The Sri Lankan government has officially apologized to the Muslim minority for the forced cremation of COVID-19 victims, despite WHO guidance that Islamic burials are safe during the pandemic. The Muslim Country Council announced that it would take legal action and seek compensation against the two academics behind the decision, Mattika Withanage and Channa Jayasumana.

Banks in Central Asia are refusing Russian companies. The number of cases of Central Asian banks refusing to make payments to Russian companies has increased by 30 percent. Also, payment terms with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have been extended by two weeks. The problems began in June after US sanctions were imposed on the Moscow stock exchange and other Russian companies.

It has been 294 days since Israel began its war of aggression and destruction in the Gaza Strip. 24 hours of major events in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the entire Middle East.

The German government officially banned the Hamburg Islamic Center (IZH) on July 24. German domestic intelligence reported that the center is under Iranian influence. A total of four Shia mosques were closed in Germany as part of the ban

On July 24, Yevgeny Serebryakov, who planted an explosive device on the car of a colonel of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow, was arrested in Turkey. Serebryakov, who was brought to Moscow on Friday night, said that he was promised Ukrainian citizenship and a reward of up to 20,000 dollars by the Ukrainian special service for carrying out this assassination.

General Carsten Breuer, Inspector General of the German Armed Forces, said that Russia produces 1,000-1,500 tanks a year, while the Bundeswehr has 300 tanks left. He noted that intelligence indicates that the Russian military is preparing to attack the West and that by 2029 it will have all the weapons and human resources to do so.

10% of hotels in Israel are on the brink of financial crisis. After the start of the war in Gaza, in the first six months of 2024, 969,000 tourists spent the night in the country's hotels, or 81% less than in the same period last year. The low number of tourists has a negative impact on the residents of Jerusalem, who provide hotel and tourism services.

Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara, the leader of Hamas in the West Bank, died in an Israeli prison. Abu Ara, 63, is said to have died of "willful medical negligence".

Last year, a record 730,000 babies were born in Japan, while the number of deaths in the same period was 1.58 million, breaking the record. The number of foreigners in the country also exceeded 3 million for the first time, making up about 3% of the total population. Polls show that young Japanese are increasingly reluctant to marry or have children.

Since July 15, Israel has carried out 5,736 attacks on southern Lebanon, killing about 540 people. 1850 people were injured. Also, more than 1,800 hectares of land were burned, and about 28,000 families were moved to safer areas. There are also losses on the Israeli side. In particular, 43 settlements in the north of the country were evacuated, more than 1500 buildings, vehicles and infrastructure were damaged.