## [2015-07-30](/feed/2015/07/30/index.md)

##### Chen Min'er
### [Chen Min'er replaces Zhao Kezhi as the Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou province, China. Zhao awaits assignment. ](/feed/2015/07/30/chen-min-er-replaces-zhao-kezhi-as-the-communist-party-secretary-of-guizhou-province-china-zhao-awaits-assignment.md)
##### Guo Boxiong
### [Former Central Military Commission Vice-Chairman, General Guo Boxiong, is accused of taking bribes in exchange for the promotion of officers and expelled from the Communist Party of China. ](/feed/2015/07/30/former-central-military-commission-vice-chairman-general-guo-boxiong-is-accused-of-taking-bribes-in-exchange-for-the-p.md)
##### Mullah Akhtar Mansoor
### [After days of debate, the Taliban announce Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as the successor to Mullah Omar over his son, Yaqoob Omar. ](/feed/2015/07/30/after-days-of-debate-the-taliban-announce-mullah-akhtar-mansoor-as-the-successor-to-mullah-omar-over-his-son-yaqoob-om.md)
##### India
### [India executes Yakub Memon for his role in the 1993 Bombay bombings. ](/feed/2015/07/30/india-executes-yakub-memon-for-his-role-in-the-1993-bombay-bombings.md)
##### Israeli Knesset
### [The Israeli Knesset passes a controversial law that legalizes forced-feeding of Palestinian prisoners. ](/feed/2015/07/30/the-israeli-knesset-passes-a-controversial-law-that-legalizes-forced-feeding-of-palestinian-prisoners.md)
##### Russia
### [Russia vetoes a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have established an international criminal tribunal to investigate the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. ](/feed/2015/07/30/russia-vetoes-a-un-security-council-resolution-that-would-have-established-an-international-criminal-tribunal-to-inves.md)
##### High school
### [A Taiwanese high school student commits suicide by charcoal fumes after a protest against controversial Sinocentric revisions in a curriculum guideline; hundreds storm the education ministry in response. ](/feed/2015/07/30/a-taiwanese-high-school-student-commits-suicide-by-charcoal-fumes-after-a-protest-against-controversial-sinocentric-revi.md)
##### Pokhara
### [At least 30 people are killed in a landslide that struck villages near Pokhara, Nepal. ](/feed/2015/07/30/at-least-30-people-are-killed-in-a-landslide-that-struck-villages-near-pokhara-nepal.md)
##### Middle East
### [A heat wave hits the Middle East with Baghdad recording a top temperature of 50 C and the Iranian city of Bandar Mahshahr recording a near world record heat index temperature of 165.2 F. ](/feed/2015/07/30/a-heat-wave-hits-the-middle-east-with-baghdad-recording-a-top-temperature-of-50-c-and-the-iranian-city-of-bandar-mahshah.md)
##### Turkey–PKK conflict
### [An ambush on a Turkish military convoy in the south-eastern Şırnak Province by PKK militants kills 3 Turkish soldiers. ](/feed/2015/07/30/an-ambush-on-a-turkish-military-convoy-in-the-south-eastern-sirnak-province-by-pkk-militants-kills-3-turkish-soldiers.md)
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