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2025 July 19
Armed conflicts and attacks
Gaza war
2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
At least 32
Palestinians
are killed trying to reach
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
food distribution sites.
(AP)
Syrian civil war
Southern Syria clashes
Street-to-street fighting
in
Suwayda
,
Syria
, is reported between local
Druze
forces and pro-government
Bedouin
tribesmen.
(i24)
An
Agence France-Presse
war correspondent
reports witnessing armed men
looting
and
setting fire
to
Druze
-owned shops in Suwayda.
(BBC News)
M23 campaign
The
M23
paramilitary group and the
government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
sign a declaration of principles stating that a full
ceasefire
and final peace agreement will be signed no later than August 18, and that it will be aligned with the earlier
DR Congo–Rwanda agreement
.
(CNN)
Disasters and accidents
Sinking of the
Wonder Sea
At least 38 people are killed, eleven are rescued and eight others are reported missing, including children, when a storm causes the tourist boat
Wonder Sea
to capsize in the
Hạ Long Bay
in
Quảng Ninh province
,
Vietnam
.
(News18)
At least 21 people are killed and 34 others are injured after a bus overturns and crashes in
Kavar
,
Fars province
,
Iran
.
(The New Arab)
Eight people are killed and six others are injured when a truck
collides
with two passenger vans in
Aurora
,
Isabela province
,
Philippines
.
(Xinhua)
(
Manila Bulletin
)
Law and crime
2025 Hollywood car attack
At least 30 people are injured, including seven critically, in a
vehicle-ramming attack
at a night club in
Los Angeles
,
California
,
United States
.
(AP)
(Los Angeles Fire Department)
Turkish involvement in the Somali civil war
The
Puntland Maritime Police Force
confiscates a
Turkish
vessel illegally transporting high-grade weaponry, including
armoured personnel carriers
and crates of weapons, to
Mogadishu
in
Bareeda
,
Ras Aseir
region.
(Idil News)
(Marine Insight)
At least twelve people are killed in a
mass shooting
at a pool hall in
Playas
,
Guayas Province
,
Ecuador
.
(Diario Extra)
Sports
In
boxing
, Ukrainian
Oleksandr Usyk
defeats
British
challenger
Daniel Dubois
at
Wembley Stadium
in
London
,
England
, via a fifth-round
knockout
to become a two-time
undisputed
heavyweight
champion.
(BBC Sport)