July 7

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Ukrainian Armed Forces launch a long-range drone strike on Krasnodar Krai, Russia, damaging the main oil refinery in Ilsky.

Russian invasion of Ukraine Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Source: The Kyiv Independent

Russia launches over 100 drones at areas across Ukraine, killing ten civilians and injuring 38 others.

Russian invasion of Ukraine Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Source: PBS

The Israeli Air Force strikes three ports and a power plant in Houthi-controlled Yemen in reponse to recent ballistic missile attacks on Israel.

Red Sea crisis Israeli attacks on Yemen (May 2025–present)

Source: Reuters

Al-Shabaab militants recapture Moqokori, a town in the Hiiraan region of Somalia they lost in September 2022, following a local uprising led by Ma'awisley fighters. The heavy fighting resulted in the deaths of at least 40 Somali National Army and Ma’awisley fighters, who lost control of the town after a suicide bombing and a fierce attack by the militants.

Somali Civil War (2009–present)2025 Shabelle offensive

Source: Garowe Online

Ten people are killed and 29 others are injured in clashes with security forces amid ongoing anti-government protests in Kenya, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.

2025 Kenyan protests

Source: Reuters

Two people are injured and two people are missing after for the second consecutive day a ship is attacked in the Red Sea near Hodeida by multiple boats and drones.

Source: NOS

Law and crime

Philippine police chief Nicolas Torre announces that 15 police officers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in abducting and killing at least 34 cockfighters across Luzon, Philippines, from 2021 to 2022.

2021–2022 Luzon sabungero disappearances

Source: AP

Erin Patterson is found guilty on all charges regarding deaths from poisoning from a lunch at her home in Leongatha, Australia.

2023 Leongatha mushroom murders

Source: ABC News Australia

Amnesty International says that Saudi Arabia executed a record 345 people last year, many of them over drug offenses.

Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia

Source: AP

Three people are killed and nine others are injured in a mass shooting in the Grays Ferry neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Source: CBS News

Politics and elections

South Korean prime minister Kim Min-seok is officially inaugurated at the Government Complex in Sejong City, four days after he was approved by the National Assembly.

Cabinet of Lee Jae Myung

Source: The Korea Herald

Russian president Vladimir Putin dismisses Minister of Transport Roman Starovoyt with his deputy Andrey Nikitin replacing him. Hours after his dismissal, Starovoyt is found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.

Source: ABC News

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from the flooding in Central Texas, United States, increases to 89, including 28 children, with 41 other people still missing. Flash flood warnings have been issued for expected additional rainfall.

July 2025 Central Texas floods

Source: AP

Two people are killed and several injured after the collapse of a restaurant's roof in Terracina, Province of Latina, Italy.

Source: Rai News

July 6

Disasters and accidents

Five Turkish soldiers are killed by methane gas exposure in a cave in northern Iraq during an operation to search for a fellow soldier's remains.

Source: AP

A truck and a commercial vehicle carrying passengers collide along the Zaria-Kano expressway in Kano State, Nigeria, killing 21 and injuring three.

Source: AP

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 38 Palestinians in Gaza.

Middle Eastern crisis (2023-present)Gaza war Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

Source: AP

Israel conducts four drone strikes in Bint Jbeil, Shebaa, and Shaqra, in southern Lebanon over the weekend, killing one person and injuring several others.

Middle Eastern crisis (2023-present)Israeli–Lebanese conflict

Source: Al Jazeera

A Liberian-flagged bulk carrier is attacked by the Houthis with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in the Red Sea forcing the crew to abandon ship, accoording to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation.

Middle Eastern crisis (2023-present)Red Sea crisis

Source: ABC News Australia

Boko Haram insurgents kill nine people and injure four others in an attack on Mallam Fatori in Borno State, Nigeria.

Boko Haram insurgency

Source: AP

The historic Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is destroyed following an arson attack by armed bandit gangs.

Gang war in Haiti

Source: Le Quotidien 509

Sports

In association football, the defending champions Mexico win a record-extending 10th Gold Cup title after defeating the United States 2–1 in the final at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. Edson Álvarez is named the tournament's best player.

2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Source: France 24

Law and crime

Prosecutors in South Korea request that former president Yoon Suk Yeol be detained amid the ongoing investigation against him for insurrection.

2024 South Korean martial law crisis

Source: Reuters

International relations

The reports that the Japanese Navy will export six used to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to strengthen the Philippine Navy due to territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Japan–Philippines relations

Source: Reuters

July 5

Politics and elections

The Turkish government arrests the mayors of Adıyaman, Adana, and Antalya, who are all part of the opposition Republican People's Party, as part of a bribery investigation.

Source: AP

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli airstrikes kill 24 Palestinians, including ten who were seeking humanitarian aid, and injure dozens of others.

Gaza war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

Source: AP

Disasters and accidents

Four people are killed after an aircraft crashes and burns in the Central Eastern Alps in Wald im Pinzgau, Austria.

Source: NOS

In Glendora, Mississippi, 13 cars of a Canadian National freight train derailed, including one car that spilled benzene, forcing an evacuation of the area.

Source: Press Register

July 4

Law and crime

Anti-gentrification protests in Mexico City, Mexico, lead to tourist harassment and vandalism in Condesa.

Source: AP

Disasters and accidents

At least 51 people are killed, including 15 children, with 27 more children missing, during a flood in Central Texas, United States.

July 2025 Central Texas floods

Source: CNN

A fire and subsequent explosion at a gas station in Rome, Italy, leaves 45 people injured, including two critically.

Source: Roma Today

At least 16 people are killed when a building collapses in Karachi, Pakistan.

Source: France 24