Drought in Spain empties reservoirs, forces limits on water use (www.reuters.com)
Niger coup: Wagner taking advantage of instability - Antony Blinken (www.bbc.com)
Russia’s Wagner mercenary group is “taking advantage” of instability in Niger, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC.
Ukraine war: Five killed in Russian missile strike eastern Ukraine, officials say (www.bbc.com)
US mulls backing Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti (www.reuters.com)
North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker (www.reuters.com)
Reuters found cyber-espionage teams linked to the North Korean government, which security researchers call ScarCruft and Lazarus, secretly installed stealthy digital backdoors into systems at NPO Mashinostroyeniya, a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, a small town on the outskirts of Moscow.
‘I shout from the rooftops I exist’: Brazilians identifying as Indigenous up by 90% in 12 years (www.theguardian.com)
The 37-year-old is part of a growing number of Brazilians reclaiming their Indigenous identity, as reflected in new census data published on Monday. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the number of people identifying as Indigenous has increased by nearly 90% in just 12 years, from 896,917 to...
US deployed warships after China, Russia naval patrol near Alaska (www.aljazeera.com)
The United States deployed four navy warships after Russian and Chinese naval forces conducted joint patrols near the Alaskan coast, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)....
Niger Closes Its Airspace as It Warns of a Foreign Attack (www.bloomberg.com)
Israeli Troops kill 3 Palestinian gunmen en route to carry out attack near Jenin (www.timesofisrael.com)
Pakistan train derailment kills more than a dozen (www.dw.com)
At least 15 people were killed and dozens others injured when a train derailed in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, officials said....
Zelenskiy condemns attack on blood transfusion centre as ‘war crime’ (www.theguardian.com)
Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports (english.elpais.com)
In front of the port of Beirut, marchers blame 'criminal' leaders and pay tribute to the victims (today.lorientlejour.com)
At around 4 p.m. on Sunday, hundreds of people began to gather in downtown Beirut, near Martyrs’ Square and the Karatina fire station, to commemorate the four years since the explosion at Beirut’s port on Aug. 4, 2020. On the placards held up by demonstrators already at the scene were calls for justice for “Beirut and...
Anti-government protests turn deadly in Bangladesh (www.bbc.com)
At least 23 people have been killed in Bangladesh as clashes erupted between police and anti-government protesters who are demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down....
Death toll hits 37 after Al-Shabab attacks Mogadishu beach. (www.yahoo.com)
From sanctuary to survival: Myanmar refugees in India caught amid communal strife (www.frontiermyanmar.net)
Myanmar people seeking shelter in India’s northeastern Manipur state have been scapegoated for local bouts of ethnic conflict, in contrast to the largely warm reception in neighbouring Mizoram state.
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Tunisian presidential candidates complain of restrictions and intimidation (www.reuters.com)
TUNIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Tunisian opposition parties, presidential candidates and human rights groups have accused the authorities of using “arbitrary restrictions” and intimidation in order to ensure the re-election of President Kais Saied in a vote set for Oct. 6....
'I'm leaving': Maduro victory sparks fears of new exodus of Venezuelans (www.france24.com)
A despondent Jose Vasquez, 31, has decided to join a mass exodus of Venezuelans seeking a better life elsewhere, having lost all hope in his future with the contested reelection of President Nicolas Maduro....
Protests in Kenya and Uganda highlight corruption at the top - but political elites don’t give in without a fight. (theconversation.com)
Which American warships are en route to Lebanon? (today.lorientlejour.com)
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At least 16 reported dead as Maduro meets Venezuelan protests with force (wapo.st)
The closure of camps in Iraq housing Yazidis displaced by IS attacks is postponed, an official says (apnews.com)
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The Iraqi government has postponed an order to clear out camps in the country’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region that house thousands of people who fled when the Islamic State group seized their home areas a decade ago, officials said Tuesday....
