agency said today that their forces had struck two tankers, the Encelia and the Layla, in the Red Sea the day before, sparking fires on both. That would be the first reported Yemeni attack on a vessel since the Houthis announced a blockade of Saudi-linked shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait earlier this week in retaliation for the autocratic kingdom’s blockade of Yemen and a recent attack on the international airport in the capital Sanaa.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/yemens-houthi-rebels-attack-two-saudi-oil-tankers-red-sea-us-bombs-iran-12th-nightIsraeli security minister joins Jewish extremists storming Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosqueLikud lawmaker Amit Halevi joined a group that raised Israeli flags and sang the national anthem, Haaretz reported, citing Israeli “Temple Mount” activists pushing for Jewish worship at the site. In a social media post, Ben-Gvir wrote “we see enormous progress here”, and Jews praying there “feel like the owners”. He has previously said he wanted to raise the Israeli flag at the compound and build a synagogue there.
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/07/23/israeli-security-minister-joins-jewish-extremists-storming-jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque/https://archive.ph/jsYBBRights groups sue France over failure to stop corporate support for Israel’s occupationThe organisations want the court to order the French government to introduce effective regulatory and enforcement measures restricting trade, investment and other commercial activities that help sustain Israel’s illegal occupation. The defendants include the French prime minister and ministers responsible for the economy, foreign affairs and commerce. Lawyers Henri Thulliez, Yacine Baita and Frédéric Thiriez represent the applicants, who are also advised by the Open Society Justice Initiative.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260723-rights-groups-sue-france-over-failure-to-stop-corporate-support-for-israels-occupation/ Trump backtracks on Saudi nuclear deal, demands Israel normalisation “The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!)… pertains only to non-military use such as the ones that Iran and UAE (and others) already have, will be approved, but is totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The United States is not opposed to Civil (Non-Enriched) Nuclear Facilities,” he added.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-backtracks-saudi-nuclear-deal-demands-israel-normalisationGuatemala races to save 60,000 case files of testimony about abuses during armed conflictUnder the last two presidents, Jimmy Morales and Alejandro Giammattei, the reparations program was largely abandoned, and Giammattei ordered it to be shut down with no provisions to preserve the testimonies contained. Arévalo has sought to revive efforts to preserve evidence of past abuses from the armed conflict and provide reparations, including launching the first national registry of people who disappeared during that time.
https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-testimony-reparations-arevalo-7a71efb417d0ab9360d20a02641a385fSuspension of political parties seeks to undermine Ecuador’s largest opposition force, warn criticsLast week, Ecuador’s Contentious-Electoral Tribunal (TCE) decided to temporarily suspend the AMIGO political party, thereby barring it from participating in the upcoming local elections to be held on November 29, 2026. Why? According to the body, it upheld a complaint filed by the prosecutor in charge, Carlos Alarcón, regarding alleged money laundering by party leaders, although the bulk of the evidence has been classified as confidential.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/07/22/suspension-of-political-parties-seeks-to-undermine-ecuadors-largest-opposition-force-warn-critics/Nigerian children pay the price for the Iran war as malnutrition and poverty surgeChildren relapsing into malnutrition has become an increasingly common occurrence in the state and across northern Nigeria, according to local health and aid workers, who cite knock-on effects from the Iran war. Northern Nigeria, one of the world’s poorest regions, is already under pressure from an insurgency crisis. Now, the conflict in the Middle East has worsened food security for millions of people living in poverty, especially children.
https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-strait-hormuz-iran-war-poverty-malnutrition-555a5d0099ddc68345386c50656fe25fTwo Russian men jailed in Angola for terrorism and spyingAngolan prosecutors said Lakshtanov and Ratchin wanted to influence next year’s presidential elections, including by funding Angola’s largest opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), or by forcing a leadership change within the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which has ruled the country since independence from Portugal in 1975. Prosecutors also claimed the men were linked to Africa Politology, a Russian disinformation and propaganda network that emerged from the Wagner mercenary group.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/two-russian-men-jailed-angola-terrorism-and-spying