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Ratko Mladic died Thursday in The Hague, where he was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The former Bosnian Serb military commander, known as the “Butcher of the Balkans,” will receive a funeral with military and state honours, according to Serbia’s justice minister; Serbian officials are awaiting the transfer of his body from The Hague.
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Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Legal Agenda concluded on August 6, 2026 that an Israeli strike that killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil in April 2026 constitutes a war crime. The 42-year-old journalist worked for Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar; 21-year-old freelance photojournalist Zeinab Faraj was with her. The organizations say Israel deliberately targeted both women as civilians. Khalil may have remained alive hours after the strike, suggesting rescue delays contributed to her death. The UN reports Israel has killed at least 210 journalists in Gaza and 15 in Lebanon since 2023. Israel disputes the war crime designation.
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At least 20 people were killed on July 25, 2026 in Ukraine and Russia, according to authorities in both countries, reports Le Monde. Ukraine conducted long-range strikes on Russian territory, while Sumy was hit by a Russian strike. These events come after a missile attack on a weapons exhibition in Kyiv on July 24: at least 10 dead, around 100 wounded. Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokaïev called for a freeze to the conflict in a meeting with Vladimir Putin.
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Between July 23 and 25, 2026, Russia conducted multiple strikes across Ukraine. According to a single source, at least two people were killed in a strike on Sumy on July 25. The day before, a Russian missile hit a weapons exhibition in the western suburbs of Kyiv, killing at least 10 people and wounding around 100 others. Russia fired at least 10 ballistic missiles at Kyiv; only one in three was intercepted. Strikes on Sloviansk left at least 5 dead on July 24. On July 23, glide bombs wounded 25 people in Zaporizhzhia.
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A Russian missile struck an arms exhibition in western Kyiv on July 24, 2026, killing at least 10 people and wounding approximately 100 others, according to Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravtchenko. Russia fired at least 10 ballistic missiles at the capital; Ukraine's air force intercepted only one in three. The same day, strikes on Sloviansk in Donetsk region killed at least five more people. Kravtchenko described the Kyiv attack as a war crime and announced an investigation.
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared on July 22, 2026 that the city cannot enforce the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu following a legal review. The ICC issued this warrant in November 2024, charging the Israeli Prime Minister with war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Gaza war. In other news from July 22, 2026, Donald Trump announced new tariffs on certain Canadian goods, and the new British Prime Minister spoke by phone with Trump.