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  • After alerts in the Yiron area, the Israeli military claims that its air force effectively stopped a "suspicious aerial target" before it entered Israeli territory.
  • As a "humanitarian gesture," US President Donald Trump stated that ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz will be escorted.
  • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran claimed in a statement released by the state-run Press TV that the United States' ability to make decisions "has narrowed" due to the prolonged impasse in negotiations.
  • In a post to X on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces claimed to have attacked 120 alleged Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon over the weekend, including over 50 other infrastructure targets and 70 military-use buildings.
  • In an effort to maintain "market stability" despite the Iranian conflict, seven members of the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries resolved on Sunday to begin gradually raising production in June.

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July 9, 2020

Increase In Cyber Attacks On Indian...

This was not an isolated incident in the Western state of India as revealed by the cyber crime unit of the state. In fact reports have now emerged that a large number of people have been subjected to online extortion threats from hackers such as this one. The hackers reportedly claimed that they had complete access to the personal data of the targets and demand money, in many cases in bitcoins in exchange of not making public the details of websites that had been accessed by the target in recent times

Bangladesh Cracks Down on Fake COVID...

The comments came as police shut down two branches of a private hospital that according to one opposition party member had issued over 6,000 fake COVID-19 test results

Threat of Lawsuit Shows China ‘Losing...

Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow in China Studies at the Washington-based Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, has emerged as a leading expert on the mass incarceration of Uyghurs in internment camps in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)

Following Concerns Over Misuse, India’s NCRB...

Such opposition apparently has seemingly made the Indian authorities – more specifically the NCRB, has revised the tender that it had published for procurement of technology for a nationwide automated facial-recognition system

July 8, 2020

Corruption, Weak Rule of Law Cited...

Heavy rains caused piles of loose dirt and rubble to collapse on July 2, burying more than 200 scavengers looking for discarded pieces of jade left behind by miners and creating “lake of mud” full of bodies in Kachin state’s Hpakant township. More than 50 others were injured, and about 20 are still missing

July 7, 2020

Philippine Lawyers, Right Groups Ask Supreme...

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana appealed to the nation to give the new anti-terror law a chance. He described it as an “essential measure” for authorities to combat the scourge of terrorism.

July 6, 2020

Tamil Nadu Custodial Death Fall Out:...

The NCAT report seemed to further reiterate the extent of police brutality in India even while many Indians were horrified with the video of the American black youth George Floyd. The report stated that there had been a total 1,606 incidents of deaths in judicial custody and 125 in police custody in 2019.

Clear Rivers Campaign in South Africa...

Every year in July, South Africa commemorates the birth of the late former President Nelson Mandela

July 5, 2020

Delhi, Mumbai Record Steep Drop In...

At the end of June, Delhi Police reported a 56% drop in street crime in the capital city of India during the entire period the Covid-19 lockdown. Till May this year, there has been a significant drop in cases of robbery, snatching, hurt and motor vehicle theft in the city compared to the same period last year

Sex Workers Lack Food for Taking...

Among sex workers in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, “most who are living hand-to-mouth have been lamenting that it’s making its difficult to adhere to treatment,” said Talent Jumo, director of the Katswe Sistahood, an organization for sexual and reproductive health

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