Situation Reports

Argentina's far-right President Javier Milei will attend right-leaning Brazilian Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro's presidential campaign launch on July 25 in Sao Paulo, Reuters reported on July 24.

A Russian ballistic missile struck a private training ground in the Kyiv region's Bucha district during a defense industry exhibition, killing at least 10 people and injuring over 100 others, Interfax-Ukraine reported on July 24.

Ninety-one Turkish lawmakers defected from the opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, to Ozgur Ozel's Yeni Parti, or New Party, DW reported on July 24.

The Western Cape High Court issued a ruling temporarily interdicting the South African parliament from pressing ahead with its impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa's actions surrounding the Phala Phala scandal, Daily Maverick reported on July 24.

A large convoy of Russian military vehicles arriving from the Togolese port of Lome has crossed the Mali-Burkina Faso border and is headed to Bamako, Jeune Afrique reported on July 23.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and minor coalition partner Japan Innovation Party passed a bill to designate Osaka, the political powerbase of JIP, as a secondary capital in a 123-121 upper house vote late on July 24 with the help of three independent lawmakers, Jiji Press reported.

Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons at two Philippine government fisheries vessels near the Scarborough Shoal, marking the second consecutive day of such actions there and third China-Philippines South China Sea confrontation in five days, Reuters reported on July 24.

Bangladesh's Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad confirmed the resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a close ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, The Business Standard reported on July 24.

The United States imposed tariffs on 60 trading partners of 10% and 12.5% following a Section 301 investigation into forced-labor imports, applying the lower rate reserved for countries with forced-labor bans to the European Union, Reuters reported on July 24.

Iranian leaders rejected a temporary U.S. ceasefire proposal that Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi presented during his July 23 visit to Tehran, The New York Times reported on July 23, citing both Iraqi and Iranian officials.