On 27 July 2026,
Chad announced its formal notification to the UN to withdraw from the ICC,
citing limited effectiveness and geographic bias against African nations.
On 24 July 2026, Venezuela
formally notified the UN pointing to a perceived geographical bias in the
court's investigations.
Spain declared
its first-ever national wildfire emergency on July 23–24, 2026, after
simultaneous large-scale blazes driven by an intense heatwave threatened Madrid
and the Ávila province.
In July 2026, Venezuela formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling the Court politically biased against Global South countries.
Additional Information:
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an independent international court based in The Hague, Netherlands.
The United States deployed the Dark Eagle hypersonic missile in Guam for the first time.
The Dark Eagle, also known as the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), is a non-nuclear, ground-launched hypersonic missile system of the United States Army.
It is the United States Army's first operational hypersonic missile system.
The missile component of the LRHW is being developed by Lockheed Martin and Northrop
