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• Shinzo Abe was assassinated in Nara, Japan, on 8 July 2022.
• He was shot while delivering an election campaign speech.
• He was Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister.
• First Term as Prime Minister: 2006–2007
• Second Term as Prime Minister: 2012–2020
• Born: 21 September 1954

Last verified on 03-08-2026

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Syria declared ceasefires in Aleppo and later in Al-Hasakah and Qamishli in 2026 following intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

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Russia struck western Ukraine in 2026 using its advanced nuclear-capable Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile.

Additional Information:

Oreshnik is a Russian nuclear-capable, intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM).

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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.

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Israel captured Beaufort Castle, a 12th-century medieval fortress in southern Lebanon in 2026.

This was a medieval Crusader-era fortress in southern Lebanon near the city of Nabatieh.

 Israeli forces seized it in late May 2026 during an expanded offensive against Hezbollah.

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