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U.N. Human Rights Council concludes sixty-second regular session after adopting 28 resolutions: roundup (LINK) — 8 July 2026
Israel must release ailing Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and all Palestinian medical personnel arbitrarily detained and adhere to international law, UN Commission of Inquiry says (LINK) — 8 July 2026
UN experts condemn Pakistan life sentence against Baloch woman human rights defender in Pakistan as grave injustice (LINK) — 8 July 2026
— The Quetta Court inferred that defendants shared a common intent to murder due to their mere participation in a protest. It further classified their conduct as terrorism under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
ITU's Partner2Connect surpasses USD 100 billion in commitments to connect the world (LINK) — 8 July 2026
France: Proposed presumption of lawful police shootings could fuel impunity, Morris Tidball-Binz, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (LINK) — 7 July 2026
Breaking news
Trump says US ceasefire with Iran is 'over' after strikes: called Iran 'dirty players' for targeting commercial vessels (ground news LINK) — 8 July 2026
Iran targets sites in Bahrain, Kuwait after wave of US strikes (LINK) — 8 July 2026
U.S. hits dozens of Iranian targets in retaliatory strikes after ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz (LINK) — 8 July 2026
UNIFIL: Update on the South of Lebanon: "The level of violence has been reduced, but we continue to record a number of violations of Resolution 1701 on a daily basis" (LINK) — 8 July 2026
— According to UNIFIL, Israeli forces continue to operate in areas north of the Blue Line, where peacekeepers monitor military activity and continue to urge all parties to preserve recent stability gains. On the issue of the Israeli military's "Yellow Line" buffer zone which is located some five to 10 kilometres north of the Blue Line, UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel described it as a self-declared military boundary established by the Israel Defense Forces which is not recognized by the United Nations.
Afghanistan faces unprecedented refugee returnee influx: UNDP and UNHCR chiefs urge sustained investment (LINK) — 8 July 2026
Russian missiles strike Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, for third time in a week (LINK) — 7 July 2026
Ukraine hits electronics and explosives manufacturers for Russia's defence industry (LINK) — 7 July 2026
Russia's biggest oil refinery just went dark after a Ukrainian drone struck it deep in Siberia — and kilometre-long gas lines followed (LINK) — 7 July 2026
Ukraine signs drone deals with Estonia, Netherlands (LINK) — 7 July 2026
Monaco bomb attack suspect found dead in Ukraine near Kyiv. Police said they had detained two individuals suspected of murdering her (LINK) — 7 July 2026
Trump rips NATO allies, dashing European hopes for a kumbaya summit: aired old complaints about Greenland, Ukraine and European energy policy (LINK) — ground.news: media reports (LINK) — 7 July 2026
Colombia's De La Espriella suspends Presidential transition amid tensions with President Petro (ground news LINK) — 7 July 2026
Pressure eased on UN layoffs, Guy Ryder, the Under-Secretary-General for Policy, says in Geneva (LINK) — 7 July 2026
Major news
U.N. Human Rights Council concludes sixty-second regular session after adopting 28 resolutions: roundup (LINK) — 8 July 2026
Israel must release ailing Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and all Palestinian medical personnel arbitrarily detained and adhere to international law, UN Commission of Inquiry says (LINK) — 8 July 2026
UN experts condemn Pakistan life sentence against Baloch woman human rights defender in Pakistan as grave injustice (LINK) — 8 July 2026
— The Quetta Court inferred that defendants shared a common intent to murder due to their mere participation in a protest. It further classified their conduct as terrorism under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
ITU's Partner2Connect surpasses USD 100 billion in commitments to connect the world (LINK) — 8 July 2026
France: Proposed presumption of lawful police shootings could fuel impunity, Morris Tidball-Binz, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (LINK) — 7 July 2026
Miscellaneous
Prince Harry's 'crushing' court loss: he and six other high-profile claimants had lost their $63 million privacy claim against the Daily Mail: could devastate his and Meghan Markle's finances (LINK) — 7 July 2026
— The judge dismissed every one of the 97 allegations of illegal news gathering made by Harry and the other claimants, including Sir Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley. Mr. Justice Nicklin ruled that Harry and the other claimants had often relied on "inference" to prove claims of phone hacking and blagged private medical records, adding that "suspicion, even where understandable, was not enough".
Engineering teams are installing temporary shoring to stabilize Midtown Manhattan building evacuated after columns found buckling at high-rise construction site (LINK) — 7 July 2026
After his gold blunder, Robert Kiyosaki issues a surprising recommendation that is neither Bitcoin nor commodities: read a book about a coming systemic financial collapse: "The Entropy Trap" by Mickey M. Maini (LINK) — 7 July 2026
— Kiyosaki admitted he misjudged gold's short-term crash but kept his $35,000 long-term target.
More than 6 million children have enrolled in Trump Accounts. They could become "tax-free millionaires" (LINK) — 6 July 2026
Wildfire in southern France forces evacuation of 10,000 people in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, near the border with Spain (LINK) — 6 July 2026
— The fire, located in Trévillach near Perpignan, has burned at least 4,600 hectares (11,366 acres). Tour de France spectators were urged to stay away from the conclusion of the third stage of the cycling race on Monday to allow access for emergency vehicles to the area. The fires have also affected neighbouring Spain where more than 2,200 hectares in the natural reserve of Les Gavarres have been destroyed. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU would send four aircraft based in Cyprus and Sweden to help with emergency efforts.
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