After a days of uncertainty in Niger, the commander of the country's Presidential Guard Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani claimed the leadership of the West African country in a televised address after ousting President Mohamed Bazoum. Members of the country’s Presidential Guard encircled the president’s palace on Wednesday, 26 July, and held the president hostage.
Thousands of reservists have signed declarations vowing not to continue reporting for duty if the judicial overhaul legislation was passed. On Monday 26 the Zionist Knesset (parliament) adopted the highly controversial law to limit the Supreme Court's powers. The so-called "reasonableness" bill was approved by 64 votes to 0, after the opposition boycotted the final vote.
On July 17, Russia's foreign ministry announced the country would leave the Black Sea Grain Deal agreement that has helped bring Ukrainian grain to the world's markets over the past year. As part of its withdrawal from the deal, Russia said it would no longer guarantee the safety of ships transiting the maritime humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to back Sweden’s NATO membership on the eve of a two-day NATO summit in Lithuania. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Erdogan has agreed to submit Sweden’s accession protocols to Turkey’s Parliament, the Grand National Assembly, which needs to ratify Stockholm’s NATO membership.
‘Israeli’ forces launched a large-scale counterterrorism operation targeting Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin that has killed 12 people so far and wounded over 120 people, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader Ziad Nakhaleh said, "Al Quds Brigade will respond to put a halt to this massacre."
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