Author: Michelle Mooney
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Russia conducts more air strikes at several Ukrainian locations
On 28th July 2025, Russian aviation forces conducted 86 air strikes, and used 4,413 kamikaze drones according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (GSAFU). The areas targeted by air strikes included Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts. In a Telegram post, the GSAFU said that Russia had dropped 132 guided aerial…
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US CENTCOM says it killed Islamic State leader in Syria
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said that it conducted a raid in Aleppo, Syria which resulted in the death of senior Islamic state leader Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani and his two adult Islamic state-affiliated sons Abdallah Dhiya al-Hardani and Abd al-Rahman Dhiya’ Zawba al-Hardani. CENTCOM said that the individuals posed a threat to US…
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Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava and smoke
A volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula, on the Sundhnúkur Crater Row experienced an intense seismic swarm which later caused an eruption in the area southeast of Litla-Skógfell, according to Iceland’s meteorology office. The eruptive fissure was reportedly 700 to 1000m long according to Icelandic authorities, but grew to 2.4 kilometres at its largest point. The…
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Canada’s oil and gas growth could backfire as global demand declines
A report released by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and Environmental Defence has warned that Canada’s continued expansion of oil and gas production risks billions in future investment. It found that Canada’s oil and gas industry is highly exposed as 81% of its oil and 44% of its gas is exported. Under current global…
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Iran threat to UK is significant and rising, say lawmakers
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament published its Report on Iran on 10th July 2025, after an ‘extensive inquiry took evidence from August 2021 to August 2023.’ The report found that the Iranian regime’s fundamental objective is to ‘ensure the survival and security of the Islamic Republic.’ To do this, Iran has focused of…
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for persecution of women and girls
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Haibatullah Akhundzada, Supreme Leader of the Taliban, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Chief Justice of the Taliban. Following the submission of two applications for arrest on 23rd January 2025 by the ICC, the Pre-Trial Chamber II has issued both warrants, on 8th July 2025. Based on evidence…
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Russia hits Ukraine with largest drone attack yet
On 4th July 2025, Russia hit the city of Kyiv with a record missile and drone attack which killed 2 and injured 26 more. The State Emergency Service said on Telegram that the attack caused the partial destruction of a five-storey building, covering an area of 2,000 square metres. ‘Fires also erupted in a warehouse…
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Mother Nature Cambodia group activists in prison one year
Five Cambodian environmental defenders have completed one year of their six to eight-year prison terms on ‘baseless charges,’ said Human Rights Watch. On 2nd July 2024, the Phnom Penh Court found ten activists from the group guilty of ‘plotting against the government.’ Five were imprisoned immediately while four others were tried in absentia, and the…
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South Korea supports food security in Mozambique
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed South Korea’s US$7.6m worth of contributions to improve food security for communities in northern Mozambique. The contributions which comprise more than 5,000 metric tonnes of rice, will allow the WFP to deliver food assistance to more than 233,000 people in the Cabo Delgado Province. The region…
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Kyrgyzstan abolishes its independent torture monitoring body
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has expressed its dismay at Kyrgyzstan’s decision to abolish its National Centre for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT) without public consultation. The Kyrgyz Government had initially outlined plans to transfer the functions of the NCPT to the Kyrgyz Institute of the Ombudsman in June 2022. It has…
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