At least 20 killed in crush at US-backed GHF aid site in Gaza
David GrittenBBC NewsReporting fromJerusalem
At least 20 people have been killed in a crush at an aid distribution centre in southern Gaza run by the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the organisation and a local hospital say.
The GHF said 19 were trampled to death and one was stabbed "amid a chaotic and dangerous surge" at its site in the Khan Younis area. It added that it believed people "armed and affiliated with Hamas" fomented unrest.
But Gaza's Hamas-run Government Media Office denied the claim and accused the GHF of trying to "cover up" a crime.
Powerful Israeli strikes rock Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze militias
Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces.
One video from a Syrian television channel showed the Ministry of Defense building being hit live on air, forcing the anchor to take cover.
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz shared the footage, saying “the painful blows have begun.”
A family of traitors’: Trump’s Brazil tariffs ultimatum backfires on Bolsonaro
US president’s attempt to help his rightwing ally avoid jail has sparked wave of anger and given boost to rival Lula
Silvana Marques was one of thousands of Brazilians who flocked to São Paulo’s most famous art museum one afternoon last week. But the 51-year-old teacher wasn’t there to marvel over fog-filled London landscapes at Masp’s new Monet retrospective. She had come to join a protest heaping scorn on Donald Trump.
Beneath the museum’s brutalist hulk, Marques spotted a cardboard effigy of the US president and took a picture with her phone before the Trump dummy was set on fire. “Laranjão safado,” which translates as big orange dirtbag, she wrote under her photo on Instagram. Nearby, demonstrators hoisted a red banner into the air which read: “Nice try Trump. But we’re not afraid.”
Turkey: Istanbul mayor Imamoglu hit with new jail term
The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, was on Wednesday handed an additional prison sentence, according to Turkish state media.
Imamoglu, the main political rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been in jail pending trial since March on separate corruption charges.
He has now been sentenced to another year and eight months in prison for insulting and threatening Istanbul's chief prosecutor.
Cuban minister steps down after falsely saying country has no beggars
The labour minister in economically depressed Cuba resigned Tuesday amid an uproar over her claim that people rummaging through garbage cans were only pretending to be poor and not truly desperate.
Such scenes of acute need have become common in Cuba, especially in Havana, as people in the communist-run country grapple with runaway inflation, meager wages and food shortages, causing some to resort to panhandling or eating out of the trash.
Japan said at a ‘crossroads’ over party policies on foreign residents
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 16, 2025 at 17:17 JST
Following similar trends overseas, several Japanese political parties are announcing tougher regulations against foreigners in the Upper House election campaign as xenophobic sentiment spreads among certain segments of the voting population.
“Foreign resident policy” emerged as a rising election issue after parties saw surging support numbers for Sanseito, the “Japanese first” party that takes a strong stance against immigration.
Although campaign promises to tackle foreigner-related problems resonate with some voters, people with foreign roots in Japan are feeling anxious during the election campaign.
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