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Muhammadu Buhari
- Former president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari (pictured) dies at the age of 82.
- Clashes between Druze militias and the Syrian Armed Forces result in hundreds of deaths.
- The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders Hibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani over their alleged persecution of women in Afghanistan.
- Flooding in Central Texas, United States, leaves at least 140 people dead.
July 19, 2025 (Saturday)
July 18, 2025 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli invasion of Syria
- Red Sea Crisis
- Israel intercepts a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis, who say it was targeting Ben Gurion International Airport. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Three people are killed in a stampede during a public celebration in Garut, West Java, Indonesia. (Jakarta Globe)
- At least three people are killed in an explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training facility in Monterrey Park, California, United States. (ABC7)
- Four people are killed and over a dozen are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on Interstate 35 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- The Seoul Central District Court rejects a petition by former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to release him due to unreasonable request more than a week after he was re-arrested on charges of failed martial law attempt on December 3, 2024. (The Korea Herald)
- March 2025 American deportations of Venezuelans
- The governments of El Salvador, the United States, and Venezuela conduct a prisoner swap involving over 200 Venezuelans incarcerated at the Terrorism Confinement Center in exchange for the release of 10 Americans from Venezuelan custody. (Reuters)
- Political ineligibility of Jair Bolsonaro
- The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil orders former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and places him on nightly house arrest, and forbids him from approaching embassies, foreign ambassadors, and diplomats. (AP)
- The United States government declares the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba a terrorist group after it committed the attack in Pahalgam in April. (DW)
Politics and elections
- The Trinidad and Tobago government declares a state of emergency after uncovering a plot by criminal organizations to allegedly target and kill government officials. (AP)
July 17, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Three people are killed and nine others are injured when Israel 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 clan 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)
- Record-breaking daredevil and skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies in a paragliding accident in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy. A woman on the ground is also injured in the accident. (ABC News)
Politics and elections
- The Ukrainian parliament appoints Yulia Svyrydenko as the new prime minister, succeeding Denys Shmyhal. (Reuters)
- The United Kingdom announces it will lower the voting age to 16, allowing 16-and-17-year-olds to vote in the upcoming next general election. (NPR)
July 16, 2025 (Wednesday)
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)
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
- 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)
- Gaza war
- 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)
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
- 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 passes new legislation that introduces fines for searching for prohibited material online. (The Washington Post)
- One person is killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting on a street in Taranto, Italy. (Rai News)
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)
July 15, 2025 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 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)
- Southern Syria clashes, Israeli invasion of Syria
- 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)
- Constitutional crisis in Somalia
- 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)
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)
- Protests against the second presidency of Donald Trump, June 2025 Los Angeles protests
July 14, 2025 (Monday)
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)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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)
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)
July 13, 2025 (Sunday)
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)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
- 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)
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- 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)
- Southern Syria clashes
- 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
- 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)
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