- At least 17 people, including children, have been killed and 26 injured in an Israeli air attack near an area of tents housing displaced families in Khan Younis, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza.
- At least 23 more have been killed and 73 others injured in an attack on a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Gaza’s government media office.
- Hospitals are overwhelmed and doctors are exhausted, the ministry says, calling for international medical delegations to be allowed into Gaza.
Number of journalists killed in Israel’s war on Gaza rises to 160: Media office
Muhammad Abdullah Mishmish, programme director at Sawt Al-Awsa Radio, has been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza, according to the enclave’s Government Media Office.
The statement on Telegram did not elaborate on the circumstances, time or place of his death.
Mishmish is the 160th journalist killed in the war, the announcement said.
Iranian TV presenter stabbed in London flees to Israel for safety
Exclusive: Pouria Zeraati ‘no longer felt safe in UK’ as Tehran regime steps up threats and attacks on critics in exile
An Iranian television presenter, who was attacked in London by men believed to be acting for the Tehran regime, has fled to Israel saying that he no longer felt safe in the UK.
Pouria Zeraati said the UK’s approach to the threat posed by Iran on British soil could not guarantee his safety.
Zeraati, a presenter for Iran International, a Persian-language news channel, was stabbed by a group of men outside his home in Wimbledon, south London, in March.
Former Kosovo rebel chief sentenced to 18 years in prison
A former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Pjeter Shala, was convicted of war crimes including torture, murder and arbitrary detention. He fought during a 1998-99 uprising against Serbian forces.
Former Kosovo rebel commander Pjeter Shala was on Tuesday sentenced to 18 years in prison by judges in The Hague.
He was convicted of war crimes committed while he fought for the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during a 1998-99 uprising against Serbian troops.
The decision came from an EU-backed court in the Dutch city that is considered part of Kosovo's judicial system but focuses on crimes committed from the beginning of 1998 to the end of 2000.
Will the Seine River be clean in time for Olympic athletes to swim?
The 2024 Paris Olympics are less than a fortnight away and questions still abound over the state of the Seine River – whether it will be safe for athletes to compete in the triathlon and marathon swimming events. However, French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra took a dip in the Seine on Saturday and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has vowed to swim in the Seine this week.
With the Paris Olympics less than two weeks away, a question hangs over the Games: Will the Seine River be clean enough for athletes to swim in?
Triathlon and marathon swimming are scheduled to take place in the Seine, where it has been illegal to swim for more than a century. Despite the city's efforts to clean up the long-polluted river, the water has tested unsafe for humans in recent weeks, and cleaner on other days. The Games run from July 26-Aug. 11.
Monument honors victims of deadly Kyoani arson attack
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 16, 2024 at 18:42 JST
A monument honoring the 36 lives lost in an arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio has been erected in a park here, five years after Japan's deadliest mass killing in decades.
The sculpture was unveiled on July 14 in a ceremony attended by 35 members of the bereaved families.
At the event, a message from company employees was shared: "Five years after the incident, we have never forgotten our precious colleagues," it said. "We hope that this monument will serve as a symbol where many people can express their thoughts and prayers."
Leaving Syria's civil war to be a mercenary in Africa
By BBC Arabic, World Service News
For more than 10 years, Abu Mohammad has been living in a tent with his family in northern Syria, displaced by the long-running civil war. Unable to earn enough to support them, he, like hundreds of others, has decided to travel via Turkey to Niger to work as a mercenary.
Abu Mohammad (not his real name), who is 33, and his wife have four young children - they have no running water or toilet and rely on a small solar panel to charge his phone. Their tent is sweltering in summer and freezing in winter, and leaks when it rains.
“Finding work has become extremely difficult," he says. He is a member of Turkish-backed opposition forces that have been fighting President Bashar al-Assad for more than a decade.
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