Life in Russia’s frontline regions looks very different from day-to-day existence in the rest of the country. For those in the area of Belgorod, Kursk, and Voronezh, drone and missile strikes have become a regular occurrence, and the construction of fortifications serves as a constant reminder that the situation can still get much, much worse.

In mid-July, large-scale clashes erupted in southern Syria between Druze and Bedouin tribes. Units of the new Syrian army, arriving under the pretext of restoring order, reportedly carried out mass killings, rapes, and kidnappings of the Druze population in the area. Estimates of the death toll range between 300 and 1,000.

The United States accused the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of leading the Cartel de Los Soles group, which supports the Tren de Aragua gang and the Sinaloa Mexican cartel, Reuters reports . Washington recognized both organizations with foreign terrorist groups. According to the State Department, the “Cartel of the Sun” consists of high -ranking Venezuelan officials led by Maduro.

The Tver District Court of Moscow decided to arrest two persons involved in the criminal case on the illegal turnover of personal data, Mediazona reports . 32-year-old Mikhail Seifetdinov, who had previously worked at the Ministry of Defense, and 43-year-old Kirill Mironov, who is considered the owner of the Solaris service, were sent to the pre-trial detention center.

Starlink satellite Internet systems used by Ukrainian military units did not work for two and a half hours on Friday at night due to a global failure of a satellite Internet provider. This was announced by Reuters by the senior representative of the Ukrainian command.

The Indian state of Uttar-Pradesh arrested 47-year-old Harshwardhan Gaina, who for almost ten years passed out for a diplomat of fictional micro-state and promised people to work abroad in exchange for large amounts of money, reports Associated Press. Jain created a fake embassy in a rented house in the Kavi area of the city of Gazaziabad, near New Delhi.

The news The Insider July 26, 2025 The rating of the US Democratic Party sank to the lowest level over three decades, showed the new Wall Street Journal. 63% of voters negatively evaluate the democrats - this is the highest indicator since 1990 and 30 percentage points more than the share of those who are positive to the party (33%).

The Perm activist Leonid Melekhin, who is on the list of “terrorists and extremists”, was expelled from the USA and was placed on July 25 in a pre -trial detention center by court decision. According to propram.ru, the man was deported after the struggle for the right to political asylum in American ships.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Russia will be ready to confront with Europe in 2027, reports Polskie Radio. He referred to the warning of the Commander -in -Chief of NATO forces in Europe, General Aleksus Grinkevich, who confirmed the American examination of Russia's readiness for conflict in the next two years. On July 25, the Polish government adopted a national security strategy.

The drones successfully attacked the signal plant in Stavropol, damaging the production facilities, sources in the Ukrainian special services of Ukrainian Pravda reported . The raid took place in the early morning of July 26. It is reported that the drones were struck by two production buildings. The second building was especially damaged, where imported machines with numerical control were installed in the fifth workshop.

The Petrograd court of St. Petersburg decided to arrest entrepreneur Grigory Kunis, who is the founder of the IgoODS delivery service. This was reported by the United press service of the city ships. Kunis is suspected of “financing extremist activity” in accordance with the first part of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. For this, a penalty is provided for a fine of 300 to 700 thousand rubles or a prison imprisonment for a period of three to eight years.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump on Friday actually abandoned negotiations with Hamas on the ceasefire in gas, writes Reuters. Both politicians said that Palestinian militants did not want to conclude a peace agreement. Netanyahu said that Israel is now considering “alternative” options to achieve its goals - to return the hostages from Gaza and the termination of Hamas reign in exclus. Trump said that Hamas leaders will now be “tracking”.

Animals are able to change the intensity and direction of aggression depending on individual needs and social environment. This conclusion was reached by scientists in the course of a new study of the behavior of gorillas. The study was published in Elife July 23. The authors of the work for 25 years observed the behavior of 31 adult females of gorillas from five wild groups - one group of Western gorillas in Gabon and four groups of mountain gorillas in Uganda.

By the decision of the Leningrad District Court of Vladivostok, assets of the former head of the city Vladimir Nikolaev and his relatives (821 real estate) with a total value of more than 14.8 billion rubles were transferred to state ownership, Kommersant writes . Decree of July 25 was the result of an anti -corruption proceedings initiated by the Prosecutor General. The lawyers of the Nikolaev family intend to protest the verdict in the highest courts.

The news The Insider July 26, 2025 Photo: Yana Dobronov This week, Ukrainian cities stirred the first mass protests from the beginning of the war caused by the actions of the authorities. The reason was the bill on the elimination of independence and subordination to the Prosecutor General of the two anti -corruption departments - the National Anti -Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the specialized anti -corruption prosecutor's office (CAP).