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2025 July 17

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Attacks on religious sites during the Israeli invasion of Gaza
    • Three people are killed and nine others are injured when Israeli forces strikes the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, the only Catholic church in Gaza. (BBC News)
• Somali Civil War
  • At least six people are killed and ten others are injured after a fresh outbreak of tribal violence in the Galgaduud region of Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Kut shopping mall fire
  • At least 69 people are killed, 11 are reported missing, and 43 others are injured in a fire at a shopping mall in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq. The Iraqi government declares three days of mourning and the provincial government files lawsuits against the owners of the mall. (Reuters) (CNN) (NDTV)
• At least four people are killed, two others are seriously injured and more than 1,000 others are evacuated after torrential rainfall submerges buildings and causes a landslide in Gyeonggi and South Chungcheong provinces, South Korea. (Reuters) (The Korea Herald)
• A child is killed and 21 people are injured when a coach bus crashes in Somerset, England. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• The Ukrainian parliament appoints Yulia Svyrydenko as the new prime minister, succeeding Denys Shmyhal. (Reuters)
• The British government announces it will lower the voting age to 16, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in the upcoming general election. (NPR)

2025 July 16

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
      • At least 21 Palestinians are killed in a crowd crush at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site in the Gaza Strip. The GHF attributed the stampede to armed agitators, while Hamas and Palestinian eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers sprayed people with pepper gas and opened fire. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
  • Israeli invasion of Syria, Southern Syria clashes
    • The Israeli Air Force bombs the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters and the presidential palace in Damascus. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
    • Israeli forces launch an attack on the Druze city of Suwayda in As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria, after scattered clashes continue in spite of the ceasefire announcement by the Syrian Armed Forces. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • The Bangladesh military clashes with supporters of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Gopalganj District, leading to four deaths and many others injured. (AP)
• Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria
  • At least 27 people are killed when unidentified gunmen attack a village in Riyom, Plateau State, Nigeria. (BBC News) (AP)
• Spillover of the Somali civil war
  • Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed three Kenyan soldiers patrolling a road in the east of the country near the Somali border. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pakistan floods
  • Torrential rains in Punjab, Pakistan, kill at least 63 people. (BBC News)
• One person is killed and thirteen others are injured in a lightning strike at an archery range in Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States. (BNO News)
• A tsunami advisory is issued after a Mw 7.3 earthquake strikes the southern coast of Alaska, United States. (WAGA-TV)

International relations

• Pakistan–United Kingdom relations
  • The United Kingdom ends its five-year ban on Pakistani airlines from landing in the UK due to significant improvements in aviation safety standards. (DW) (Dawn)

Law and crime

• Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    • The Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service detains dozens of suspected Somalian Islamic State militants, whom it alleges were trained and deployed to conduct operations throughout the country, especially in the Cal Miskaad mountains of the Bari region in Puntland. (Reuters)
• Opioid epidemic in the United States, Anti-fentanyl legislation in the United States
  • U.S. president Donald Trump signs into law the HALT Fentanyl Act, reclassifying all fentanyl-related substances, including synthetic drugs, as Schedule I controlled substances. (The Hill)
• Internet censorship in Russia
  • The Russian State Duma introduces new legislation that introduces fines for searching for prohibited material online. The legislation is passed on July 22. (The Washington Post) (Euronews)
• Two people are killed and two others are injured in a mass shooting on a street in Taranto, Italy. (Rai News) (Taranto Today)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Surinamese general election
  • Jennifer Geerlings-Simons is sworn in as the first female president of Suriname. (RFI)
• Cabinet of Benjamin Netanyahu
  • The Shas party quits the Netanyahu cabinet due to disagreements over Haredi Jews conscription exemptions from military service in Israel, but remains in the governing coalition. (Al Jazeera)

2025 July 15

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 99 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and the Gaza Strip. (Hazzretz)
• Aftermath of the Syrian civil war
  • Southern Syria clashes, Israeli invasion of Syria
    • Israeli warplanes carry out strikes targeting Syrian government forces as they attempt to enter the Druze-majority city of Suwayda in southern Syria. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims he ordered the strikes for the protection of the Druze from forces aligned with the Syrian transitional government. (Reuters) (The Times)
• Somali Civil War
  • Constitutional crisis in Somalia
    • The Puntland interior ministry reports at least five militant casualties in Dhahar, Haylan region, following a coordinated campaign as Puntland’s defence forces repels an assault backed by the Somali federal government. (Idil News) (Garowe Online)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • At least 12 people are killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. The missiles struck a number of military compounds belonging to the armed group Hezbollah, including training camps affiliated to its elite Radwan Force. These were the deadliest strikes since a ceasefire ended a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• A pick-up truck veers off a road in Pithoragarh, India, and plunges into a 300-meter gorge, killing eight people and injuring five others. (MSN)
• A building under demolition collapses in Kurume, killing two workers. (Kyodo News)

International relations

• Indonesia–United States relations
  • U.S. president Donald Trump announces a new trade deal with Indonesia, where Indonesia will purchase $15 billion in energy and $4.5 billion in agricultural products, along with 50 Boeing jets. Indonesia will also allow importation of U.S. products without tariffs, while the U.S. will maintain a 19% tariff on all goods coming from Indonesia. (Financial Times)

Law and crime

• Protests against Donald Trump
  • Protests against the second presidency of Donald Trump, June 2025 Los Angeles protests
    • The Trump administration announces that it has ordered 2,000 troops from the National Guard to leave Los Angeles after being sent to deal with the protests against the ICE raids. (AP)
• At least 86 guns and 974 rounds of ammunition are recovered in a joint operation by security forces in Manipur amid ongoing ethnic violence in the state. (The Times Of India)

2025 July 14

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • United States president Donald Trump announces that several NATO allies will buy U.S.-made weapons, including Patriot air defense missile systems to provide to Ukraine. (NPR) (Axios)
• President Zelenskyy announces a government reshuffle and nominates Yulia Svyrydenko as prime minister. Following the announcement, outgoing prime minister Denys Shmyhal submits his resignation the next day, which the Verkhovna Rada accepts on 16 July. (The Kyiv Independent)

Disasters and accidents

• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying five people goes missing after contact with its pilot is lost shortly after refueling in Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. (Aviation Safety Network) (The Kyiv Independent)
• A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Andalusia, Spain causing damage to Almería Airport. (Independent)
• Three people are killed in a lightning strike at a resort in Tula Oblast. (The Moscow Times)
• A passenger train collides with a school bus in Cuddalore, India killing three people and injuring two (The Hindu)

Law and crime

• Rapes of Gisèle Pelicot
  • Gisèle Pelicot is awarded the Legion of Honour award, the highest civil order of merit in France, for her courage in testifying in the case about her decades-long sexual abuse. (DW)
• Twenty-four U.S. states and the District of Columbia file a joint lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education in an attempt to reverse freezing of education funding ahead of the start of the school year. (NPR)

2025 July 13

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
    • Israeli strikes kill at least 30 people, including six children, at a water collection zone, bringing the official death toll in Gaza to over 58,000. (AP)
• Somali Civil War
  • 2025 Shabelle offensive
    • Al-Shabaab militants claim the takeover of Tardo Village in the Hiiraan region of Somalia’s Hirshabelle state, which was previously captured by Ma’awisley fighters and the Somali National Army in September 2022. (Garowe Online) (Reuters)
• Aftermath of the Syrian civil war
  • Southern Syria clashes
    • More than 30 people are killed and 100 others are injured in clashes between pro-government forces and Druze fighters in Suwayda, Suwayda Governorate, Syria. (Sky News) (The Straits Times)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces insurgents kill at least 66 people in Territory of Irumu, in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
• Sudanese civil war
  • At least 48 civilians are killed, houses are razed and property is looted in an attack when Rapid Support Forces fighters storm the village of Um Garfa in North Kordofan, Sudan. (Barron’s)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Arizona wildfires
  • The Grand Canyon Lodge in Arizona, United States, is destroyed by the Dragon Bravo Fire. (AP)
• 2025 Fall River assisted-living fire
  • Nine people are killed and more than 30 others are injured, including five firefighters, in a fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. (WPRI-TV)
• Zeusch Aviation Flight 1
  • A Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft crashes and catches fire shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport in Southend-on-Sea, England, killing all four people onboard. (NOS) (The Independent)
• A bus plunges into a ravine near Chakri, Pakistan, killing six and injuring 38. (The Express Tribune)

Law and crime

• E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations, Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump
  • The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejects Donald Trump’s second bid to overturn the civil ruling of Carroll II (2022), upholding that Trump must pay US$5,000,000 to E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse. (Reuters)
• 2025 Lexington shootings
  • At least three people, including the perpetrator, are killed, and three others are injured, including a state trooper and one critically, in two spree shootings in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. (NBC News) (BNO News)
• Three people are killed in a raid by the Haitian National Police on drug traffickers, seizing 1,045 kilograms of cocaine on a boat near Tortuga, Nord-Ouest, Haiti. (Miami Herald)

Sports

• 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
  • In association football, English club Chelsea F.C. win the FIFA Club World Cup for the second time, defeating French club Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 in the final. Chelsea winger Cole Palmer is awarded the tournament’s Golden Ball. (FIFA)
• 2025 Major League Baseball draft
  • In baseball, the MLB draft is held at the Coca-Cola Roxy in Cumberland, Georgia, U.S., with the Washington Nationals selecting Eli Willits as the first overall pick. At the age of 17, Willits becomes the 3rd youngest player in MLB draft history to be selected first overall. (ESPN)
• 2025 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats his rival and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s singles final 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win his first Wimbledon title. Sinner is the first Italian player to win a singles title at Wimbledon. (ESPN)

2025 July 12

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukraine infrastructure
    • Russia launches 597 drones and 26 cruise missiles across Ukraine, killing two civilians in Chernivtsi, injuring 20 others, and damaging infrastructure in several cities. (ABC News) (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• List of World Heritage Sites
  • UNESCO adds 26 landmarks to the UNESCO World Heritage list. (UNESCO World Heritage Convention) (Newsweek)

Disasters and accidents

• Three people, including a baby, are killed and 20 other people are hospitalized in an apartment fire in Ankara, Turkey. (AP)

International relations

• Foreign relations of New Caledonia, Politics of New Caledonia
  • Representatives of New Caledonia sign an accord with the French government to become the “State of New Caledonia” within the French Republic, subject to a referendum. The new state would immediately gain control of some foreign affairs, and would have the option of gaining further powers, subject to further referenda. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)
• Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • United States president Donald Trump announces a 30% tariff increase on imported items from Mexico and the European Union to take effect on August 1. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Five men are lynched after being accused of robbing damaged homes in the Mw 5.7 earthquake in Santa María de Jesús, Guatemala, earlier this week. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2025 Wimbledon Championships
  • In tennis, Iga Świątek defeats Amanda Anisimova in the women’s singles final 6–0, 6–0 to win her first Wimbledon title, becoming the first Pole to do so. This is the third major final to have a double bagel scoreline and the first since 1988. (The Independent) (WTA)

2025 July 11

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • United States president Donald Trump confirms plans to sell weapons to NATO allies to be provided to Ukraine after the Pentagon previously paused weapon shipments. (Axios) (PBS)
• Israeli settler violence
  • Israeli settlers kill two Palestinians near Ramallah in the West Bank. One of the victims, identified as a Palestinian-American, was beaten to death whilst the other victim was shot in the chest. (Reuters)
• Myanmar civil war
  • At least 23 civilians, including four children, are killed and about 30 others are injured, with ten critically injured, in an Air Force strike on a Buddhist monastery in the District of Sagaing, located in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. (ABC News)
• Yemeni civil war
  • At least five children are killed after an explosive device detonates in Al-Hashamah, Taiz Governorate, Yemen. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Ecuadorian security crisis
  • Los Choneros gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar agrees to a request of Ecuador’s National Court for extradition to the United States to face trial for drug trafficking and arms smuggling. (CNN) (Reuters)
• Mexican drug war
  • Ovidio Guzmán López, son of the former drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, pleads guilty to two counts of drug distribution and two counts of participation in a continuing criminal enterprise. He is expected to cooperate with the U.S. government by providing information on criminal networks. (Reuters) (Chicago Tribune)

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