A suicide bomber targeted a police checkpoint near a market in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore on July 24, killing 26 people and injuring more than 50 others. A Pakistani branch of the Islamist militant group the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

The US Department of State warns against all nonessential travel to Pakistan, which continues to experience significant terrorism-related violence. Throughout Pakistan, foreign and indigenous terrorist groups continue to pose...

A July 30 vote in Venezuela for members of a constituent assembly, tasked by president Nicolás Maduro with rewriting the Venezuelan constitution, went ahead despite months of antigovernment protests and strikes. Claims of fraud and irregularities followed the vote, which was also marred by violence, with 10 people killed, including a candidate for the assembly and an opposition leader.

The opposition parties boycotted the vote and fielded no candidates for the assembly, which has been...

In north-central London, on the night of July 13, five people were injured, one seriously, when acid was thrown at them by two teenagers on a moped. The attacks appeared to be random and may have been part of attempted robberies. The two teens were arrested the following day.

On July 25, two men were attacked with acid in eastern London. The men were believed to have been targeted. 

London has seen a large spike in attacks using corrosive substances, with 458 being...