July 3
Armed conflicts and attacks
Ukraine declares a day of mourning for the victims of the Russian bombardment of Kyiv on July 2 as the death toll rises to 30.
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DW 
Russian missile and drone strikes kill at least five people and wound ten others across Ukraine, including three people in Sumy when a drone struck their apartment building.
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Al Jazeera
Ukrainian forces strike nine substations across Russian-occupied Crimea causing power outages as part of a campaign to make the peninsula "unusable" for the Russian military. Saky air base and Gvardeyskoye air base are also targeted with seven jets destroyed or damaged.
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Reuters
United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk issues a "red alert" warning in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, of an "catastrophe" and violence in the city.
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ModernGhana
Arts and culture
Times Square in New York City, United States, drops the ball eight times for each American time zone to kick off the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ahead of the Fourth of July, marking the first time the ball has dropped on a day other than New Year's Eve.
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The Independent
Politics and elections
The state funeral of former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike on his compound by Israel and the United States during the first day of the Iran war on February 28, begins as his body lies in state at Tehran's Grand Mosalla. The funeral is expected to draw millions of attendees, including foreign dignitaries.
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Reuters
Health and environment
The Freedom250 task force announces that the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States, is postponed amidst record-breaking heat temperatures.
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The Washington Post
U.S. Independence Day parades are cancelled in Leesburg, Virginia, as well as in Laurel and Takoma Park, Maryland due to heat concerns.
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DC News Now
Disasters and accidents
In Pakistan, a bus en route from Quetta to Islamabad plunges into a deep roadside ditch in Sherani District, Balochistan, killing 40 people and injuring eight others.
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Reuters
Four people are killed, ten are missing and eight more injured during the collision of a car with a bus, carrying Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan, on the Kabul–Nangarhar highway in Laghman Province, Afghanistan.
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Pajhwok
July 2
Politics and elections
Algerians vote for 407 seats of the People's National Assembly amid a cost-of-living crisis and candidate bans upon the Hirak movement.
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AP
A man protesting against the annexation of Tibet by China lights himself on fire outside of the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, United States. He is transported to Bellevue Hospital where he dies from his injuries.
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CTV News
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that they have killed five members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan near Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan, Iran.
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Reuters
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz reports that the military has demolished 83% of Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip.
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Ynetnews
Seven Palestinians are injured in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
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Middle East Eye
The Israeli military says that the Egoz Unit commando group has killed a Hezbollah militant who emerged from a underground tunnel in Ali al-Taher in southern Lebanon.
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The Times of Israel
Nine people are killed and 22 others are injured in a bombing at a coffeehouse in Damascus, Syria. No group has claimed responsibility.
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Al Jazeera
Russian forces launch a major ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, killing at least 30 people and injuring 98 others, and forcing more than 50,000 civilians to shelter underground.
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Kyiv Independent
The West Papua National Liberation Army says it set fire to a plane that landed with eight people in Highland Papua, Indonesia, after shooting and killing its American pilot. The Indonesian military announces the recovery of his body and that the plane's seven Papuan passengers returned unharmed.
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Reuters
Sports
In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino woman to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament after defeating Australian player Maya Joint in the Wimbledon women's singles tournament. She will face reigning Wimbledon champion Iga Świątek next.
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WTA
Arts and culture
The Holy See excommunicates the entire clergy of the Society of Saint Pius X for consecrating four bishops yesterday without the Pope's permission, barring the group from officiating marriages and hearing confessions. The Catholic laity are also warned that they will also be excommunicated if they attend SSPX masses.
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Vatican News
Disasters and accidents
Sixteen people are killed and 20 others are injured when a passenger bus overturns in Dutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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CTV News
Nine monks are killed and 13 others are injured, including three critically, when an 11-year-old boy drives a pickup truck into a pilgrimage walk in Mukdahan province, Thailand.
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AP
Law and crime
Taiwanese prosecutors detain two Supermicro employees in an investigation into alleged document forgery and shipments of Nvidia artificial intelligence servers to China in violation of U.S. export controls.
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The Manila Times
Spain's National Court charges the Civil Guard's director-general Mercedes González Fernández and her deputy with the offences of abuse of office and obstruction of justice in connection with the ruling PSOE's alleged operation against judges and prosecutors investigating cases of corruption involving party members.
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Demócrata
Police clash with demonstrators in Albania during a protest against the government and the Sazan Island Resort project.
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AP
International relations
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Philippine president Bongbong Marcos agree to upgrade bilateral relations to a strategic partnership during a meeting in Vancouver.
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NHK
The United Nations announces that it will close its human rights office in Burkina Faso after the country's military junta indefinitely suspends its operations, preventing the office from carrying out its mandate.
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Reuters
Health and environment
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BBC News
The World Health Organization says that Uganda has confirmed a Marburg virus case in a toddler in the Kyegegwa District during Ebola surveillance, with authorities monitoring contacts and reporting no symptoms among them.
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Jamaica Observer
July 1
Health and environment
The Directorate General of Health Services reports that one child has died from measles symptoms in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll of the outbreak in Bangladesh to 719.
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Dhaka Tribune
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Bloomberg
The World Health Organization reports that 120 people have been killed in cholera outbreaks in Sudan since May in isolated war zones, alongside suspected 1,102 cases of the disease.
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The New Arab
The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirms an isolated case of the Marburg virus in Uganda amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the country.
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CNBC Africa
In Canada, Ontario lowers the eligibility age for routine colorectal cancer screenings from 50 to 45, joining Prince Edward Island as the second province to do so.
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Toronto Star
Arts and culture
The Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates reopens its Catholic churches, including St. Mary's and St. Francis of Assisi in Jebel Ali, after three months of closure amidst the Iran war.
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Gulf News
Sony says it will stop releasing new PlayStation games on physical optical discs from January 2028, citing consumer preference for digital media, and will offer new titles through the PlayStation Store and other digital retailers.
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AFP via France 24
Business and economy
The International Transport Workers' Federation and the Joint Negotiating Group of shipping owners announce they will continue to designate the Strait of Hormuz as a warzone, which doubles the pay of mariners there and gives them other benefits.
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Al Jazeera
Saudi Aramco and Algerian oil company Sonatrach announce that they will cut prices for liquefied petroleum gas for July, with Saudi Aramco reducing it between 24% and 27% and Sonatrach reducing it between 2% and 10%.
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Reuters
Ukraine approves a mechanism for exporting domestically produced weapons and military technologies to raise funds for its defense effort against Russia and attract foreign investment, while requiring that the Ukrainian military's supply needs remain the priority.
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The Straits Times
The World Bank classifies the Philippines as an upper-middle-income economy, up from lower-middle-income status, after its per capita gross national income exceeds the fiscal year 2026 threshold of US$4,496 to $13,935.
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Agenzia Nova
U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer says that the United States will not renew the USMCA trade agreement signed during president Donald Trump's first term. The U.S. will conduct annual reviews of the trade agreement and will conduct negotiations and amendments to it.
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Mexico News Daily
Law and crime
Four people are reportedly killed in the early morning hours of Wednesday during celebrations in Mexico City following Mexico's victory against Ecuador in the knockout round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Reuters
Sweden's Market Court orders Google to pay PriceRunner about 14.3 billion kr (US$1.5 billion) in damages, Sweden's largest competition-related award, after ruling that Google unlawfully favored its own price comparison service over rivals in search results.
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Firstpost
A firebombing on the homes of ruling New Democracy party members in Thessaloniki, Greece, kills one person and injures three others.
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AP
Armed conflicts and attacks
United States vice president JD Vance says that Iran and the U.S. have held technical talks based on the recent 14-point memorandum of understanding in Doha, Qatar, to discuss the Strait of Hormuz. He also states that the U.S. will not return to military action unless necessary.
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Reuters
South Korea's ocean ministry says that the Panama–flagged cargo vessel HMM will leave the Strait of Hormuz in mid-July once major repair is complete on the vessel after it was attacked in a explosion on May 4 while it was stranded in the waterway.
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Reuters
Iranian state television reports that a foreign container ship was grounded in shallow water after using an unapproved route through the strait.
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MS Now
The Israeli military confirms that that they have launched strikes in the northern Gaza Strip that killed four militants of the Hamas military wing Al-Qassam Brigades and destroyed several missile launchers used by the organization.
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The Jerusalem Post
ACLED reports that more than 100,000 people have died from the civil war in Myanmar since the military junta took power in the coup d'état in 2021.
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SBS News
Disasters and accidents
Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez declares seven days of national mourning for the victims of the earthquakes as the death toll rises to 2,295.
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The Standard
A United States Navy aviator is reportedly missing after a Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter carrying four crew members assigned to the USS made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. Fifth Fleet rules out hostile activities in the accident.
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Reuters
June 30
Sports
In association football, the Mexican soccer team defeats Ecuador, winning their first game in the knockout round of a FIFA World Cup since 1986.
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ESPN
Paraguayan president Santiago Peña declares a national holiday after Paraguay defeated Germany 4–3 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw, in the FIFA World Cup round of 32.
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Tanzania Insight
Health and environment
Hungary and Slovakia set national temperature records during a central European heat wave, reaching 42 °C (108 °F) and 41.3 °C (106.3 °F) respectively, as some municipalities impose water restrictions and tank trucks supply areas facing water scarcity.
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AFP via CNA
The Sudanese health ministry reports that the total number of cases of cholera in the West and North Kordofan states in the Kordofan region reaches 911, alongside 127 deaths.
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Sudan Tribune
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Qatari foreign ministry confirms that United States envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have arrived in Doha for technical indirect talks with Iran and talks with mediators regarding negotiations with Iran. However, they also state that no high-level talks have occurred.
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The Times of Israel
South Korean president Lee Jae Myung says that all but two Korean vessels have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded in the waterway amidst the war.
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Korea Herald
Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that 10 out of 11 ships have successfully departed the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded since the war started on February 28. Additionally, the ministry says that the only ship remaining in the waterway is the Hatthaya Naree, which is expected to depart the region once cargo is loaded on the ship.
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Middle East Eye
The Israeli military and Shin Bet in a joint statement says that Israel has killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Talal Jaber Mohammad Abd al-Aal, who was involved in taking hostages during the October 7 attacks including Rom Braslavski.
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JNS
The newspaper reports that the Board of Peace will begin managing humanitarian shelter centers in areas of the Gaza Strip not under Hamas control.
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AA
Ukrainian forces launch a major drone attack on Moscow Oblast, Russia, striking the Dubna Space Communications Center to the north of Moscow. Russian authorities say a Ukrainian drone struck a residential building in Yegoryevsk, killing an infant, while another drone strike reportedly kills a 61-year-old woman in Tver Oblast.
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CNN
Somalia's defence ministry says a Turkish F-16 conducted an airstrike in the Godey area of Lower Shabelle region, South West State, killing 35 Al-Shabaab militants and injuring more than 20 others.
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Somali Guardian
Sudan's army says that it has destroyed two tanks and 224 combat vehicles used by Rapid Support Forces and seized 36 others in two weeks of military operations including in Blue Nile State and the Darfur and Kordofan regions.
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AA
Science and technology
Ford issues a recall order of over 741,000 vehicles, mainly F-150, Explorer, Expedition, Lincoln Aviator, and Navigator models, in the U.S. due to a transmission issue that may damage the park system.
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Reuters
Business and economy
CNBC reports that the Brent Crude oil price declined by 21% during June 2026, its largest monthly decline since March 2020, amidst the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the United States.
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CNBC
The U.S. treasury department announces sanctions on two men and nine companies accused of being involved in transportation, financial services, and real estate for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
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AP
Scandinavian Airlines signs an order to purchase more than 40 Airbus A330-900neo aircraft, the largest investment in the company's history.
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AA
Disasters and accidents
At least 14 schoolchildren are killed and nine others are hospitalized after the roof of an under-construction tuition centre collapses in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Al Jazeera
A truck veers off a road in River Nile State, Sudan, and collides with a passenger vehicle, killing 18 people and wounding another.
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Xinhua
Five people are killed and fifteen others missing after monsoon rains cause a jade mine to collapse in Kachin State, Myanmar.
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The Hindu
Nine children are killed when a motorized tricycle plunges into a canal in Abu Tig, Asyut Governorate, Egypt.
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AP
At least 24 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by torrential rain in Accra, Ghana, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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AP
Law and crime
A coalition of human rights lawyers file a lawsuit against Ghana at the ECOWAS Court of Justice, accusing the country of violating non-refoulement by accepting deportees from the U.S. and forcing them back to the home countries they had fled.
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AP
The Supreme Court of the United States rules 6–3 that president Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship violates the 14th Amendment, with chief justice John Roberts writing that citizenship "was the right to have rights."
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Reuters
Former Indonesian education minister Nadiem Makarim, who co-founded the super app Gojek, is sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption.
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BBC News
Politics and elections
More than 14,000 people participate in rallies organized by the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in Metro Manila, Philippines, mainly to support senator and INC member Rodante Marcoleta who is under investigation for plunder. Five people are arrested at the People Power Monument in Quezon City and three police officers are injured.
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The Philippine Star
The South Korean National Assembly approves the nomination of Han Seong-sook as the country's new prime minister, succeeding Kim Min-seok as the country's first female prime minister in 20 years. The main opposition People Power Party boycotted the vote.
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Yonhap News Agency