Russian drone strikes damaged grain facilities at the Ukrainian ports of Izmayil and Odesa overnight, authorities said on August 2, prompting Turkey to call on the Kremlin to avoid escalating the already high tensions in and around the Black Sea.
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Tajikistan: Decree bans funerals for alleged “terrorists”, denies relatives bodies
On 28 April, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon signed into law a Decree imposing the Procedure for burying the bodies of terrorists neutralised in the course of a counterterrorism operation. In the regime’s parlour, this means the bodies of those killed and/or assassinated. The new procedure denies the families of those killed in what the regime calls anti-terrorism operations the possibility of burying the dead in a place they want, knowing where the dead are buried, investigating how the death occurred, and burying the dead with the religious or other rites the dead or the family would have chosen.
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Heatwave caused death in India
Officials in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are investigating the deaths of at least 68 people in the district of Ballia between Thursday and Sunday as temperatures soar in northern and eastern parts of the country. The surge in deaths this months follows a warning from the country’s meteorological department about potential heat-related casualties.
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10 people killed after plane crashes on highway in Malaysia
At least 10 people have died after a charter plane crashed onto an expressway north of Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia said in a statement that the plane carrying six passengers and two flight crew, departed from Langkawi International Airport and was headed to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport.
