Germany has officially banned the Islamic Centre of Hamburg (IZH) along with five associated organizations due to allegations of supporting Iran’s theocracy and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
The Indian Navy successfully rescued nine crew members from the capsized Comoros-flagged oil tanker, MT Falcon Prestige, off the coast of Oman. The mission was conducted under challenging weather conditions, saved eight Indian nationals and one Sri Lankan national.
On Tuesday, July 16, 2024, In Oman a shooting took place at a mosque in the Wadi al-Kabir district, east of the capital city Muscat, four Pakistani nationals lost their lives and 30 others were wounded.
The Karkh criminal court in west Baghdad sentenced the Asma Mohammed wife of slain ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death by hanging. The court cited her involvement with the Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group and the detention of Yazidi women in her house.
On July 8, 2024, BYD signed an agreement with the Turkish Industry and Technology Ministry to establish a new manufacturing plant in Turkiye. The signing ceremony was held in Istanbul and attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacir and BYD chairman and CEO Wang Chuanfu. The new plant will be located in Turkiye with a planned investment of $1 billion.
On Monday, a Russian missile attack across Ukraine resulted in at least 37 deaths and more than 170 injuries. This attack is the heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in nearly four months.
Masoud Pezeshkian, a candidate backed by reformists won the Iranian presidential run-off with 53.7% of the vote translating to 16.3 million votes. His main opponent Saeed Jalili received 13.5 million votes.
On Thursday, Hezbollah launched an attack on Israel firing over 200 rockets and deploying explosive drones targeting Israeli military positions. This aggressive response came after Israel killed a senior Hezbollah commander, Muhammad Naameh Nasser in southern Lebanon.
A Supreme Court decision mandating their conscription has triggered unrest with thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis taking to the streets in protest.
Israeli experts have unearthed the oldest shipwreck ever found in the deep sea, dating back 3,300 years to the Late Bronze Age. The shipwreck was discovered 90 kilometers off the northern coast of Israel at a depth of 1,800 meters.
