Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years agoMore than 50 years after the murder of the Chilean folk singer Víctor Jara, the last man wanted in connection with his death has been tracked down and brought to justice. Nelson Haase Mazzei, a retired colonel, fled from authorities in 2023 after he and six other retired soldiers were sentenced in absentia for murdering Jara and another man.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/27/pinochet-era-soldier-jailed-for-killing-folk-singer-victor-jara-chileColombia’s “Shield of the Americas” to operate from Medellin: De la EspriellaMedellin will be the home of the US-led “Shield of the Americas” security program, according to Colombia’s President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella and Mayor Federico Gutierrez. At a meeting with authorities from the Antioquia province, De la Espriella and Gutierrez agreed that Colombia’s second largest city is the “head of the snake of drug trafficking and organized crime.”
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-shield-of-the-americas-to-operate-from-medellin-de-la-espriella/Over nine million workers now informally employed in ArgentinaArgentina’s economy is starting to look tidier when it comes to macroeconomics, but that improvement has not yet translated into a clear recovery in the job market. Unemployment levels remain virtually at the same level as a year ago, but there are worrying signs such as the growth of informal work, which already affects 44.4 percent of workers, or four out of every nine.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/over-nine-million-workers-now-informally-employed-in-argentina.phtmlhttps://archive.ph/IrmrAWildfires: The ominous 'fire clouds' or 'pyrocumulonimbus' seen in France for the first time French firefighters are grappling for the first time with immense fire clouds, known as pyrocumulonimbus clouds, created by extreme wildfires, as they struggle to bring a forest inferno in southwest France under control. French wildfire researcher Jean-Baptiste Filippi says the phenomenon is yet another consequence of human-related climate change.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260727-what-are-fire-clouds-pyrocumulonimbus-observed-france-for-the-first-timehttps://archive.ph/Fii17Islamist attack on Berlin CSD: Government intensifies police state offensiveIt is already clear that the perpetrator had been known to the security authorities for years. B., a German citizen born in Germany, was classified as an Islamist Gefährder, a person deemed a potential security threat. He had repeatedly attempted to travel to Syria and join the “Islamic State.” He was arrested in Lebanon and, after his return to Germany, again remanded in custody. On May 12, he was sentenced to one year and 10 months in juvenile detention for preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state and for violations of the Associations Act. Although the Office of the Prosecutor General had requested a higher sentence and the continuation of detention, he was released pending an appeal.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/27/pugk-j27.htmlBritish court dismisses Bahrain’s bid to block activists’ spyware lawsuitThe ruling, handed down on Monday by a narrow 3-2 majority, sets a significant precedent, confirming that foreign states can be sued in UK courts over the remote surveillance of individuals in Britain, even when the hacking itself was directed from abroad.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/27/british-court-dismisses-bahrains-bid-to-block-activists-spyware-lawsuithttps://archive.ph/lBR4IIsraeli soldier's death during West Bank settler attack may have been 'friendly fire'"There is an increasing assessment in the military's investigations over the past day that Major Yuval Ezra was not killed by enemy fire but by our own forces," Kan military correspondent Roy Sharon said. "The possibility that he was killed by [Israeli] forces is no longer being ruled out." Friday's violence left Ezra and an Israeli settler dead, while four Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces as settlers rampaged through the village, while several others were wounded.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-soldier-may-have-been-killed-own-forces-west-bankTunisia bars family, lawyers from seeing Ghannouchi after prison collapseGhannouchi said his father, who has high blood pressure and difficulty breathing, had been left exposed to a severe heatwave in a prison with no air conditioning. “We hold the authorities fully responsible for his condition,” he said, alleging that his father’s confinement in a stiflingly hot prison was intended to worsen his health. “It was not enough to imprison him – they want to torment him further,” Moadh told Al Jazeera.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/27/tunisia-bars-family-lawyers-from-seeing-ghannouchi-after-prison-collapsehttps://archive.ph/X3qVqMyanmar military escalates civilian killings, monitor warns, amid diplomatic push"Since the ruling junta in Myanmar reconfigured its military command structure in March, civilians have been subject to the military's worsening repression and intensified aerial bombing campaign," ACLED said. "These adjustments included the regular deployment of specialised groups of two to five jet fighters executing sustained airstrikes against single targets."
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-military-escalates-civilian-killings-monitor-warns-amid-diplomatic-push-2026-07-27/ 'Erasing historical facts': India orders massive crackdown on books in Kashmir's libraries Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have ordered a multi-level audit across all public libraries and educational institutions to purge books and digital archives flagged as "anti-national" or "glorifying terrorism". The move has drawn sharp reaction from scholars and residents of Kashmir, who argue that the region’s academic freedom is being systematically destroyed.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/kashmir-war-academic-freedom-academics-decry-state-audit-books-weed-out-anti-national