Colombia demands Israel envoy leave amid spat over war with Hamas (www.france24.com)
Colombia has demanded that Israel’s ambassador leave the country amid a dispute over President Gustavo Petro’s remarks regarding the war with Hamas....
Hundreds buried in mass graves as Libya reels from devastating flooding (www.aljazeera.com)
Emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna, and it is feared the toll could spiral, with 10,000 people still reported missing after floodwaters from Storm Daniel smashed through dams and washed away entire neighbourhoods....
Foreign student arrested in Norway on suspicion of espionage including electronic eavesdropping (abcnews.go.com)
Inside El Salvador ‘mega prison’ holding 12,000 accused gang members (www.scmp.com)
The 40,000-person facility – thought to be the largest in the Americas – opened earlier this year...
Crimea bridge is legitimate military target, Zelenskiy says (www.reuters.com)
July 21 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that the bridge linking the Crimea peninsula to Russia “brings war not peace” and was therefore a military target....
A “McCarthyite Backlash” Against Pro-Palestine Speech (jewishcurrents.org)
‘This isn’t our problem, Gena’ Video shows Yekaterinburg police sat in car and laughed while watching fight that ended in Gabonese student’s death (meduza.io)
In August 2023, 32-year-old Francois Ndjaseli, a graduate student from Gabon who was studying at Yekaterinburg’s Ural Federal University, was fatally stabbed outside of a Burger King in the city. Danil Fomin, a local 23-year-old, was charged with the murder and arrested shortly after. According to eyewitnesses, in the minutes...
Erdoğan, at last, sends Sweden’s NATO bid to Turkish parliament (www.politico.eu)
BRUSSELS — The Turkish government on Monday submitted Sweden’s NATO accession bid to the country’s parliament for ratification, ending a months-long guessing game over whether Ankara intended to postpone its approval process further.
Thousands attend pro-Palestine protests across Australia (www.theguardian.com)
Protesters marched through the Sydney CBD on Saturday after police green-lit the event, with similar rallies held in Perth, Hobart and Brisbane
Israel doubles number of Palestinian prisoners to 10,000 in two weeks (www.aljazeera.com)
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israel has arrested so many Palestinians in the two weeks since the start of its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip that it has doubled the number of Palestinians in its custody....
US to send 2nd aircraft carrier to eastern Mediterranean (abcnews.go.com)
The Pentagon has ordered a second aircraft carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean near Israel to deter Iran or Hezbollah from joining the Israel-Hamas conflict, according to U.S. officials....
White House: Biden has not seen or independently confirmed Hamas beheaded Israeli children (www.timesofisrael.com)
Mexico's president says 10,000 migrants a day head to US border; he blames US sanctions on Cuba (apnews.com)
‘Dead’ Russian Admiral Shoved in Front of the Cameras to Prove He Survived Missile Blast (news.yahoo.com)
Exercise ‘high degree of caution’ while traveling to India, Canada tells its citizens amid diplomatic chill (indianexpress.com)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gifted bulletproof vest and drones as he leaves Russia (www.yahoo.com)
More than 1,000 schools destroyed in Ukraine since war began-UNICEF (www.reuters.com)
More than 1,300 schools have been totally destroyed in government-held areas of Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion and others have been badly damaged, the U.N. children’s fund UNICEF said on Tuesday....
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived (apnews.com)
As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, car after car of fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a desperate race for safety....
Argentine far-right outsider Javier Milei posts shock win in primary election (www.reuters.com)
Japan's Health Ministry Panel Proposes 100% Paternity Leave (stoppopulationdecline.org)
Ukraine war: Whole family shot dead in Russian-occupied Ukrainian town (www.bbc.com)
US fears Canada-India row over Sikh activist's killing could upend strategy for countering China (apnews.com)
The Biden administration is nervously watching a dispute between Canada and India, with some officials concerned it could upend the U.S. strategy toward the Indo-Pacific that is directed at blunting China’s influence there and elsewhere....
Dengue will 'take off' in southern Europe, US, Africa this decade, WHO scientist says (www.reuters.com)
Couple dead after bear attack in Banff National Park, grizzly killed (www.cbc.ca)
A grizzly bear attacked and killed two people in Banff National Park west of Sundre, Alta., on Friday night, Parks Canada says....