Defence`s Feeds

Amid intensified deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza, the UN chief and top officials condemned the killings while a surge violence rocked the West Bank and aid agencies scrambled to help Palestinians.

The Israeli military has intensified its attacks in Gaza in recent days, killing and injuring dozens of Palestinians - children, women and men. These attacks have struck residential buildings, at least one tent sheltering internally displaced people, and other crowded areas.

The OIC's Media Observatory on Israeli Crimes against Palestinians documented the deaths of 109 Palestinians and injuries to 396 others between June 30 and July 20, 2026, across various Palestinian territories. The report detailed that 102 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip, with 16 bodies recovered and 96 confirmed as dead, in addition to 348 injuries.

His Excellency Mr Hissein Brahim Taha, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, has expressed his strong condemnation and denunciation of the threats issued by the Houthi group against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, maritime security and the freedom of international trade. The Secretary-General noted that these actions form part of a series of attacks and baseless allegations launched by the Houthi group against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the most recent of which were the missile attacks on the south of the Kingdom, as well as threats targeting maritime navigation. He emphasised that the accusations and threats made by the Houthi group's military spokesperson are unacceptable and cannot be justified in any way, stressing that the ongoing threat to maritime navigation constitutes a threat to regional and international security.

Renewed escalation threatens civilians and essential services across the region

The Philippines has raised before a gathering of Southeast Asian foreign ministers the recent developments in the South China Sea, specifically a maritime incident near the Ayungin Shoal that resulted in a Filipino Navy member sustaining injury.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said the Philippines will continue to seek peace but will never compromise its sovereignty or national dignity amid persistent security and territorial challenges.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) dubbed as "false and misleading" the claims of the China Coast Guard (CCG) that Filipino naval personnel started the fight at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Monday.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. condemned the Chinese Coast Guard's (CCG) assault of Philippine Navy personnel at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, Malacañang said Tuesday, reiterating the government's commitment to defending the country's rights through diplomatic means.

The United States on Tuesday denounced what it described as China's "dangerous and escalatory actions" near the Ayungin Shoal that injured a Philippine Navy personnel serving on the BRP Sierra Madre.

When asked to comment and provide further information on the incident that violent clashes broke out between Chinese and Philippine personnel near Ren'ai Jiao on July 20, and the Philippine military released a statement claiming that one Filipino sailor was injured in the incident, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Tuesday that the China Coast Guard (CCG) has issued a statement laying out the full facts regarding the violent interference in CCG normal law-enforcement operations and malicious assaults on CCG law-enforcement officers by personnel aboard the illegally-grounded Philippine military vessel.

A China Coast Guard (CCG) spokesperson announced that, out of humanitarian considerations, Chinese authorities on Tuesday morning permitted the transfer of injured personnel from a Philippine vessel that was illegally "grounded" at China's Ren'ai Jiao in the South China Sea.

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In July 2024, China and the Philippines reached a temporary arrangement regarding humanitarian deliveries of daily living supplies to personnel aboard the warship at Ren'ai Jiao. China's position on the matter has not changed, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Tuesday in response to a question about the incident in which personnel aboard the Philippines' illegally grounded warship violently interfered with the China Coast Guard (CCG) law enforcement activities and maliciously attacked Chinese law enforcement officers.

The ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meetings opened in Manila, the Philippines, on Tuesday, with the Philippines holding the ASEAN chairmanship this year. This follows dangerous provocations staged by Manila a day earlier in the waters near China's Ren'ai Jiao, which escalated tensions over the South China Sea issue. The trouble-making on the eve of ASEAN meetings is no random clash: The Philippines aims to hijack the agenda of ASEAN's flagship diplomatic event, manufacture international public opinion against China, and leverage US-led Western support to advance its political gambit regarding the South China Sea issue, which violates the core duties of the ASEAN rotating chair, Chinese experts pointed out.

An FCDO statement on recent Houthi threats against Saudi Arabia, including plans to impose a maritime blockade.

UN experts* today appealed for an end to M23's reign of terror by sexual torture and violence amid a growing number of testimonies from civilian victims. They called on States and the United Nations to help resurrect the ceasefire deal signed between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in December 2025.

Under its Constitution, Kosovo is a multi-ethnic society governed by the rule of law and its justice system must reflect Kosovo's ethnic diversity.

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