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  • Armed conflicts and attacks

    At least 57 Palestinians are killed by Israeli bombardments in Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Rafah. (Reuters)

    • https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-across-gaza-kill-least-13-people-palestinian-health-officials-2024-07-16/
  • Armed conflicts and attacks

    The Islamic State claims responsibility for the prior day's mass shooting at a Shi'ite mosque in Muscat, Oman. This is the first attack carried out by the Islamic State in the country. (BBC)

    • https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn38vx7g2e5o
  • Disasters and accidents

    A malfunction causes an emergency shutdown of one of the four reactors at the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant in Rostov Oblast, Russia. Background radiation levels are reported as normal. (Reuters)

    • https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/malfunction-shuts-one-four-units-russian-nuclear-power-plant-2024-07-16/
  • International relations

    The Czech Republic announces plans to facilitate Colt CZ Group assault rifle production and the construction of an ammunition factory in Ukraine. (RFE/RL)

    • https://www.rferl.org/a/czech-ukraine-ammunition-factory-shmyhal/33038684.html
  • Law and crime

    An investigation by the Associated Press and Israeli investigative organization Shomrim finds that the United States and Israel allowed tax-deductible donations totaling over US$200,000 to multiple Israeli far-right extremist groups involved in blocking and disrupting humanitarian aid delivery to the Gaza Strip. (AP)

    • https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-aid-humanitarian-nonprofit-69582d193ce270d63d5865ac0ead2df0
  • Law and crime

    The Kosovo Specialist Chambers criminal tribunal sentences former Liberation Army member Pjetër Shala to 18 years in prison for war crimes committed during the war. (Al Jazeera) (Koha Ditore)

    • https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/kosovo-war-crimes-tribunal-sentences-former-kla-member-to-18-years
    • https://www.koha.net/en/arberi/426256/pjeter-shala-denohet-me-18-vjet-burgim
  • Law and crime

    American senator Bob Menendez is found guilty on all counts, including acting as a foreign agent, in a federal corruption trial. (ABC News)

    • https://abcnews.go.com/US/sen-bob-menendez-federal-corruption-trial-verdict/story?id=111295557
  • Law and crime

    Former governor of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, and director of the Adra Prison Samir Ousman al-Sheikh is arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles, California, United States. Al-Sheikh has been accused of torturing and killing political dissidents while serving as prison director and governor. (The New York Times)

    • https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/syrian-official-arrested-adra-prison.html
  • Politics and elections

    Six weeks after losing a vote of no confidence in the Senedd, Vaughan Gething resigns as First Minister of Wales. (The Guardian)

    • https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/16/vaughan-gething-resigns-first-minister-wales
  • Politics and elections

    Police fire tear gas and water cannons at anti-government protestors as demonstrations continue in cities across Kenya, calling for the removal of President William Ruto. (Al Jazeera)

    • https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/new-antigovernment-protests-kick-off-in-kenya-with-calls-for-ruto-to-quit
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