A large blast in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has killed at least 70 people and injured more than 4,000 others, the health minister says.Videos show smoke billowing from a fire, then a mushroom cloud following the blast at the city's port.

The Economic Times reported on 23rd July 2020 that the passing of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by Indian parliament that allows non-Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh to get Indian citizenship, has prompted many Muslims from Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar) to convert to Christianity in order to apply for the same.

During the Central Executive Board and provincial chairmen meetings which were headed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday, the Istanbul Convention, which is being discussed in public, was brought to agenda. Erdogan instructed his staff, “Study and review it. Abolish it if the people demand it. If the people's demand is in the direction of abolishment, a decision should be made accordingly. We have to do, whatever the people want”. (sputniknews…

Prime Minister Imran Khan on 27 July 2020 directed the chief secretaries to accelerate action against elements involved in wheat hoarding which have resulted in shortages and price rises. He asked that through mutual consultation, they should evolve a mechanism for bringing uniformity in prices of wheat and flour throughout the country.