Ukraine strikes Iran vessel, German police shot suspect in Berlin ramming attack, Javier Milei calls Lula a thief, India Education Minister resigned after protest, 300000 displaced due to wildfire

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has vowed that a deadly Ukrainian strike on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea "cannot go unanswered." Iran has halted its retaliatory operations after the United States paused its 13-night bombing campaign, signaling a strategy of "attack for attack" where it will maintain the lull as long as Washington holds its fire. German police shot and killed 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, the prime suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride ramming attack, during a confrontation on Sunday evening. Argentinian President Javier Milei sparked a major diplomatic crisis by calling Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a "convict," "delinquent," and "thief" during a political rally in São Paulo, Brazil. ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) staged a historic public market debut on Shanghai's STAR Market, surging over 530% to become China's most valuable onshore-listed company. Former Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan officially resigned on Saturday, July 25, 2026, following weeks of massive, youth-led nationwide protests. More than 300,000 people have been displaced across France and Spain as unprecedented, climate-change-fueled wildfires continue to rip through southwestern France and central Spain. Three people were killed and four others were injured in a shootout on Sunday evening, July 26, 2026, during the annual Bite of Seattle food festival at the Seattle Center. Mass protests and civil disobedience campaigns have broken out across Libya’s capital, Tripoli, fueled by intense public anger over prolonged power cuts. Germany has approved nearly €800 million ($913 million) in arms export licenses to Israel during the first five months of 2026, marking a dramatic surge that exceeds its approvals from the previous 20 months combined. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has approved the largest military expansion in recent times, ordering the recruitment of 28,000 additional soldiers and increasing the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions. Typhoon Noul officially made landfall on the coast of China. Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye launched a new political party named Kiiraay (The Republican Patriots), formalizing his break from former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and the ruling PASTEF party. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa confirmed that Damascus is actively working with the participation of several nations to reach a security agreement with Israel.