Sunday, July 24th, 2022 

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council announces that their intelligence ministry has arrested an Israeli cell hours before they were to conduct attacks on several sites in Isfahan, including a major nuclear facility. (Al Jazeera) 

China launches the Wentian module, one of two laboratory modules needed to complete the Tiangong space station, from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan on a Long March 5 rocket.The module is fully intergrated with the space station thirteen hours after launch.(China Daily) (AP) 

Hong Kong-based airline Greater Bay Airlines completes its maiden flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok. The airline has been granted licenses to operate 104 routes across the Greater China and Asia Pacific regions. (The Standard) 

The Sakurajima volcano in Kyushu, Japan, erupts. Around 120 residents in two nearby towns are ordered to evacuate even though minimal damages is reported. (Al Jazeera) 

Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Egypt for diplomatic talks, and will also visit Ethiopia, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP) 

Police in Honduras intensify their crackdown on gangs in response to last week’s murder of the son of former president Porfirio Lobo Sosa. (Diario El Salvador) 

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro formally announces that he will run for re-election. (Reuters) 

The Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of Paraguay is summoned in an emergency session to debate the impeachment of Attorney General Sandra Quiñónez, in response to accusations that Quiñónez covered up former president Horacio Cartes‘s alleged corruption. (ABC Paraguay) 

Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 

A Russian cruise missile attack destroys a railway station in Kirovohrad Oblast, killing three people and injuring some others. (France 24) 

Two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles hit Odesa’s sea port, inflicting damage to the port’s infrastructure, less than a day after a deal to export grain from Ukraine was signed between Russia and Ukraine; initial reports indicate no related infrastructure damage. (AP) 

Fitch Ratings downgrades Ukrainian debt outlook to “C”, one grade above default, due to requests from Ukrainian authorities to postpone payments on bonds. (Bloomberg) 

In Greece, nine people are rescued after wildfires burn in the Lesbos island and threaten the resort town of Vatera amidst the European heat wave. (Reuters) (The New York Post) 

Wildfires continue to rage in southwestern France, prompting more people to evacuate their homes. (NBC News) 

The Oak Fire in Mariposa County, California, U.S. grows to over 6,555 acres near Yosemite, with 10 homes destroyed. (Axios) 

The monkeypox outbreak is declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. (The Guardian) 

Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 1882 makes an emergency landing in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut Province, after receiving a bomb threat. The flight with 169 passengers and six crew had departed Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires bound for Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province. (Infobae) 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha survives a no-confidence vote with 256 confidence votes, 206 against and nine abstaining. (AP) 

The End